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Scholastic Awards

Scholastic Awards

The threat of the first big winter storm of the year didn’t deter our alumni/donors and students from attending our annual Scholastic Awards Reception […]

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Alumni News

Agricultrice de l’année

Depuis maintenant 30 ans, le prix de l’Agricultrice de l’année vise à souligner l’excellence des agricultrices de chez nous en rendant hommage à leur travail dans l’entreprise ou dans leur milieu social. […]

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Advancement News

Advancement News

The Campaign for the $4M Macdonald Farm Community Engagement Centre (CEC) has surpassed the $3M threshold, bringing the project one-step closer to successful completion. […]

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Giving Back to Mac

Giving Back to Mac

Supporting your alma mater. Contributions made by alumni and friends provide critical funding that enables Macdonald to offer students an experience that surpasses their already high expectations for McGill. […]

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From the Dean

From the Dean

Dean Geitmann (far right) with alumni Erin Hogg, DipAgr’94 and Marc Bieler, DipAgr’58, BA’64, and Macdonald friend Anne Myles

Another year has passed, and we have hosted a lot of exciting and successful events—from Founder’s Day early in the year, to Homecoming, the A. Jean de Grandpré Distinguished Speaker Series, the Scholastic Awards Reception and, of course, the annual Food for Thought Public Lecture Series that will be celebrating its 20th season in 2019. These events have brought staff, students, alumni and friends together for a shared experience at Macdonald. […]

Transformative Giving

$5-million gift to McGill’s Global Food Security Institute supports efforts to understand and reverse world hunger and malnutrition

Every night, some 800 million people – one in nine people on earth – go to bed hungry. And projections suggest that unless creative solutions are found, the world will need to increase food production by an additional 50% in the next 30 years, when the planet’s population is expected to exceed 9 billion. At a special announcement on McGill University’s Macdonald Campus, researchers affiliated with the University’s Institute for Global Food Security revealed that our prospects now seem somewhat more encouraging, thanks to a landmark gift of $5 million from McGill alumna Margaret A. Gilliam, BSc’59. […]

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Homecoming 2018

Homecoming 2018

We had lots to celebrate at Homecoming 2018 – the 20th anniversary of the McGill School of Environment, the Mac Class of 1968 and their 50th anniversary celebration and the Desert Revisited/Desert Ecology Reunion. […]

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