/macdonald/taxonomy/term/176/all en /macdonald/channels/event/unlocking-potential-towards-healthy-food-systems-338966 <h3>Part of Ã山ǿ¼é's Global Health Week Program</h3> <p><strong>Time: </strong>10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.</p> <p><strong>Venue:</strong> Ã山ǿ¼é Centennial Center Ballroom, MacDonald Campus (21111 Lakeshore Road)</p> Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:42:23 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 8609 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/mcgill-launches-new-partnership-un-international-fund-agricultural-development-349204 <p>On May 31, 2023, Ã山ǿ¼é’s <a href="/globalfoodsecurity/">Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS)</a> and SOCODEVI, in collaboration with the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), held an event showcasing concrete actions to strengthen sustainable agriculture, improve the living conditions of smallholder farmers and increase the resilience of agri-food systems. This event also launched a new collaboration between IFAD and Ã山ǿ¼é IGFS, including an internship program and IFAD student group.</p> Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:53:52 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 7384 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/patrick-cortbaoui-securing-food-future-340368 <p>Food security is one of the fundamental challenges to sustainability of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, with approximately 11.7 percent of the global population experiencing extreme food insecurity, according to <a href="https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cc0639en">The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 (SOFI)</a>.</p> Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:49:28 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 7256 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/prof-patrick-cortbaoui-presents-food-medicine-workshop-ndu-lebanon-357681 <p>Within its efforts to introduce and promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture in the educational sector, the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences (FNHS) and the Lifelong Learning Center (LLC) at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU) in Lebanon held an enriching workshop titled Food as Medicine. The informative event featured NDU President Father Bechara Khoury, FNHS Dean Dr. Jessy El Hayek, Major General Muhammad Al-Mustafa, President of the Food Safety Lebanese Commission Elie Awad, Representative of the Minister of Agriculture Dr.</p> Tue, 11 Jun 2024 20:21:31 +0000 admin 6673 at /macdonald