/channels/taxonomy/term/4313/all en /channels/channels/news/mcgills-prize-winning-researchers-and-scholars-shine-bravo-gala-356704 <p>On March 21, UU直播 celebrated 111 laureates at the 19<sup>th</sup>聽edition of Bravo, a gala event honouring researchers who won major provincial, national, and international research prizes and awards in 2023. Guests, including researchers, their families and friends, faculty, students, and members of UU直播鈥檚 academic administration, gathered to celebrate their accomplishments.</p> <p>Eight of the honourees were from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:</p> Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:38:54 +0000 webfull 199335 at /channels /channels/channels/news/elena-bennett-among-mcgill-professors-honoured-montreal-ambassadors-356703 <p>The Palais des congr猫s de Montr茅al honoured five UU直播 professors at its 2024 ambassadors鈥� gala for their exceptional contributions to the city鈥檚 economic and societal growth. Although there are a few other professors among the total of 14, UU直播 alone can boast of multiple honourees.</p> <p>The basis for earning the kudos is the ability to organize large-scale events in Montreal.聽</p> Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:19:51 +0000 webfull 199334 at /channels /channels/channels/news/co-imagining-futures-canadas-landscapes-anthropocene-352758 <p>We live in the Anthropocene era. Human actions have become the major driving force behind unprecedented environmental challenges, creating delicate complexities and uncertainties about the future of the planet and humanity. Canada鈥檚 critical landscapes are not spared from these challenges, threatening the well-being of human and non-human communities that depend on them for various natural benefits. Thus, our ability to prepare, plan, and reflect for the future has never been as important to ensure that Canada鈥檚 landscapes thrive sustainably and resiliently in the Anthropocene.</p> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:39:55 +0000 webfull 194817 at /channels /channels/channels/news/achieving-alternate-futures-anthropocene-351626 <p>A聽<a href="https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-environ-112321-095011">recent article</a>, written by a team which includes Professor聽<a href="/nrs/academic-0/bennett">Elena Bennett</a>聽in UU直播鈥檚 Department of Natural Resource Sciences, explores the challenges of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch defined by humans' colossal impact on the environment. To counteract this widescale destruction, the researchers propose that imagination is a hopeful yet complicated tool for creating a positive environmental future.聽</p> Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:19:23 +0000 webfull 193535 at /channels /channels/channels/news/bennett-and-xia-among-highly-cited-researchers-343891 <p>On November 15, Clarivate Analytics, a company specializing in citation data, published the Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list. Many citations mean a paper has had great influence among scientific peers. A group of 16 UU直播 researchers made the cut, recognized as some of the most frequently cited scientists and social scientists in the world over the last decade. The 2022 list captures the period from 2011 to 2021.</p> <p><a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-celebrates-its-highly-cited-researchers/">Read</a> the article in the <i>UU直播 Reporter</i>.</p> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 20:07:43 +0000 webfull 184901 at /channels /channels/channels/news/elena-bennett-exploring-complexity-ecosystems-343541 <h2>Exploring the complexity of ecosystems</h2> <h5>by John Allemang</h5> <p><strong>Elena Bennett聽</strong>delights in uncertainty.</p> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:50:20 +0000 webfull 184523 at /channels /channels/channels/news/bennett-co-authors-guidebook-engaged-university-342519 <p>Co-authored by <a href="/nrs/academic-0/bennett">Prof. Elena Bennett</a> (#NRSUU直播/#UU直播BSE) the Guidebook for the Engaged University gives the academy both a vision and a roadmap to a more impactful future, in which universities, including their scholars and staff, catalyze solutions for the world鈥檚 most pressing challenges.</p> <p>Read more at <a href="http://beyondtheacademynetwork.org/guidebook/">Beyond the Academy</a></p> Thu, 29 Sep 2022 20:56:23 +0000 webfull 183225 at /channels /channels/channels/news/bennett-named-us-national-academy-sciences-339452 <p>The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members-including UU直播 Professor <a href="/nrs/academic-0/bennett">Elena Bennett</a> (Natural Resource Sciences)-in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.</p> Wed, 04 May 2022 14:25:46 +0000 webfull 179988 at /channels /channels/channels/news/bennett-among-list-top-female-researchers-working-toward-greener-future-337347 <p>Is the greener future female? Here are three remarkable women including Elena Bennett, Research Chair (Tier 1) in Sustainability Science (NRS/BSE) leading the charge toward a more sustainable future in Canada and around the world.</p> <p>Says Bennett, 鈥渨e used to talk a lot about nature thriving despite people, and then people thriving despite nature with Western expansion,鈥� she says. 鈥淟ater, it was, 鈥楬ow we can we set aside enough nature despite what people are doing?鈥� Now, we are looking at how people and nature interact and can thrive together.鈥�</p> Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:31:23 +0000 webfull 177546 at /channels /channels/channels/news/bennett-and-xia-named-2021-highly-cited-researchers-list-335001 <p>Academic careers are built on many factors, including perseverance, thirst for new knowledge, and research papers. One of the measures of the impact of these outputs is the annual聽<a href="https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2021/?campaignname=Highly_Cited_Researchers_SAR_global_2021&campaignid=7014N000001r&utm_campaign=Highly_Cited_Researchers_SAR_global_2021&utm_source=earned_coverage&utm_medium=press">Highly Cited Researchers 2021</a>聽list from Clarivate.</p> Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:22:48 +0000 webfull 174912 at /channels /channels/channels/news/elena-bennett-named-one-canadas-top-sustainability-leaders-333683 <p>Congrats to <a href="https://clean50.com/honourees/dr-elena-bennett/">Elena Bennett</a> (NRS/BSE), one of sixteen Canadian sustainability leaders (#Clean16 honourees) named to the Delta Management Group鈥檚 2022 <a href="https://clean50.com/canadas-top-sustainability-leaders-announced-for-2022/?fbclid=IwAR08lJIjVJ82NhDdgQsS_8OAbdsjGOcus-76O8RNwdcPuA_QwQTWnYFMl-8">Clean50</a> list.</p> Mon, 27 Sep 2021 16:16:10 +0000 webfull 173454 at /channels /channels/channels/news/sustainable-sparks-klara-winkler-planting-seeds-good-anthropocene-331544 <h3>Follow the journey of environmental scientist and UU直播 researcher Klara Winkler on the search for bright spots of sustainability at UU直播</h3> <div> <div>By <strong>Maya Willard-Stepan</strong>, Communications Intern, UU直播 Office of Sustainability</div> </div> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:28:30 +0000 webfull 171150 at /channels /channels/channels/news/planets-future-line-scientists-seek-full-accounting-natures-assets-330642 <p>'Eco-accounting' project aims to produce a comprehensive tally of our natural landscapes, to better aid decision-making around land management</p> <p>The bean counters have arrived and <strong>Elena Bennett</strong> [Natural Resource Sciences] could not be happier.</p> Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:00:13 +0000 webfull 170125 at /channels /channels/channels/news/there-no-one-size-fits-all-road-sustainability-patchwork-earth-327883 <p>In a world as diverse as our own, the journey towards a sustainable future will look different depending on where in the world we live, according to a recent paper published in <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590332221000506?dgcid=author">One Earth</a> and led by UU直播, with researchers from the Stockholm Resilience Centre.</p> Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:13:46 +0000 webfull 168394 at /channels /channels/channels/news/identifying-canadas-key-conservation-hot-spots-highlights-problem-327355 <p>To stop biodiversity loss, Canada recently committed to protecting 30% of its land and sea by 2030. But making conservation decisions about where to locate new protected areas is complicated. It depends on data both about biodiversity and about a range of benefits (e.g. freshwater, climate regulation, recreation) that people get from nature. Surprisingly, despite the size of the country, new mapping suggests that less than 1% of Canada鈥檚 land (0.6% of total area or approximately 56,000 km2) is a hotspot, providing all these benefits in one place.</p> Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:14:20 +0000 webfull 166561 at /channels