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DESCRIPTION:Macdonald Homecoming welcomes all alumni to our Mac Community D
 ay on October 26. Please note\, the Centennial Centre is wheelchair access
 ible.\n\nRegister for events\n\nInfo on hotel accommodation\n\nSchedule\n
 \n9h00–9h30: Registration\n\nRegistration opens at 9h00—so come by\, pick 
 up your nametag\, grab a coffee and say hi to fellow Mac grads before the 
 fun filled day begins. \n\nInstead of hosting a Memorabilia Room\, we are 
 asking you to bring your own memorabilia – something small or meaningful f
 rom when you were on campus to share with others. Leave it on the Memorabi
 lia table and pick it up at the end of the day! \n\nRegister now\n\n\n9h30
 -10h45: Speed research presentations with hands-on activities\, Centennial
  Centre\n\nDive into the world of research undertaken in the faculty. You 
 will rotate between stations to try your hand at experiments as you learn 
 more about specific research projects. Experiments include: how to detect 
 food fraud\; turning waste into sustainable food packaging\, development o
 f hybrid plant-animal cheeses\, DNA and microbiomes\, etc. \n\nPresentatio
 ns\n\n\n	Hybrid plant-animal cheeses and textural analysis by Professor Sal
 wa Karboune\, Associate Dean Research and Scientific Director\, Consortium
  for Research\, Innovation and Transformation of Agrifood\n	Sustainable mul
 tifunctional metamaterials by Associate Professor Hamid Akbarzadeh\, Canad
 a Research Chair (Tier II) in Bio-inspired Hierarchical Multifunctional Me
 tamaterials\n	Novel analytical tools to track food fraud by Associate Profe
 ssor Stéphane Bayen\, Chair\, Department of Food Science and Agricultural 
 Chemistry & Associate Professor Ashraf Ismail\, Co-Director\, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï IR Gr
 oup  \n	How we extract DNA—then use it to gain insights into the microbiome
  by Associate Professor Jennifer Ronholm\, William Dawson Scholar and Cana
 da Research Chair (Tier II) in Agricultural Microbiology\n	From waste to su
 stainable food packaging by Associate Professor Yixiang Wang\n	Rapid detect
 ion of food hazards and adulterants by Professor Xiaonan Lu\, William Daws
 on Scholar and Ian & Jayne Munro Chair in Food Safety\n	Tech-timating carbo
 hydrates: optimizing glycemic management in people with type 1 diabetes by
  Associate Professor Anne-Sophie Brazeau​​​​​\, ​with grad students Asmaa 
 Housni & Courtney South\n\n\nRegister now\n\n\n11h00-11h45: Behind the Sce
 nes: Student-Led Initiatives\, Centennial Centre Ballroom\n\nThis fair-sty
 le event will allow you to interact with students as they talk about the v
 arious initiatives and opportunities supported by the faculty and donors. 
 Learn about internships\, undergraduate research\, Let’s Talk Science\, et
 c.\n\nRegister now\n\n\n11h45-12h30: Awards and Presentations\, Centennial
  Centre Ballroom\n\nJoin Dean Anja Geitmann and President Deep Saini as th
 ey present the Distinguished Alumni Awards\, recognize Reunion Class Givin
 g and celebrate anniversary year classes.\n\nClass photos will be taken im
 mediately afterwards.\n\nRegister now\n\n\n12h30-13h45: Sir William Macdon
 ald BBQ\, Centennial Centre (Ceilidh)—$50/person\n\nNew format this year! 
 Enjoy a deluxe BBQ in the Ceilidh for a more relaxed lunch to reconnect wi
 th classmates and old friends. Cost: $50/person. Cash bar with retro prici
 ng! \n\nRegister now\n\n\n13h45-14h30: Logger Sport Demonstration\, Watson
  Field \n\nGet a chance to witness some of the events our loggersports tea
 m performs during its competitions across Canada: axe throw\, quarter spli
 t\, underhand chop\, and more! You will get to see athletes in action with
  axes and chainsaws! \n\nRegister now\n\n\n14h30-16h00: Campus Tour\, meet
  at Centennial Centre\n\nWhat would a Macdonald Homecoming be without a to
 ur! During a guided tour of the horticulture centre\, learn more about the
  research being done at the centre\, the orchards and vegetable plots and 
 how the centre provides students with an opportunity to gain valuable expe
 rience in the production\, management and marketing of horticulture crops.
  \n\nYou will also have the opportunity to visit the new teaching greenhou
 se—a state of the art facility that will meet the needs of the Faculty. \n
 \nMeet at the front of the Centennial Centre\, as a student guide will lea
 d you to the horticulture centre.\n\nRegister now\n\n\n16h00-18h00: Gather
 ing of the Clan Happy Hour\, Centennial Centre (Ceilidh)\n\nJoin us for Ha
 ppy Hour in the Ceilidh to continue conversations\, meet more old friends 
 and unwind as another Mac Homecoming comes to a close. Cash bar. \n\nRegis
 ter now\n
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LOCATION:Centennial Centre\, CA\, QC\, St Anne de Bellevue\, H9X 3V9\, 2111
 1 Lakeshore Road
SUMMARY:Macdonald Homecoming 2024
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