Agriculture

Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest – May 2016 Issue

May 6, 2016 | by Agri-food Innovation Council | Agriculture, Gender Equality

Here are the highlights of this month’s Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest! Click HERE for the full version. Opportunities and Upcoming Events: Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists – The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) is offering postgraduate training fellowships to women scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDC) to pursue research in a […]

Budget delivers a strong nod to the agri-food sector

April 2, 2016 | by Agri-food Innovation Council | AgResearch, Agriculture

Ag Canada and CFIA will get millions to rehabilitate agricultural research stations. By Alex Binkley, The Ontario Farmer The Trudeau government appears to have been listening to calls from agriculture organizations for more research, better business risk management and expanded trade opportunities because all three items received attention in Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s first budget. […]

Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest – The April 2016 Issue

April 1, 2016 | by Agri-food Innovation Council | Agriculture, Gender

Here are the highlights of this month’s Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest! Click HERE for the full version. Opportunities and Upcoming Events: Visiting researcher position: CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network Communications support – The visiting researcher will support the Communications and Knowledge Management Coordinator for the Gender Network and be responsible for generating, editing and curating content and special […]

Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest – The March 2016 Issue

March 2, 2016 | by Agri-food Innovation Council | Agriculture, Gender

Check out this month’s Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest HERE! Opportunities and Upcoming Events: International Women’s Day 2016 – March 08 – is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their […]

Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest – The February 2016 Issue

February 4, 2016 | by Agri-food Innovation Council | Agriculture, Gender

Check out this month’s Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest HERE! Opportunities and Upcoming Events: Sharing Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Supporting Women’s Land Rights: A Debate on the Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC) – From 25 January to 5 February, the Land Portal Foundation will be holding a debate on the Global Land Tool Network’s Gender […]

New Year Message – Raising the profile of agricultural research

January 7, 2016 | by Agri-food Innovation Council | Agriculture, Research

As 2016 rolls in and 2015 becomes a memory, it is important to think about what we have accomplished and what remains to be done. This allows us to improve on our record and strive to do better. The Agricultural Institute of Canada (AIC) has changed over the past few years. We have gone back to our original mandate and […]

Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest – The January 2016 Issue

January 1, 2016 | by Agri-food Innovation Council | Agriculture, Gender Equality

Check out this month’s Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest HERE! Highlights: Opportunities and Upcoming Events: Submit Abstract for Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology conference – This year’s conference themes are inspired by “Seizing Canada’s Moment: Moving Forward in Science, Technology and Innovation” (2014) and our engagement with the United Nations new […]