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Updated: Sun, 10/06/2024 - 10:30

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to 91µÎµÎ students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université 91µÎµÎ, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

Event

Tea and Science: MPs (Microplastics) and us

Sunday, March 10, 2019 03:00to04:30
Redpath Museum In Room 106, 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C4, CA
Price: 
Fee: $7 (+ taxes). Payable at the entrance.

What do we know about microplastics in our ecosystemÌýand how does it affect life?

By Genevieve D'Avignon (Invasive Species Lab, Redpath Museum)Ìý

Find out how MPs are affecting our world. They exist in mussels from the St. Lawrence, in our soaps and cleansers,Ìý and in our fleece jackets. This hands-on workshop will let you work with the ecologist toÌýfilter out fibres and extract MPs from water and soap and then find out what the contamination levels mean.Ìý

Tea and snacks will be provided by the Redpath Museum Society. Bilingual / bilingue. Fee/Entrée : $7 (+ taxes). Payable at the entrance.

Suitable for ages 8 and up. Check here for a ÌýÌý

Everyone welcome / Bienvenue à tous. Reserve in advance: office.museum [at] mcgill.ca

IMAGE: Studying MPs (microplastics) with a microscope. Invasive SpeciesÌýlab. Redpath Museum.Ìý

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Land Acknowledgement

91µÎµÎ is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

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