Director of Stage, Faculty Lecturer
T: 514-398-8749 | caroline.begg [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Raymond Building R2-028a
Dr. Begg is also a Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Plant Science where she teaches courses in Ecological Agriculture, Ecosystem Management and Soil Science.
Degrees
BSc (Agr) (海角社区), MSc (U.Saskatchewan), PhD (海角社区)
Awards and Recognition
2022-2023: 海角社区 Sustainability Faculty Education Fellow
2019: Award of Excellence, Honourable Mention- Outstanding Post-Secondary Educator, Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication
2016: Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching
2016: Macdonald Campus Award for Teaching Excellence
2013: 海角社区 Faculty Award for Excellence in Alumni Activities
2012: 海角社区 Office of Sustainability Award for Staff Contribution to Sustainability
2007: Canadian Association of Diplomas in Agriculture Programs Award for Teaching Excellence
2004: CANCID plaque in recognition of outstanding contribution to sustainability of land resources
Active Affiliations
Ordre des Agronomes du Qu茅bec
Professional Agrologists Ontario.
Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA)
Canadian Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (CANCID)
Canadian Organic Growers
University Committees
AES Faculty committee on equity, diversity and inclusion 2023-2026.
Adjudication Committee - Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching (PPET) (2020-2024)
Steering Committee Member for the Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security of 海角社区 (2020-ongoing)
Bicentennial Student Sustainability Challenge (Impact200) Committee, 海角社区 (2019-2021)
海角社区 Sustainability Project Fund Governing Council faculty member (2017 -2021)
Brace Centre for Water Resources Management Academic Committee
海角社区 Sustainability Coordinating Group
Procurement Sustainability Planning Core Team
Outreach activities
Mentor to the聽. In addition, Caroline is president of March茅 Ste Anne, a farmers market located in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, cofounder and vice president of聽, an agricultural education organization which is the official representative of聽聽in Quebec, and president of the聽聽in British Columbia, founded by a former student. She serves on the Board of聽, a food security organization in the West Island and as an industry advisor to the board of 4-H Qu茅bec.
Courses
courses within FMT:
Undergraduate courses:
Research
Dr Begg's main interest is in ecological agriculture; other research interests include the relationships between spatial patterns of crop and soil parameters in agricultural fields. Dr Begg conducts research on food security on the island of Montreal and on ecological agriculture practices focusing on soil and crop management. Her goal is to increase agricultural producers' awareness of variability within the field and the impact this has on crop growth and sustainable agriculture.聽Her additional interest is in the relationships between spatial patterns of crop and soil parameters in agricultural fields and using GIS to identify interactions.聽
.
Recent Publications
Luoh, Jen Wen, Caroline B. Begg, Rachael C. Symonds, Dolores Ledesma, Ray-Yu Yang 2014. Nutritional Yield of African Indigenous Vegetables in Water-Deficient and Water-Sufficient Conditions. Food and Nutrition Sciences,聽5: 812-822.
Bernatchez, F., Jeannotte, R., Begg, C.B.M., Hamel. C. and Whalen, J.K., 2008. Soil fertility and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi related to trees growing on smallholder farms in Senegal.聽Arid Environments, 72: 1247-1256.