Animal Welfare Program
The UBC Animal Welfare Program is one of the largest and most respected programs in the world in the field of animal welfare science. Since its inception in 1997, the program’s research has led to improvements in the lives of animals in British Columbia and around the world. The mission of the program is to improve the welfare and humane care of animals in agriculture, research, companionship and other areas through active efforts in research, education and public outreach.
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- UBC AWP Post-Doc is Moving on as a UBC Lecturer!
Camila Cavalli obtained her PhD in Psychology at the University of Cordoba, Argentina, studying the sociocognitive abilities of therapy dogs. She joined the UBC Animal Welfare Program in 2022 to continue her research with therapy… Read more: UBC AWP Post-Doc is Moving on as a UBC Lecturer! - Welcoming Sarah Bolton, a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, at AWP!
Sarah is a veterinarian and animal welfare scientist who has worked in private and government veterinary practice and has previous experience in dairy farm management, including calf rearing. More recently, she has held national animal… Read more: Welcoming Sarah Bolton, a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, at AWP! - Congratulations to our PhD Graduate Dr. Lexis Ly!
We congratulate Dr. Lexis Ly on graduating in the spring of 2025 from the Animal Welfare Program! Lexis joined the UBC Animal Welfare Program in 2019 as a research assistant. She worked with various members… Read more: Congratulations to our PhD Graduate Dr. Lexis Ly! - AWP’s Lexis Ly receives the Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Lexis Ly (PhD, ‘25) with Dean pro tem of the Faculty Land and Food Systems Congratulations to recent AWP PhD graduate Lexis Ly, who was one of 19 graduate students at UBC to receive the… Read more: AWP’s Lexis Ly receives the Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award - Theo Quemener and Jeanne Durieu visited the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre
Theo Quemener and Jeanne Durieu were Visiting International Research Students from L’Institut Agro Dijon who joined the UBC Animal Welfare Program for 5 months. During their stay at UBC, they lived and worked at the… Read more: Theo Quemener and Jeanne Durieu visited the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre