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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- PhD Candidate Elizabeth Russell earned the Graduate Student Service Award
Congratulations Elizabeth Russell for earning the Graduate Student Service Award! Elizabeth is a PhD candidate at the AWP. Elizabeth’s responsibilities have grown since she’s been in LFS and she’s supported the AWP on several committees.… Read more: PhD Candidate Elizabeth Russell earned the Graduate Student Service Award - Welcoming Visiting PhD Student Sara Dusel
Sara Dusel recently joined the Animal Welfare Program for the month of September, as a visiting international research student. Visiting students contribute to the exchange of ideas throughout the program, conducting their own research work… Read more: Welcoming Visiting PhD Student Sara Dusel - Meet the new faces of the AWP of Fall 2024!
Oceania Kreutzer is an Indigenous student who previously completed a BSc. in the Honour’s Applied Animal Biology program at UBC. She is now a part of the companion animal lab in the Animal Welfare Program… Read more: Meet the new faces of the AWP of Fall 2024! - David Fraser and Ian Duncan celebrate the 50th anniversary of writing the first text-book chapter on farm animal welfare
A 50-year milestone in animal welfare This summer David Fraser and Ian Duncan celebrated the remarkable milestone of the 50th anniversary of writing the first text-book chapter on farm animal welfare. The chapter was published in… Read more: David Fraser and Ian Duncan celebrate the 50th anniversary of writing the first text-book chapter on farm animal welfare - Dr Marina von Keyserlingk has been recognized with the 2024 ISAE Creativity Award
Earlier this summer the 57th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) took place in Curitiba, Brazil from July 22nd to July 26th 2024. Many members of the UBC Animal Welfare Program (AWP)… Read more: Dr Marina von Keyserlingk has been recognized with the 2024 ISAE Creativity Award