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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- Congratulations to our presenters at ISAE 2026 meetings in India and China!
This August (2026), AWP members presented at two International Society of Applied Ethology (ISAE) meetings across the globe! The 59th Congress of The International Society of Applied Ethology (ISAE) took place in Greater Noida (a… Read more: Congratulations to our presenters at ISAE 2026 meetings in India and China! - AWP Members Isaac Qi and Sky Sheng participated in the Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Animal Welfare program in Beijing, China!
AWP members Isaac Qi and Sky Sheng recently travelled to Beijing to participate in a two-week program at China Agricultural University (CAU) on Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Animal Welfare. Hosted by Professor Wu Zhonghong, who recently visited AWP… Read more: AWP Members Isaac Qi and Sky Sheng participated in the Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Animal Welfare program in Beijing, China! - Congratulations to our presenters at SciFAW and ISAZ 2026!
This June and July (2026), several AWP students presented at two major international conferences: Science for Animal Welfare (SciFAW, previously UFAW) and the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ). Additionally, Professor Marina (Nina) von Keyserlingk was awarded this year’s UFAW Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Animal Welfare… Read more: Congratulations to our presenters at SciFAW and ISAZ 2026! - David Fraser’s poems on Pig Welfare have been illustrated and published at LIFT!
Recently, David Fraser’s poems about pig welfare have been illustrated and put on the Lifting Farm Animal Lives (LIFT) website. The LIFT project is the EU project to lay “the foundations for positive animal welfare.” Lena Pozdnyakova,… Read more: David Fraser’s poems on Pig Welfare have been illustrated and published at LIFT! - David Fraser met with Barry Hughes, his colleague from the 1970s!
David Fraser (left) and Barry Hughes (right) met in Edinburgh. Recently, David Fraser met with Barry Hughes in Edinburgh, where they had been colleagues in the early 1970s. At that time, Barry was starting a distinguished career… Read more: David Fraser met with Barry Hughes, his colleague from the 1970s!