Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada Sponsors Stratton Lecture: Temple Grandin – Maintaining High Standards in Animal Welfare
The Animal Welfare Program at the Faculty of Land and Food Systems invites you to join us for an evening featuring world renowned animal welfare expert, Temple Grandin. Dr. Grandin has revolutionized livestock handling facilities all over the globe and has dedicated much of her life to improving the lives of animals. She is also […]
UBC Alumni are Making Animals in Science Count: Launch of New National Institute
How many animals are used in science in Canada each year and for what? Good question! The answer = we don’t really know. And that is why two UBC Alumni, Dr. Elisabeth Ormandy and Dr. Sara Dubois have formed a new national non-profit organization, The Animals in Science Policy Institute. The Animals in Science Policy […]
UBC Undergrads take 2nd Place at Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging/Assessment Contest
UBC Undergrads took 2nd place at the 15th Annual Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging/Assessment Contest hosted by the Ohio State University.
David Fraser Speaks at the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council
Dr. David Fraser, faculty in UBC’s Animal Welfare Program, shares his thoughts about the impact of everyday human behaviour on animal welfare with his talk ” Cars, Cats, Climate Change and Other Neglected Problems of Animal Welfare” (recorded October 5, 2015). [youtube]https://youtu.be/ZhCb4LoE4j0[/youtube]
UBC Dairy Research Centre Featured in Ubyssey Video
Editors from UBC’s student newspaper, The Ubyssey, visited the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre last month. They took some great video footage of our student researchers in action, and interviewed PhD candidate Tracy Burnett (Applied Animal Biology) on how the work we do impacts the lives of dairy animals, and benefits Canadian dairy farmers. […]
PhD Candidate is in the June issue of Vancouver magazine!
“[Makowska] gained an interest in lab-animal welfare while an undergrad studying biology and psychology; in her current work, she’s researching the benefits of enriched environments not just for rats, but for the lab technicians who handle them.” Read the full article here.* Way to go, Jo! ***The link, via PressReader, requires an account to access […]
Canadian Dairy Producers Benefit from UBC Dairy Welfare Research
Milk Producer recently featured an article highlighting how the Canadian dairy industry has benefitted from UBC welfare research. More information found in the Applied Science section on page 40: http://www.travelpress.com/subscription/IDEA/151215_050115_MP/
UBC to Host Compassionate Conservation Conference 2015
Registration now open for Compassionate Conservation 2015 conference, hosted by UBC. For more details please visit: http://compassionateconservation.net/save-date-compassionate-conservation-2015-ubc-vancouver-canada-28-31-july-2015/
Animal Welfare Alum Helps Set Standards for Whole Foods Market
After completing her PhD in 2006, Frances Flower joined the Whole Foods Market team managing the day-to-day operations of their animal welfare program.
Global Food Ethics Project
Professor David Fraser is serving as an advisor on the Global Food Ethics Project, aimed at working through conflicting visions of what it means to feed the world ethically.