The BC SPCA was a founding partner in the creation of the University of British Columbia Animal Welfare Program in 1997. Since then, the BC SPCA has used AWP research findings to improve the lives of animals in our care as well as those we advocate for, and hired numerous graduates as staff experts and program contractors. BC SPCA experts are now helping the next generation of animal welfare leaders by supporting their research projects, including research under the guidance of the new NSERC/BC SPCA Industrial Research Chair in Companion Animal Welfare at the UBC AWP, Dr. Sasha Protopopova, hired in August 2019.
Read more about current projects in this partnership: https://spca.bc.ca/news/how-bc-spca-experts-are-supporting-the-next-generation-of-animal-welfare-leaders/
