Seminar: Use of therapy dogs as part of special education classrooms
Are you curious about therapy dogs as part of special education classrooms? Sasha Protopopova, NSERC/BC SPCA Industrial Research Chair in Animal Welfare, will be giving a free 3-hour seminar in coordination with the Applied Behavior Analysis Center’s ABACLive Cambridge Center Series on Thursday, October 1, 2020. With increasing parental demand and interest in adding therapy dogs […]
AWP awarded CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund for Equipment and Infrastructure
Dr. Alexandra (Sasha) Protopopova, recently announced NSERC IRC Chair in Animal Welfare, has been awarded funding from the Government of Canada, through the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) invests in research infrastructure at institutions across Canada. Sasha will be establishing a laboratory for human-animal interaction and companion animal welfare. Congratulations to Sasha, […]
A history of social science research from UBC’s Animal Welfare Program
Since its inception, the Animal Welfare Program has used a range of tools from the social sciences to bring together experts (farmers, veterinarians, scientists, animal advocates) to identify new solutions to problems in animal industries. The graphic below highlights theses from our program from this area of research. Download as a PDF * https://awp.landfood.ubc.ca/publications/ (1) https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0090498 (2) https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0091066 […]
Animals, Climate Change and Global Health: Webinar series
Are you interested in the intersection of animals, climate change and global health? Animalsclimatehealth is offering a series of webinars that explore these topics in the time of COVID-19. Please see https://animalsclimatehealth.com/ for full details. The first session, entitled Animals, Pandemics and Global Health will be held September 18, 2020.