Awards

Faculty

  • NSERC Industrial Research Chair
  • 3Rs Prize, National Centre for the 3Rs (UK)
  • Animals and Society Course Award, Humane Society of the United States (US)
  • Bärle Award, Detroit Zoological Society (US)
  • Gold Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Animal Welfare Science, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UK)
  • Charles River Excellence in Refinement Award, Johns Hopkins Centre for Alternatives to Animal Testing (US)
  • Distinguished Faculty Award, UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems
  • Animal Welfare Award, British Society for Animal Science and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (UK)
  • JDS Club 100 Award, American Dairy Science Assocation (US)
  • Leadership in Animal Welfare Innovation Award (awarded to UBC Animal Welfare Program), Humane Canada
  • Frederic A. McGrand Lifetime Leadership Award, Humane Canada
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  • Hans Sigrist Prize, Hans Sigrist Foundation at the University of Bern (Switzerland)
  • Killam Prize (excellence in research and teaching), Canada Council for the Arts
  • Metacam 20 Welfare Award, Canadian Veterinary Medical Association
  • Order of Canada
  • Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (Canada)
  • Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (Canada)
  • Ruminant Well-being Award, World Association for Buiatrics
  • Zinpro Award for Excellence in Dairy Science, American Dairy Science Association (US)

Graduate Students

Our graduate students are perhaps the greatest legacy of the Animal Welfare Program. Many outstanding students have been recognized with awards including:

  • NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (CGS D)
  • NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters (CGS M)
  • NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS)
  • Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship, UBC
  • Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF), UBC
  • Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, UBC
  • Public Scholars Award, UBC