Congratulations to Michael Brunt for winning a UBC Public Scholars Award
This award is part of the UBC Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) which intends to build connections, community, and capacity for doctoral students who are interested in explicitly linking their doctoral work to an arena of public benefit and integrating broader and more career-relevant forms of scholarship into their doctoral education process. The award is intended […]
Dr. Cathy Schuppli keynote speaker at Hyndman Lecture 2019
Animal Welfare Program member Dr. Cathy Schuppli delivered the keynote address at the Louis D Hyndman Sr Lecture 2019, which took place on September 23 at the University of Alberta. Dr. Schuppli’s address was titled “What Can Researchers Learn From Trained Superstar Rats?” The Hyndman lecture was established in 1994 by the University of Alberta […]
APBI 496 Practicums
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NEW COURSE RECENTLY APPROVED IN THE UBC CALENDAR
APBI 317 (3) – ANIMALS USED IN SCIENCE: WELFARE AND ETHICS (previously called APBI 490 Animal Welfare and the Ethics of Laboratory Animal Use). Offered in winter 2019, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30-1:50. This course is open to anyone with 3rd or 4th year standing. Students will gain an in-depth understanding of the controversial use […]
Congratulations to Katie Koralesky for winning the Land and Food Systems Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Animal Welfare Program PhD Student Katie Koralesky was selected as the winner of the Land and Food Systems Graduate Teaching Assistant Awarde based on her commitment and devotion to her role as a Teaching Assistant. Her win was featured on this UBC blog. Congratulations, Katie!!
AWP at the Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science Symposium
Animal Welfare Program members Dr Joanna Makowska, Dr Cathy Schuppli, Lucia Améndola, Michael Brunt, Ben Lecorps, and Anna Ratuski presented current research and engaged in discussion surrounding laboratory animal welfare at the CALAS symposium May 26 to 28, 2019, here in Vancouver. The annual meeting of Canadian laboratory animal professionals also involves the Canadian Council […]
AWP students present their research at the ADSA annual meeting
Animal Welfare Program students gave 7 presentations at the American Dairy Science Association meeting in Cincinnati this past week. Pictured here are some of our students with Dan Weary and some friends from the UBC’s dairy reproduction research group and Alumni of the Animal Welfare Program.
UBC Dairy Education and Research Center Open House: July 20, 2019
The UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre is world renowned for its innovative dairy research. With our research we aim to improve the lives of dairy cows in practical ways. We also study how to optimize dairy cattle reproduction on farms. Did you know that calves can be optimistic as well as pessimistic? And that […]
New APBI 496 Applied Biology Practicum in India now accepting applications
Gain hands-on experience with sanctuary sloth bears and elephants near Agra, India with a month-long placement at Wildlife SOS in Winter Term 2 (Jan 2020) in this 6 credit course. Adjunct Professor Dr. Sara Dubois is accepting applications open through end of June 2019. For more information and to access the application, head to the […]
Animal Welfare Program hosts national meeting
Prof. David Fraser and graduate student Devon Wilson hosted a national meeting in Vancouver on April 30-May 1. The meeting brought together 17 experts on the marketing of dairy calves — animals that are born on dairy farms but are then sold to other farms that raise them for slaughter. The meeting included dairy farmers, […]