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  • Mariann Molnár has been awarded the Fellowship Award by Tiny Beam Fund

    Mariann Molnár has been awarded the Fellowship Award by Tiny Beam Fund

    AWP Adjunct professor Mariann Molnár recently launched a new project funded by the Fellowship Award programme of the Tiny Beam Fund’s Burning Questions Initiative. Mariann Molnár, Animal Welfare Program Adjunct Professor, will be focussing on assessing how animal production technologies used in intensive, large-scale operations influence farm animal welfare conditions. She will be using a…

  • Welcoming Visiting Scientist Tiago Moreira

    Welcoming Visiting Scientist Tiago Moreira

    Dr. Tiago Moreira has joined the Animal Welfare Program for the past four months, from September to December, as a visiting scientist. Visiting scientists contribute to the exchange of ideas throughout the program, conducting their own research work while also engaging in activities with students, post-doctoral researchers, and faculty during their time in residence. Learn…

  • Meet the new (and familiar) faces of the AWP of Fall 2023!

    Meet the new (and familiar) faces of the AWP of Fall 2023!

    Maya Bodnar – Maya is a new MSc student focusing on laboratory mouse welfare who completed a BSc in Applied Animal Biology. After graduation, she continued her research with an NSERC Undergraduate Research Student Award before starting her MSc. Her MSc will focus on evaluating non-aversive handling methods for laboratory mice. Read about her story here. Christina…

  • Search for an Assistant Professor in Animal Welfare

    Search for an Assistant Professor in Animal Welfare

    The University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Faculty of Land and Food Systems (www.landfood.ubc.ca) invites applications for a full-time tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Animal Welfare, within the Applied Biology Program. The successful candidate will contribute to the advancement of animal welfare through research, teaching, and public outreach. We welcome applications…

  • The AWP Hosts Undergraduate Students from The Evergreen State College

    The AWP Hosts Undergraduate Students from The Evergreen State College

    The Animal Welfare Program has held a fall tradition with The Evergreen State College, a public liberal arts college in Olympia, Washington, where undergraduate students taking their Anthrozoology course head up north for a hands-on field trip to learn about animal welfare. With their first in-person visit since the pandemic, we welcomed more than 30…

  • Congratulations to two AWP graduates and to Dr. Marina (Nina) von Keyserlingk for receiving Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring at graduation!

    Congratulations to two AWP graduates and to Dr. Marina (Nina) von Keyserlingk for receiving Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring at graduation!

    Last Friday at the UBC Land and Food Systems Winter 2023 convocation ceremony, we celebrated Dr. Nina von Keyserlingk, as well as PhD graduate Wali (Mohammad) Sahar and MSc graduate Kai von Rentzell. Congrats to all!

  • AANB 500 seminar series – Tse Yip Fai on animals and AI ethics

    AANB 500 seminar series – Tse Yip Fai on animals and AI ethics

    As part of our seminar series for the AANB 500 course, the Animal Welfare Program hosts speakers from animal welfare and adjacent fields. Last week, we hosted speaker Tse Yip Fai who is a research assistant at Princeton University focusing on AI ethics and animal welfare. Fai provided an overview of AI and its connection…

  • (Closed) Job Position – AWP Research Coordinator

    (Closed) Job Position – AWP Research Coordinator

    The UBC Animal Welfare Program is hiring! Apply to our AWP Research Coordinator Position to manage administrative, finance, and communications aspects of the Program. The AWP Research Coordinator works closely with the AWP faculty to facilitate grant applications, produce reports to granting agencies, manage grant accounts, communicate information regarding the program, coordinate outreach events, and manage AWP space…

  • Can livestock help agriculture’s transition to Net Zero emissions?

    Can livestock help agriculture’s transition to Net Zero emissions?

    As part of the LFS Scholars Series, the Applied Animal Biology graduate program in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems hosted Dr. Ermias Kebreab from the University of California, Davis to share his research and policy work related to agriculture’s transition to net zero emissions. AWP’s Nina von Keyserlingk introduced Ermias, having known him…

  • (Closed) Post-Doctoral Position in Dairy Cattle Welfare

    (Closed) Post-Doctoral Position in Dairy Cattle Welfare

    Please note – we are no longer accepting applications for these roles. Please watch our website for future opportunities! UBC’s Animal Welfare Program is inviting applications for post-doctoral scholars, starting in the summer/fall of 2023. The duration of the position will be one year, with the potential of renewal for another year. Scholars will be expected…