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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…

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 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…

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…