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Professor Bob Fischer visits the Animal Welfare Program
On April 14 -15, 2026, the Animal Welfare Program at the University of British Columbia had the pleasure of hosting philosopher Bob Fischer for a two-day visit filled with discussion, collaboration, and community engagement. The visit was coordinated by PhD candidate Bianca Vandresen and made possible through her W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics Graduate Fellowship. On April 14, Professor Fischer delivered a public…
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AWP members and alumni meet at Humane Canada’s 2026 Summit for Animals in Whistler, BC
AWP members and alumni enjoyed Humane Canada’s 2026 Summit for Animals, hosted in Whistler from April 19-21. This year, the BC SPCA was also the city’s host partner. In the opening remarks, BC SPCA CEO Craig Daniell mentioned the longstanding partnership between the BC SPCA and the Animal Welfare Program as part of his retrospective on his 25-year career in animal welfare. BC…
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Welcoming Asmi Aggarwal, visiting scholar from Ashoka University, to UBC AWP!
Asmi is a third-year undergraduate student studying psychology and biology, who visited UBC, Vancouver, for an exchange semester! At her home university, she works with zebrafishes: how they make decisions, if music helps reduce their stress levels, etc. Cognitive neuroscience, especially its study in animals, has always fascinated her, and amongst other things, she would, one day, like to work…
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Congratulations to our presenters at four local competitions and conferences!
Throughout February and March 2026, several AWP projects were featured by AWP graduate students and APBI/visiting undergraduate students in four exciting, local academic events, 3MT, LFS GSC, UBC PAW’s AWC, and UBC MURC, with some students recognized for their achievements! From top to bottom/left to right: Elizabeth Russell, Maya Bodnar, and Meghan Lok The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Land and Food Systems Heat occurred on February 26th. This academic competition…
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AWP MSc graduate Christine Kuo takes on a new role at Dairy Farmers of Canada!
Congratulations to Christine Kuo (MSc ‘25) on her new role with Dairy Farmers of Canada! Christine’s interest in animals began when she had backyard chickens as a kid. Since then, she has worked in farm animal welfare and agricultural sustainability at various organizations. Christine worked with the Animal Welfare Program during her undergraduate degree and continued to…
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AWP MSc graduate Christina Doelling takes on a new role at BC Dairy/Alberta Milk!
Congratulations to Christina Doelling (MSc’ 25) on her new role at BC Dairy/Alberta Milk! Christina is originally from Chicago. She began her journey in animal welfare as the Research Coordinator at Lincoln Park Zoo, where she worked with captive and wild great apes. Upon realizing she wanted to study animal welfare, she moved to Canada to join the AWP. While Christina…
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(CLOSED) The UBC Animal Welfare Program is inviting applications one Lab Animal Grad Student!
The UBC Animal Welfare Program invites applications for one MSc or PhD student interested in engaging in research intended to improve the welfare of mice or rats in laboratories. The successful student will be supervised by Drs. Daniel Weary and Joanna Makowska. Please see the document below for more information and instructions on how to…
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Welcoming Dr. Mustafa Cam, Visiting Professor from Selcuk University in Türkiye to UBC AWP!
Mustafa Cam is a Visiting Professor from Animal Science Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Selcuk University, Türkiye. At UBC, he is leading a project investigating different ways of feeding ‘transition milk’ to dairy calves at the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre. His visit to UBC is funded by a grant by the International Postdoctoral…
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Congratulations to Order of Canada recipient Nina von Keyserlingk!
Huge congratulations to Nina von Keyserlingk, who has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada! The Order of Canada is one of our country’s highest honours, recognizing people from all sectors of society who have made extraordinary and sustained contributions to Canada. Nina is a global leader in animal welfare science, transforming the way people…
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Congratulations to Dr. Cathy Schuppli on being awarded the VPRI Staff Award!
Congratulation to Dr. Cathy Schuppli, UBC Veterinarian and Animal Welfare Program Alumni, on being awarded the VPRI Staff Award for her expert veterinary work and helping to improve the care and handing of animals used in research at UBC!