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(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…
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Congratulations to two AWP BSc Graduates Who Received Awards at Graduation!
We would like to congratulate two of the Animal Welfare Program’s Applied Animal Biology BSc Graduates for their academic achievements. Amalia Urloiu and Meghan Lok were recognized with their respective awards on June 1st, the day of The Faculty of Land and Food Systems’ convocation. Both students have held Work Learn positions with the AWP…
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Welcoming Visiting Scientist Pascal Savary
Dr. Pascal Savary has joined the Animal Welfare Program for two months 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 about Dr. Savary’s research interests and…
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Congratulations to these Spring 2023 Graduates who have worked with the AWP this past year!
Anna Ratuski – Anna completed her PhD with the Animal Welfare Program this spring. Dr. Ratuski studied conceptual and applied approaches to environmental enrichment for mice and rats living in laboratories. Her work demonstrates how species-appropriate changes to conventional laboratory housing can allow for the expression of motivated behaviours and improve rodent welfare. Read about…
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Welcoming Visiting Scientist Karolini Tenffen de Sousa
Karolini Tenffen de Sousa is a visiting scientist with the Animal Welfare Program this spring and summer. We are thrilled to have her back with us after her initial visit in 2018 under the Emerging Leaders of America Program. “I have a degree in Animal Science from Brazil. During my undergraduate studies, I worked in the field of animal…
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Apply for a Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Award (WLIURA) to work at the UBC Dairy Education and Research Center (DERC)
The Animal Welfare Program has received funding through UBC’s Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Awards (WLIURA) to hire current UBC undergraduate students in two additional positions for June 2023 to September 2023! These positions are Dairy Cattle Weaning Success Research (Agassiz) and Dairy Heifer Training and Welfare (Agassiz). Learn more about WLIURA here. In order to apply, eligible…
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AWP Students Present at Recent UBC Research Showcases
Back in March, undergraduate and graduate students with the Animal Welfare Program presented at the Land and Food Systems Graduate Student Conference (LFS GSC), and undergraduate students presented at the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC). These two conferences were opportunities to showcase not only graduate research projects that undergraduates have been assisting with, but also…
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AWP Students Share Their Work at the 40th Anniversary of the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar
Last week, in early March 2023, the Animal Welfare Program (AWP) participated in the 40th anniversary of the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar (WCDS) in Red Deer, Alberta. After 3 years of COVID-related disturbances, the WCDS was again held in person with the theme ‘Building on 40 years of Dairy Extension’. The WCDS is an opportunity…
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Apply for a Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Award (WLIURA)
The Animal Welfare Program has received funding through UBC’s Work Learn International Undergraduate Research Awards (WLIURA) to hire current UBC undergraduate students in a number of different positions for May 2023 to August 2024! These positions are AWP Data Visualization for Dairy Cattle Welfare, AWP History and Communications Student Researcher, and Companion Animal Research Lab…
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Summer Undergraduate Work Learn Positions Posted
The Animal Welfare Program has received funding through UBC’s Work Learn Program to hire current UBC undergraduate students in a number of different positions for May 2023 to August 2024! These are part-time positions (maximum of 300 hours). To see if you are eligible for the program, visit the Work Learn website. The two types of positions available…