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Seminar: Use of therapy dogs as part of special education classrooms
Are you curious about therapy dogs as part of special education classrooms? Sasha Protopopova, NSERC/BC SPCA Industrial Research Chair in Animal Welfare, will be giving a free 3-hour seminar in coordination with the Applied Behavior Analysis Center’s ABACLive Cambridge Center Series on Thursday, October 1, 2020. With increasing parental demand and interest in adding therapy dogs…
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AWP awarded CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund for Equipment and Infrastructure
Dr. Alexandra (Sasha) Protopopova, recently announced NSERC IRC Chair in Animal Welfare, has been awarded funding from the Government of Canada, through the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) invests in research infrastructure at institutions across Canada. Sasha will be establishing a laboratory for human-animal interaction and companion animal welfare. Congratulations to Sasha,…
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A history of social science research from UBC’s Animal Welfare Program
Since its inception, the Animal Welfare Program has used a range of tools from the social sciences to bring together experts (farmers, veterinarians, scientists, animal advocates) to identify new solutions to problems in animal industries. The graphic below highlights theses from our program from this area of research. Download as a PDF * https://awp.landfood.ubc.ca/publications/ (1) https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0090498 (2) https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0091066…
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Animals, Climate Change and Global Health: Webinar series
Are you interested in the intersection of animals, climate change and global health? Animalsclimatehealth is offering a series of webinars that explore these topics in the time of COVID-19. Please see https://animalsclimatehealth.com/ for full details. The first session, entitled Animals, Pandemics and Global Health will be held September 18, 2020.
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Increase pasture use: Steps to success
Use of pasture can provide many benefits for dairy farmers across the globe. See this article featuring research conducted by UBC’s Animal Welfare Program Alumna Dr. Anne-Marieke Smid: https://www.dairyglobal.net/Nutrition/Articles/2020/8/Increase-pasture-use-Steps-to-success-628733E/
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Individual variability in response to social stress in dairy heifers
Congratulations to Emeline Nogues for publishing her first paper with the Animal Welfare Program, together with PhD candidate Benjamin Lecorps, in Animals! The paper, ‘Individual variability in response to social stress in dairy heifers’, examined whether it is better to engage or avoid social interactions when mixed with older cows. Mixing unfamiliar animals (or regrouping)…
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Public and producer attitudes: working together to maintain social licence
Professor Dan Weary’s Presentation at the 2020 Dairy Research Foundation’s Online Symposium: Public and producer attitudes: working together to maintain social licence Dan Weary is a Professor at The University of British Columbia. In 1997 Dan co-founded UBC’s Animal Welfare Program and co-directs this active research group. Dan’s research focuses on developing behavioral measures for…
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Aug 12-13: The Future of Youngstock Management Symposium
All are welcome to attend the The Future of Youngstock Management Symposium, organized by the University of Sidney, the University of British Columbia and AgResearch, taking place August 12 & 13. The event is free to all and featuring speakers from around the world. Email futureyoungstocksymposium@gmail.com for more information.
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Review: scientific evidence of emotional distress during CO2 exposure in rodents
Dr. Lucia Amendola, Post-Doctoral Researcher and Dr. Dan Weary have recently published a review in the journal Translational Psychiatry, reviewing scientific evidence of emotional distress during CO2 exposure. World-wide, most rodents that are used for scientific purposes are killed with carbon dioxide (CO2), but for years debate has swirled regarding the humaneness of this agent. The review,…
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Moving online: roadmap and long-term forecast
With most post-secondary institutions moving online for teaching in the fall, Nina von Keyserlingk and several colleagues have written an article to address issues related to the discipline of animal science. Read the article, “Moving online: roadmap and long-term forecast”: https://academic.oup.com/af/article/10/3/36/5875648