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 […]
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 […]
UBC Dairy Research Centre Featured in Ubyssey Video
Editors from UBC’s student newspaper, The Ubyssey, visited the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre last month. They took some great video footage of our student researchers in action, and interviewed PhD candidate Tracy Burnett (Applied Animal Biology) on how the work we do impacts the lives of dairy animals, and benefits Canadian dairy farmers. […]