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  • Celebrating 10 Years of the Saputo Dairy Care Program

    In 2015, the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) and the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW) launched the Saputo Dairy Care Program with a commitment of $500,000 from Saputo. Ten years later, the world’s first and only formal dairy cattle welfare training program for veterinarians is celebrating Saputo’s second investment renewal that will…

  • Bringing Justice to the Barn

    Bringing Justice to the Barn

    Veterinary forensics may sound like something out of a TV crime show, but for Dr. Shane Bateman and Gayle Ecker, Director of Equine Guelph, it’s a crucial, real-world tool to improve animal welfare—particularly for horses. Thanks to a CCSAW (Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare) mini-grant, the two have teamed up to launch…

  • Bridging the Gap: Empowering Northern Canadian Communities Through Animal  Welfare

    A recent collaboration between Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW) researchers and Veterinarians Without Borders North America (VWB) is seeking to pilot a sustainable model for improving animal healthcare grounded in community engagement and empowerment. Led by graduate student Tsai-Ping (Hannah) Liao, under the supervision of Dr. Lauren Van Patter, the project…