Congratulations to Lea Nicklas who was awarded the Blair-Curtis-Pfleiderer-Wachter Award at the 41st International Winter Workshop on Clinical, Chemical, and Biochemical Aspects of Pteridines, held at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, from February 5-7, 2025.
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What do dolphins, pigs, octopuses, show cattle, caged laying hens, penguins and frogs have in common? They have all been animals studied in the ANSC4010 Animal Welfare Judging class. A fourth year Animal Biosciences class, this unique course gives students an opportunity to develop many skills including critical thinking, public speaking, ethical reasoning, concise messaging, and more, all within the context of evaluating of animal welfare on the basis of scientific theory and data.
On Friday, April 26, 20 students from the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW) had the opportunity to do a behind-the-scenes tour of the Toronto Zoo.
Congratulations to Caleigh Copelin for receiving the Best Student Research Presentation award at the 2024 International Society of Equitation Science (ISES) conference in New Zealand on March 16. The award includes free- registration for a future ISES conference and will be giving a presentation at the 2024 ISES annual meeting.
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We were so happy to host veterinary students from around…
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We are extremely happy to hear that there will be a complete ban on the use of strychnine poison in Canada this year! Great news for wolves, coyotes, foxes and many other animals across Canada!
Happy International Women's Day 2024!
As Black History month ends for another year, we'd like to celebrate some of our wonderful Black colleagues: please check out excellent talks given to CCSAW by Dr Joao Costa on personality in dairy cows
"Do housing-induced changes in brain activity cause stereotypic behaviours in laboratory mice?"
Did you miss Dr Fischer's seminar? Watch it on our YouTube page and let us know what you think!
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CCSAW's mission is to improve animal welfare through research, service and teaching
