UBC Animal Welfare Program wins national award
On April 22, 2018, at the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS) Animal Welfare Leadership & Innovation Awards Dinner in Calgary, the UBC Animal Welfare Program was presented with the award for “Leadership and Innovation in Animal Welfare Science”.
Receiving the award were Prof. David Fraser accompanied by Ms. Raegan Ahlbaum (Petsecure, host organization of the dinner) and Mr. Craig Daniell (CEO, BC SPCA) with Program graduates Nicole Fenwick (BC SPCA), Elisabeth Ormandy (Animals in Science Policy Institute), Erin Ryan (BC SPCA) Jeffrey Spooner (Agralytics, Ottawa), Catherine Schuppli (UBC), Sara Dubois (BC SPCA), and Lee Neil (University of Guelph). The dinner, attended by over 300, was organized by CFHS (‘Humane Canada’), as part of their annual animal welfare conference.