May 1, 2022
Congratulations, Megan, on your SSHRC graduate scholarship (CGS M)! What an amazing accomplishment! Learn more about Megan and her project here.
March 13-16, 2022
Gemma presented her research on the experiences of young adults during the Covid-19 pandemic at the conference of the American Academy of Health Behavior in Key Largo (Florida) this March.
December 31, 2021
This year has been a productive one! And the last article of this year (with Caroline Ritter as a co-author) was published by Biescheuvel et al., 2021 on the theoretical background behind farmers’ decision-making. A worthwhile read in our unbiased opinion!
September 1, 2021
We identified a fantastic Ph.D. student for the veterinarian mental health project: Emily Morabito started in September and is co-supervised by Dr. Andria Jones-Bitton (University of Guelph).
May 4, 2021
We are looking for a PhD student to work on the important topic of veterinarian mental health (more details in the ad). Feel free to contact me if you are interested and want more information. Review of applications will start immediately.
May 1, 2021
Megan Ross now started to work on an MSc project focusing on equine welfare. She is co-supervised by Dr. Kathryn Proudfoot (UPEI) and we are very excited to have her join our team.
April 2021
CBC covered research that Gemma Postill and Caroline Ritter are currently conducting. Click here to read the article.
April 2021
Two articles in the same Journal of Dairy Science issue! A focus group study was published with the research group at the Animal Welfare Program, and another study looking at veterinary dairy herd health visits was a collaboration with researchers at the University of Calgary and the Ontario Veterinary College.
January 2021
This month has flown by but has been extremely successful with funding confirmations from Zoetis and the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Center.
December 16, 2020
The Canada Research Chairs are announced! Click here for the UPEI news coverage on Caroline Ritter’s CRC and here to access the CRC website.