Alumni: Animals in Society

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Michael Brunt (PhD 2022) Understanding the social licence to use animals for scientific purposes and the role of institutional transparency Thesis

Jesse Robbins (PhD 2017) completed his doctoral research studying societal unease with modern agricultural production through the lens of animal welfare, and is currently a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Thesis

Erin B. Ryan (MSc 2013) conducted research on public attitudes to housing systems used for pregnant sows. Erin then worked for the BC SPCA helping to organize public and stakeholder engagement events. Thesis

Leanne McConnachie (MSc 2007) studied how to assess the effectiveness of animal welfare charities in order to improve philanthropic decision-making. She became Director of Farm Animal Programs at the Vancouver Humane Society, an advisor to the Vancouver Foundation and President of the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada. She then consulted with food companies on offering more humanely raised products. Thesis

Nicole Unger (MSc 2022) evaluated the Canadian Quality Milk Program, an on-farm HACCP-based food safety program. Thesis

Raymond Anthony (visiting graduate student 2001-2003 / 2005) supervised by Drs. Fraser and Weary. Research focused on ethical philosophies and their application to human-animal relationships in agriculture and bioethical analysis of food systems (jointly with the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics).