Presentations
Past conference presentations, guest lectures, and invited seminar talks:
Oral presentation: “Individual Variability in Rat Motivation to Access a Food Reward.” UBC Faculty of Land & Food Systems Graduate Student Conference. Vancouver, BC. (March 2018).
Poster Presentation: “Individual Variability in Rat Motivation to Access a Food Reward” Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology. Charlottetown, PEI. (2018)
Poster Presentation: “Paced Mating for Laboratory Rats.” Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science symposium. Richmond, BC. (June 2019)
Poster Presentation: “The effect of an anxiolytic on rat aversion to CO2 in the approach- and aversion-avoidance paradigms.” Animal Behaviour Society conference. Chicago, IL. (June 2019)
Oral presentation: “Research highlights from the UBC Animal Welfare Program.” National Animal Welfare Conference. Humane Canada: Ottawa, ON. (April 2020)
Guest lecture: “Housing improvements for laboratory rodents.” for an undergraduate course at Harper Adams University (October 2020)
Guest lecture: “Improving the environments of laboratory rodents.” for anthrozoology students at Evergreen College (December 2020)
Oral presentation: “Use of a get-away loft by lactating laboratory rats: Do rat moms need a break from their pups?” at UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems Graduate Student Conference. Vancouver, BC. (March 2021); this presentation was awarded third place in the oral competition.
Oral presentation: “Playpen access for laboratory mice.” Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science symposium. Online. (June 2021)
Poster presentation: “Get-away lofts for lactating laboratory rats: Is time away from pups beneficial for dam welfare?” at 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences. (Online, August 2021)
Oral presentation: Let the Stars Shine Workshop: 3Rs Early Career Scientist Award Finalist Presentations. 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (Online, August 2021)
Guest lecture: “The intersection of animal welfare and scientific research outcomes.” for APBI 317 at the University of British Columbia (2018, 2019, 2020).
Oral presentation: “Playpen access is a positive experience for conventionally-housed laboratory mice.” at UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems Graduate Student Conference. Vancouver, BC. (March 2022); this presentation was awarded third place in the oral competition.
Invited talk: “Giving rodent moms a break: Use of get-away areas by mice and rats housed in laboratories.” University of Bristol, UK (online; June 2022).
Oral presentation: “Effects of playpen access on stereotypic behaviour and aggression in conventionally housed female laboratory mice.” Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology. Ohrid, North Macedonia. (September 2022)
Invited talk: “What makes a cage “enriched”? Approaches to environmental enrichment for mice and rats in laboratories.” University of Bern, Switzerland. (March 2023)
Invited talk: “Environmental needs of rats and mice used in research.” In collaboration with Dr. Dan Weary; Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. (Online; March 2023)
Oral presentation: “What makes for effective rodent enrichment: Concepts and applied examples.” Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science symposium. Montreal, Canada. (May 2023)