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NATIONAL FARM ANIMAL CARE CONFERENCE
Achievements, challenges and future directions
OCTOBER 9-10, 2013
Hilton Garden Inn Ottawa Airport, 2400 Alert Road, Ottawa, ON Canada
Learn about recent achievements in farm animal welfare in Canada and participate in discussion on challenges and future directions.
AGENDA (subject to change)
| DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY OCT 9 - onsite registration begins at 11.30 a.m., lunch is served | ||
| 1 p.m. Afternoon session: ACHIEVEMENTS | ||
| Welcome address | ||
| Edouard Asnong, NFACC Chair | ||
| NFACC - a credible decision making platform | ||
| Susie Miller, Director General, Food Value Chain Bureau, Market & Industry Services Branch, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food | ||
| Developing Codes of Practice - scientifically informed, practical and reflective of societal expectations | ||
| Ryder Lee, Manager of Federal Provincial Relations, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association Geoff Urton, Manager of Stakeholder Relations, BC SPCA Tina Widowski, Professor of Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare in the Department of Animal & Poultry Science at the University of Guelph | ||
| Building a common approach to animal care assessment | ||
| Caroline Ramsay, Animal Care Assessment Model Coordinator, NFACC | ||
| A food service perspective of animal care assessment | ||
| Tim Faveri, Director Sustainability and Responsibility, Tim Hortons | ||
| Implementing the dairy Code - Mooving ahead with animal care | ||
| Ron Maynard, dairy producer and Vice-President, Dairy Farmers of Canada | ||
| 5 p.m. Reception (tapas and cash bar) | ||
| DAY 2 - THURSDAY OCT 10 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. Continental breakfast | ||
| 8:30 Morning session: CHALLENGES | ||
| When the Headline is You – Communication strategies for an animal welfare crisis | ||
| Jeff Ansell, media and crisis communications consultant and author | ||
| What Canadians really think about food and farming | ||
| Crystal Mackay, Executive Director, Farm and Food Care Ontario | ||
| Bridging the gap - Public and producer views on animal welfare | ||
| Jeff Spooner, PhD, Animal Welfare Program, University of British Columbia and consultant | ||
| Pain assessment and management | ||
| Ed Pajor, Professor, Animal Behavior and Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Production Animal Health, University of Calgary | ||
| Transitions in animal welfare: confinement systems | ||
| TBD | ||
| Afternoon session: FUTURE DIRECTIONS | ||
| Managing diverse views in animal welfare | ||
| Stephani R. McCallum, Managing Director, Dialogue Partners Inc. | ||
| Achieving compliance through stakeholder networks | ||
| Darrell Dalton, Interim Registrar, Alberta Veterinary Medical Association | ||
| NFACC future directions - seeking input | ||
| Sonya Fiorini, Senior Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Loblaw Companies Limited Geoff Urton, Manager of Stakeholder Relations, BC SPCA Edouard Asnong, pork producer and NFACC Chair | ||
| Framing NFACC in a Canadian and international context | ||
| Dan Weary, Professor & NSERC Industrial Research Chair, Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia | ||
| 4.30 Conference concludes | ||
REGISTRATION
$250 + 32.50 (HST ON) = $282.50
Registration includes conference fees, lunch and reception with tapas and cash bar on Wednesday, Oct 9, continental breakfast and lunch on Thursday, Oct 10.
CONFERENCE LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS
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CONTACT US
Conference coordinators
Mikki Shatosky 403.932.1877
Susan Church
Email: conference@nfacc.ca
Continued education (CE) credits for animal health professionals may be available; please contact your provincial organization or email us.
Funding for this project has been provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultural Flexibility Fund, as part of Canada’s Economic Action Plan.