Past Events

This session will provide an overview of current policies and initiatives related to open access and research data management. We will discuss the potential impacts of these policies on research projects and outline local and national initiatives in place to provide services and supports to researchers. Discussion to follow.  

The M.Sc. Defence for Ashley Nixon has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018 @ 9:00 a.m. in Room 030, Animal Science & Nutrition Building.   The examining committee will consist of: Examining Chair: Renee Bergeron         Advisor: Wendy Pearson Adv. Committee Member: Mark Hurtig Additional Member: Niel Karrow   Thesis Title: “Effect of adipose tissue on inflammatory and catabolic response of cartilage to lipopolysaccharide.”.

   

The Ph.D. Defence for Aitor Arrazola has been scheduled for Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building. The examining committee will consist of: Examining Chair: Wendy Pearson Advisor: Stephanie Torrey Adv. Committee Member: Elijah Kiarie Additional Member: Gregoy Bedecarrats External Examiner: Ingrid de Jong   Thesis Title: “The effect of alternative feeding strategies for broiler breeder pullets throughout the production cycle”.

​Reminder of the next departmental meeting in ANNU 141.. ​Just a heads up, in 2018 our departmental meetings will take place every third Friday of the month, at 2:30 PM. Wendy already booked the room for us. Thank you. Diana

The M.Sc. Defence of Kayo Takeshima has been scheduled for Thursday, September 13th, 2018 @ 1:30 p.m. in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building. The examining committee will consist of: Examining Chair: Georgia Mason          Advisor: Gregoy Bedecarrats                              Adv. Committee Member: Stephanie Torrey Additional Member: Martin Zuidhof   Thesis Title: “Optimizing lighting for precision broiler breeder feeding”.  

The Ph.D. Defence for Ivelisse Robles has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 9:00 a.m. in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building.     The examining committee will consist of: Examining Chair:  Angela Canovas Advisor: Trevor Devries Adv. Committee Member: Marina von Keyserlingk Additional Member:  Renee Bergeron External Examiner:  Peter Krawczel   Thesis Title: “Impact of dairy cow resting area on hygiene, behaviour and milk quality”.

The M.Sc. Defence for Emma Nip has been scheduled for Thursday, September 6th, 2018 @ 10:00 a.m. in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building.   The examining committee will consist of: Examining Chair:  Gregoy Bedecarrats              Advisor:  Georgia Mason Adv. Committee Member: Lee Niel Additional Member:  Renee Bergeron   Thesis Title: “The long-term effects of environmental enrichment on female agonism in C57BL/6, DBA/2 and BALB/c mice”.