Session A: Cross-Examining the Animal: Justice, Legal Personhood, and Courts

Sakshi Aravind, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session A: The Relationship Between Animal Cruelty and Human Violence: A Canadian Criminal Justice Problem

Louise E. Lathey, University of the Fraser Valley

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session B: Animal-Assisted Intervention Programs & Long-Term Care Facilities: A Future for Animal Programs and the Aging

Margherita Duesbury, McMaster University

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session B: Do Human Animal Interventions benefit humans at the expense of the well-being of animals?

Amy R. Johnson, Oakland University

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session B: Strengthening Animal-Human Relationships as a Doorway to Indigenous Wellness

Angela Snowshoe, University of Regina
Adela Kincaid PhD, Selkirk College

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session C: “A Mouse Cannot Say Exactly How They Feel”: Research Participants’ Views on Non-Human Animal Research

Jill A. Fisher, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rebecca L. Walker, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Session D: Animals Are Us: Applying the Common Ingroup Identity Model to Humane Education

Boguslawa D. Gatarek Ms., University of Windsor

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Session D: Human-Animal Studies Pedagogy: Bringing Humans to Non-Humans

Andrew A. Domzalski, Madonna University
Boguslawa D. Gatarek, Madonna University
Michelle Proctor, Madonna

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Session D: The relationship between animal interactions, empathy, and prosocial behavior among children and preliminary exploration of the RedRover Readers empathy program as an intervention strategy

Nicole Y. Forsyth, RedRover

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Session E: The Personality Principle: The relationship between knowledge of purebred health problems and breed preferences

Beth Daly, University of Windsor

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Session E: Where’s fluffy? A species inclusive portrait of human-companion animal relationships

Zoei Sutton, Flinders University

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Session F: Animal Work and the Public Sector: Helping Animals and the People Who Care for Them

Brittany J. Campbell, Brock University

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Session F: Creating More Humane Jobs: Public and Private Sector Leadership

Kendra Coulter

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Session F: Trap, Snip, Repeat: Cat Overpopulation and Gendered Labour within a Feral Sterilisation Programme

Stephen L. Muzzatti, Ryerson University
Kirsten L. Grieve, RVT

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Session G: Disasters and Domestication: Exploring Multispecies Resiliency

Seven M. Mattes, Michigan State University

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Session G: Ecomuseums and the Lac La Croix Indigenous Ponies: Challenges and suggestions for moving forward.

Adela T. Kincaid, University of Regina

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM