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60TH ANNIVERSARY 1957–2017 THE WESTIN OTTAWA CFHS National Animal Welfare Conference April 8-11, 2017
GET INSPIRED! Share, learn, connect and network with your colleagues from all sectors of Canada’s animal welfare community.
Celebrate Canada’s 150TH and CFHS’s 60TH Anniversary Learn more and register at by joining us in Ottawa for our LARGEST conference yet! conference.cfhs.ca
An event of the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies | #NAWC2017 SCHEDULE SATURDAY, April 8, 2017
8:30 AM Registration Opens // 4th floor foyer, Westin Ottawa
8:00 AM CFHS Board of Directors Meeting to Room: Birch - Executive Level 2:00 PM
1:30 PM Ottawa Humane Society Shelter Tours to Ottawa Humane Society, 245 West Hunt Club Rd, Ottawa 2:30 PM *Pre-Registration Required.
3:00 PM CFHS Annual General Meeting to Room: Province I 5:00 PM
4:30 PM Registration Closes // 4th floor foyer, Westin Ottawa
7:30 PM CFHS MEMBERS ONLY to Welcome Reception 9:30 PM Hosted by Ottawa Humane Society // Rideau Hospitality Suite, Westin Ottawa
*Schedule subject to change
SUNDAY, April 9, 2017
WE’RE CELEBRATING YOU - Join us!
This year, there is a lot to celebrate. This year only! Two-day conference passes Our committed, hard-working community is bringing essential INCLUDE a ticket to the Gala. care, support and innovation to Canadian animal welfare General admission and plus-one tickets are also available. practices each and every day, and the Canadian Federation Check the website for details: conference.cfhs.ca/gala of Humane Societies is taking time out to recognize those nominated by our sector to receive awards for their leadership and innovation. Come and cheer on the award winners and celebrate Canada’s humane movement at the CFHS 60th Anniversary Awards Gala in Ottawa on April 9th.
National Animal Welfare Conference 2017 | conference.cfhs.ca Canadian Federation of Humane Societies SCHEDULE SUNDAY, April 9, 2017 Continued
EXHIBIT HOURS: 10:00-10:30 AM, 12:00-1:00 PM & 2:30-3:00 PM // 4th floor foyer, Westin Ottawa
7:30 AM Breakfast & Registration sponsored by Pet Plus Us // 4th floor foyer, Westin Ottawa
8:30 AM CONFERENCE WELCOME & PLENARY Beyond The Violence Link: Connecting Our Collective Vulnerability To Build A Humane Canada Barbara Cartwright, CEO of the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies // Room: Confederation I
10:00 AM Exhibitors & Networking Break // 4th floor foyer, Westin Ottawa
Cats Count in Canada Sheltering for Change Farm Animal Welfare One Welfare Room: Confederation II Room: Province II Room: Province I Room: Confederation III
10:30 AM Success for Cats with PANEL DISCUSSION TBA Humane Community to Capacity for Care (C4C) Development: Putting Humans What if We Are Not [90 min.] 12:00 PM in Canadian Shelters: Sheltering Animals at the Centre of Animal Welfare What the Data Shows! Anymore Sponsored by Loblaws Program Design Dr. Cynthia Karsten, DVM Kate Nattrass Atema UC Davis Koret Shelter Geoff Urton British International Fund for Animal Welfare Medicine Program Columbia SPCA [45 min.] Dr. Toolika Rastogi Canadian Federation of Additional Panelists TBA A Critical Exploration of Humane Societies [90 min.] Attitudes Towards Dogs in [90 min.] First Nations Communities Sponsored by the Calgary Humane Society Adriana Pisano Beaumont BSc MSc & Jan Hannah, International Fund for Animal Welfare [45 min.]
12:00 PM Exhibitors & Networking Lunch // 4th floor foyer, Westin Ottawa // Sponsored by the Red Deer & District SPCA
1:00 PM How to Say “Spay”: TAGteach or How Positive PANEL DISCUSSION Connections & Companionship: to A BCSPCA UBC Research Reinforcement is Not Only Modern Farming: The Health of BC Youth with Pets 2:30 PM Project on Optimizing Cat for Animals Advancements in Animal Annie Smith, McCreary Centre Society Spay/Neuter Campaign Patrice Robert, SPCA Montreal Welfare Messaging Kathy Powelson, Paws For Hope [45 min.] Brandy Street, MSc(Ag) Animal Foundation [45 min.] Cluny South, University of British British Columbia SPCA Columbia/British Columbia SPCA Creating a Culture of Roger Harley & James Harley Companion Animal Fostering for [45 min.] Success: How to Inspire Harley Farms Those Fleeing from Domestic Change in Your Organization [90 min.] Violence: When A Community Feline Politicians: Sponsored by Loblaws Adrienne M. McBride & Comes Together An Advocacy Success Story Lisa Veit, Guelph Humane Society Ayala Sher & Dayna Desmarais Joseph Popovitch, The Tuxedo [45 min.] SafePet Ottawa & Dayna Pet Sitting / Party of Canada [45 min.] SafePet Ottawa [45 min.] Sponsored by the Calgary Humane Society
2:30 PM Exhibitors & Networking Break // 4th floor foyer, Westin Ottawa
3:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION Employee Engagement and Canadian Public and PANEL DISCUSSION to Keep Cats Safe & Leading People Effectively: Producer Views on Farm One Welfare: Compassionate 4:30 PM Save Birds Lives Insights from the Field Animal Welfare Options for Those Experiencing Dr. Jeffrey Spooner, Animal Edward Cheskey & Dr. Steve G. Rogelberg, The Homelessness and Their Sarah Cooper, Nature Canada University of North Carolina at Welfare Scientist and Consultant Companion Animals Charlotte [45 min.] Dr. Tyler Flockhart, University of [90 min.] Guelph Dr. Michelle Lem DVM, MSc, MSW Lisa Veit, Guelph Humane Socirty Evolving Consumer Community Veterinary Outreach [90 min.] Attitudes on Animal Welfare Caroline Leblanc, BA sexology, MA Mike von Masson, Food candidate for social work Sponsored by the Calgary Agriculture & Resource Economics Humane Society Kia Rainbow, BSM, MSW, Executive [45 min.] Director at Interval House of Ottawa Sponsored by Loblaws [90 min.]
4:30 PM End of Conference Day
6:00 PM 60TH Anniversary Awards Gala with Guest of Honour, Dr. David Suzuki. to Tickets required // SHAW Centre, Trillium Ballroom, 55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa 11:00 PM
*Schedule subject to change For full abstract and bios please visit http://conference.cfhs.com/program National Animal Welfare Conference 2017 | conference.cfhs.ca Canadian Federation of Humane Societies SCHEDULE MONDAY, April 10, 2017
EXHIBIT HOURS: 10:00-10:30 AM, 12:00-1:00 PM & 2:30-3:00 PM // 4th floor foyer, Westin Ottawa
7:30 AM Breakfast & Registration // 4th floor foyer, Westin Ottawa // Sponsored by the Edmonton Humane Society
8:30 AM PLENARY - PANEL DISCUSSION Bridging Animal Welfare and Animal Rights: Creating Common Ground and Finding Solutions to Root Problems
Moderator Barbara Cartwright, Canadian Federation of Humane Societies Darren Chang, Queen’s Animal Defense Geoff Urton, British Columbia SPCA Camille Labchuk, Animal Justice Jackie Wepruk, National Farm Animal Care Council // Confederation I
10:00 AM Exhibitors & Networking Break // 4th floor foyer, Westin Ottawa
Advocacy & Building Animal Law & Wildlife Welfare Sheltering for Change Humane Communities Enforcement Room: Confederation III Room: Province II Room: Province I Room: Confederation II
10:30 AM The Illegal Pet Trade What Does Your Shelter Dining at the Same Table: A Multidisciplinary Approach to in Canada and Beyond: Sound Like? Why Quiet Developing and Maintaining to Investigating Animal Crimes 12:00 PM A Growing Issue of Wildlife Kennels Mean Happier, Successful Stakeholder Dr. Margaret Doyle, BSc, MVB, MSc, Crime Healthier Pets Relationships MRCVS, Horizon Veterinary Group Carolyn Rosemary Farquhar Michael Austin Melinda Mennie Brad Nichols, Senior Manager, Cheetah Conservation Fund St. John’s SPCA British Columbia SPCA Animal Cruelty Investigations, [45 min.] [90 min.] [90 min.] Calgary Humane Society [45 min.] Changing the Captive Bird Paradigm: The Suitability The BS of BSL of Parrots as Pets Barbara Walmer Anthony A. Pilny, DVM, DABVP Calgary Humane Society (Avian), The Center for Avian & [45 min.] Exotic Medicine [45 min.]
12:00 PM Exhibitors & Networking Lunch // 4th floor foyer, Westin Ottawa // Sponsored by HBSPCA
1:00 PM Jurassic CSI Embodying the Expert: Influencing Others: PANEL DISCUSSION Dr. Adrian Walton You Decide the Future for Using the Psychology of Animal Cruelty Prosecutions: Dewdney Animal Hospital Canada’s Animals Persuasion to Improve Animal Moving Horizontally vs. Vertically Advocacy [90 min.] Amy Morris, MPP Alexandra Janse, Ministry of Justice, British Columbia SPCA Sheryl Fink & Res Krebs Government of British Columbia [45 min.] International Fund for Additional panelists to be announced Animal Welfare [90 min.] [90 min.] Food for Thought in Animal Shelters: How Optimal Nutrition Can Help You Make A Difference Emmanuel Fontaine Royal Canin Canada [45 min.]
2:30 PM Exhibitors & Networking Break // 4th floor foyer, Westin Ottawa
3:00 PM CLOSING PLENARY - PANEL DISCUSSION Fort McMurray Fires: Learning from Canada’s Largest Animal Disaster Response Speakers to be announced // Confederation I
4:30 PM Conference Close 7:30 PM Award-Winning Animal Welfare Documentary Title of Film & Further Details To Be Announced Free to all conference attendees // Room: Confederation I
*Schedule subject to change For full abstract and bios please visit http://conference.cfhs.com/program
National Animal Welfare Conference 2017 | conference.cfhs.ca Canadian Federation of Humane Societies TUESDAY, April 11, 2017 SCHEDULE Training Day *Please note: Pre-registration required. Sessions are an extra fee.
10:30 AM Shelter Medicine Leadership & Management Sheltering for Change to Room: Governor General I Workshop Ottawa Humane Society Room: Governor General II
7:30 AM Breakfast & Registration // 4th floor foyer, Westin Ottawa // Sponsored by the Toronto Humane Society
Morning 8:30 AM-10:00 AM 8:30 AM-10:00 AM 8:30 AM session #1 Shelter Medicine in the Community: Be An Effective Leader and Manager With Pick-up: Westin Ottawa Ontario Initiatives Impact: Laying the Groundwork for Powerful Drop-off: Ottawa Humane Society Work Dr. LeeAnn Sealey Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society Pauline Healy, MBA, CHRP 9:30-10:30 AM [90 min.] Director, Advancement & Social Enterprise, Shelter Housing: Promoting Good Edmonton Humane Society Health and Welfare
Geoff Urton, Senior Manager, Stakeholder Dr. Emilia Gordon, DVM Relations, British Columbia SPCA British Columbia SPCA [60 min.]
Break 10:00-10:30 AM 10:00-10:30 AM 10:30-10:45 AM Refreshment Break Refreshment Break Refreshment Break
Morning 10:30 AM-12:00 PM 10:30 AM-12:00 PM 10:45 AM-12:30 PM session #2 High-Volume Trap-Neuter-Return What Strategic Thinking Can Do What You Don’t Know Can Really Clinics for Humane Community For Leadership and Management: Hurt: Planning, Designing and Building Cat Management Implementing Your Plan For Success an Animal Shelter Dr. Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, ACVIM Pauline Healy, MBA, CHRP Includes tour of the Ottawa Humane Society Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program / Ontario Director, Advancement & Social Enterprise, Bruce Roney & Sharon Miko Shelter Medicine Association Edmonton Humane Society Ottawa Humane Society [90 min.] [105 min.] Geoff Urton, Senior Manager, Stakeholder Relations, British Columbia SPCA
Lunch 12:00-1:00 PM 12:00-1:00 PM 12:30-1:30 PM Lunch Lunch Lunch Sponsored by AASAO Sponsored by AASAO Sponsored by AASAO
Afternoon 1:00-2:30 PM 1:00-2:30 PM 1:30-3:00 PM session Medical Considerations for Leading With Confidence Through All the Books Are Wrong: Raising Trap-Neuter-Return Programs Seasons of Change: Maintaining the Serious Money for a Serious Cause Dr. Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, ACVIM Momentum You’ve Generated Bruce Roney Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program / Ontario Pauline Healy, MBA, CHRP Ottawa Humane Society Shelter Medicine Association Director, Advancement & Social Enterprise, [90 min.] [90 min.] Edmonton Humane Society 3:00 PM Geoff Urton, Senior Manager, Stakeholder Pick-up: Ottawa Humane Society Relations, British Columbia SPCA Drop-off: Westin Ottawa
End of day 2:45 PM 2:45 PM 3:00 PM Training Day Close Training Day Close Training Day Close
*Schedule subject to change For full abstract and bios please visit http://conference.cfhs.com/program
National Animal Welfare Conference 2017 | conference.cfhs.ca Canadian Federation of Humane Societies