Educational Topics AvailablE

This theme supports key learnings and understanding of animal care needs in communities, and the social, economic and structural barriers preventing access to care. It will explore approaches to improving the health of companion animals and strategies to improve access to veterinary care to advance the aim of keeping families together, including:  

• Working within communities: bridging gabs and overcoming barriers to improve animal health 
• Spectrum of veterinary care for domestic species 
• Accessible spay/neuter services 

A theme to support key learnings and an understanding of opportunities to build resources and knowledge and to support innovation to the benefit of animal welfare organizations, including: 

• Fund development  
• Marketing  
• Human resources  
• Capacity building  
• Policy and good governance 
• Information technology  
• Evolving trends or innovations (scientific, evidence-based, cutting edge) 
• Topical case studies and programs 

A theme to support key learnings and an understanding of companion animal welfare including: 

• Cats, dogs and small animals like rabbits, guinea pigs, etc. 
• Medical and behavioural 
• Sheltering and capacity 
• Enforcement 
• Evolving trends or innovations (scientific, evidence-based, cutting edge) 
• Topical case studies and programs  

A theme to support key learnings and an understanding of community, regional and national outreach and opportunities or examples of integration and intersections with animal welfare, including:  

• Human/animal services community programs  
• Indigenous considerations   
• Evolving trends or innovations (scientific, evidence-based, cutting-edge)  
• Topical case studies and programs  
• Emergency response and housing   

A theme to support key learnings and an understanding of wild and farmed animal welfare including:  

• Co-existence with wild animals (e.g., urban wildlife, wildlife control, wildlife feeding) 
• Farmed animal welfare challenges and advancements 
• Farmed and wild animal interconnections (e.g., disease, farming, predation) 
• Wild and farmed animal advocacy (e.g., what makes a successful campaign, how to encourage people to take action) 
• Wild and farmed animal policies & bylaws (e.g., wildlife feeding, backyard chickens) 
• Wild and farmed animals in entertainment (e.g., rodeos, zoos & aquariums, petting zoos) 

Take a deep dive into animal welfare and human behavioural intersections and connectivity. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to join our presenters as they share valuable insight and perspectives to explore scientific evidence and theory, address broad challenges and provide solutions to support improvements in culture, professional approaches and human behaviour to bring positive change for animals. 

This deep dive is designed for officers who enforce federal, provincial and municipal legislation involving animals and allied professionals. Participants will learn how we can be stronger when working together to address the challenges of animal law enforcement and will hear about legal challenges, current practices and disputes.  Participants will discuss topics like officer safety, considerations for the animal welfare sector and the benefits of inter-agency and inter-jurisdictional collaboration and coordination. 

Join animal welfare leaders from across Canada in this half day of inspiration, connection and exploration into the challenges facing leaders in our sector today as we navigate through an uncertain economy while tackling leadership burnout. Following on the heels of an exhausting pandemic we are now faced with rising inflation and the challenges of retention.  This workshop will give you the opportunity to connect with your peers to share experiences while you prepare to master the skills needed to keep leading with intention, with an added boost of resilience! 

The relationships between individuals and the animals you work with or advocate for supports animal welfare but can cause emotional and physical strain to you that manifests through compassion fatigue, stress and a reduced ability to do your work. This deep dive offers a safe space to communicate openly about the personal toll of animal welfare work and acknowledges its impacts. In this full day workshop, we provide resources and tools to help manage the emotional challenges and to build resilience to keep working to help the animals you care about. 

At its most basic level, volunteer management is the selection, supervision and engagement of volunteers but we know it’s much more than that. Volunteer management opens an organization to the community, supports inclusivity and allows citizens to be partners in your work. No matter how big or small your organization, volunteer resource management plays an essential role in driving your mission. Join this one-day workshop to learn more about how to evolve your programs for success and develop outstanding two-way relationships with your volunteers to ensure both parties' goals and interests are met and exceeded!