Does your research impact people and animals? If so, the 2014 Global Development Symposium is for YOU!
Abstracts are still being accepted for this gathering of leading global thinkers that will take place May 4-7 at the University of Guelph.
Join international scholars examining critical issues affecting the world today as they explore themes of global public health, food and water security, and community empowerment.
The 2014 Global Development Symposium: Critical Links Between Human and Animal Health follows on the tremendous success of the inaugural event held at OVC in 2012.
It will also highlight the work of U of G scholars like Valli Fraser-Celin, a PhD student with the Animal Geography Research Team led by Dr. Alice Hovorka in the Department of Geography.
Fraser-Celin spent three months in 2013 studying the impacts of wild dogs on community development in Botswana. Wild dogs are endangered due to habitat loss, and the clash between conservation interests and agricultural activities is putting the dogs, people and their cattle at risk.
Read the GuelphGDS blog for more on her research and be sure to check the blog for regular updates from scientists whose work spans the connections between animal and human health.
Keynote speakers at the 2014 Global Development Symposium include:
• Dr. James Orbinski
Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and past-president of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders
• Ms. Maya Ajmera
Founder of the Global Fund for Children and Visiting Scholar at the Paul H. Nitze School of
Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University
• Dr. Joy Pritchard
Senior Animal Welfare & Research Advisor at The Brooke and Research Collaborator at University of Bristol Department of Clinical and Veterinary Science
• Dr. Margot Parks
Canada Research Chair in Health, Ecosystems and Society at the School of Health Sciences,
University of Northern British Columbia
• Dr. Alastair Summerlee
President and Vice Chancellor, University of Guelph
For more information, download the poster or visit the GDS 2014 website, and be sure to like them on Facebook.