This month’s TOX ON TAP will be featuring Dr. Nick Ralston’s discussion entitled “When Mercury Steals the Moon: New insights into an old problem.”
For more info, check out Tox on Tap’s website. Hope to see you there!
Welcome back!
The WDA U of S chapter has an exciting year of social and educational wildlife-related activities planned. If this is something you’re interested in, our AGM is a great place to learn more and sign up!
If you are not already a member you can still join up after the meeting! If you have already joined, but still need to pay, please bring your fee. Membership fee is $5.00. All U of S students are welcome to join this club as we are a University-wide organization!
There are executive positions available, so make sure to show up if you are interested in a leadership role!
See you there!
To celebrate National Wildlife Week (April 5-11), the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) and the Canadian Wildlife Federation are presenting a seminar series. Info below!
Check out the poster (National Wildlife Week Seminar Series) for more info (and awesome pictures). Everyone is welcome. See you there!
This month’s Tox on Tap will be discussing “Hunting, Lead, Wildlife, and Human Health: A storied past and uncertain future“, lead by Jean-Michel DeVink.
Jean-Michel DeVink is an Environmental Scientist with Stantec Consulting Ltd. in Saskatoon, a recently appointed adjunct with the School of Environment and Sustainability, and an active hunter, who is passionate about wildlife ecology and the ecological effects of lead from hunting.
This event is FREE (that’s right free!) – everyone is welcome to join for a couple drinks and some scientific discussion!
Check out the Facebook event or the Tox on Tap website for more info.
We’re pleased to present another instalment in the 2014-2015 WILD Seminar Series! Dr. Maria Fernanda Mejia-Salazar, from the WCVM Department of Veterinary Pathology, will be discussing “Thinking outside the box when modeling disease dynamics: Social live and use of environment matter“. Details below…see you there!
Check out the poster: Dr. Mejia-Salazar (24 Feb 2015)
Wildlife-related seminar this FRIDAY! See below for details!
All are welcome to attend.
The dogsledding trip was a great success!! We headed up to Waskesiu for a much-needed day of wildlife and wilderness appreciation. Thanks to all the attendees and to Sundog Excursions for hosting us.
Many thanks to the Wildlife Disease Association and SaskOutdoors for providing us with some funding! We’re are hoping to do this again next year, so stay tuned!
A bit late, yes! In November, we were pleased to hold a wildlife necropsy wet lab, and the CWHC (Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative) published a blog post about the experience (with some great photos!): http://blog.healthywildlife.ca/university-of-saskatchewan-students-do-wildlife-necropsies/
Feel free to give it a read-through…and think about joining us when we hold our next necropsy lab!
(Above photo courtesy of the CWHC.)
The WDA is pleased to present another WILD SEMINAR! Dr. Craig Stephen will be presenting a seminar entitled “Is herd health the key to protecting wildlife health?” Dr. Stephen is the executive director of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, and brings a wealth of experience in wildlife research and disease ecology. To learn more about Dr. Stephen’s research, click here.
All are welcome to attend! See you there!
As a part of the WILD Seminar Series, we are proud to present a seminar by Dr. John Ellis, entitled “What do we know about infectious disease in “God’s dog”, the coyote?” Dr. Ellis is a professor and researcher at the WCVM Department of Veterinary Microbiology.
All are welcome! See you there!
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