Final evening, Animal Well being Canada acknowledged 4 deserving people making a distinction in Canadian farmed animal well being and welfare on the AHC Awards 2025 Ceremony in Ottawa, Ontario.
From left to proper: Dr. Karen Schwean-Lardner, Karl Martinson, Jackie Wepruk and Kendra Keels
The Carl Block Award is introduced to a person for excellent contributions within the area of livestock animal well being in reminiscence of Carl Block, a cattleman whose tireless dedication to Canadian agriculture and dedication to animal well being will lengthy be remembered. Kendra Keels was introduced the award for her excellent dedication to the veal business and broader livestock sector, together with dairy calf. Learn full information launch right here.
The Management in Collaboration Award is meant to acknowledge a person’s dedication to farmed animal well being and welfare by way of the promotion of public-private collaboration. The 2025 award went to the Division Director of the Nationwide Farm Animal Care Council, Jackie Wepruk, for her twenty years of outstanding management in uniting Canada’s numerous animal well being and welfare group. Learn full information launch right here.
The Rising Management Award is meant for rising leaders in One Well being or One Welfare who’re within the first 10 years of their skilled profession. Karl Martinson was the recipient of the award to acknowledge his early-career contributions to animal well being emergency administration, particularly his contributions to British Columbia’s ongoing response to extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Learn full information launch right here.
The Farm Animal Welfare Management Award honours people who promote excessive requirements in farmed animal care and work collaboratively to construct belief each inside Canadian animal agriculture and past. Dr. Karen Schwean-Lardner, a professor on the College of Saskatchewan, was the recipient of the award. She is a globally revered scientist and educator together with her analysis remodeling poultry welfare in Canada and worldwide. Learn full information launch right here.
Awards got throughout a night ceremony on the Animal Well being Canada’s Discussion board, happening in Ottawa, Ontario on September 23 and 24, 2025.
Study extra concerning the Animal Well being Canada awards right here.
