How to sustainably improve human’s relations with farm animals is the focus of an upcoming public lecture at the University of Guelph.

Dr. Linda Keeling, a Professor of Animal Welfare at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences [1] will deliver the keynote address at the upcoming F.W. Presant Memorial Lecture on Monday March 17, 2025 at the Arboretum Centre, University of Guelph. Her talk, entitled “Scientific perspectives on the sustainable development of our relationship with farm animals” will delve into research on how farmers can successfully incorporate sustainable animal welfare practices into their operations, while remaining profitable.

Her research explores animal social behavior, motivation, and cognition, as well as the effects of housing and management on animal welfare. She is active in multidisciplinary projects and in science-based animal welfare policy development and is a member of the EU Platform on Animal Welfare. She works in various projects for the European Food Safety Authority and is a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Forestry and Agriculture.

She received her PhD in Zoology from the University of Edinburgh, UK, and has worked previously for the Scottish Agricultural Colleges. She also has roots at the University of Guelph, having completed postdoctoral studies with Professors Ian Duncan and Frank Hurnik in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science. 

This lecture is sponsored by the OAC Alumni Foundation and organized by U of G’s Colonel K.L. Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare and OAC.

The lecture is open to the public.

Event Details:  

 

Date: Monday March 17, 2025
Time: 4:30pm Registration and Reception, 5:30pm Lecture      
Location: Arboretum Center Guelph [2]

 

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The Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) of the University of Guelph is internationally renowned for its research, teaching and knowledge extension. Our community has a strong sense of shared purpose: To Improve Life by inspiring leaders, generating knowledge and creating innovative solutions for food, agriculture, communities and the environment.

The Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare, based at University of Guelph, is one of the largest research centres in the world focused on animal well-being. CCSAW has been promoting animal welfare through rigorous scholarship, inspirational education and evidence-based research for over 30 years.