Please join us for the next CCSAW Research Seminar, Thursday November 12^th at 12pm ET. Dr. Yolande Seddon will be joining us to present on Has Prop 12 improved sow welfare? A discussion of animal welfare & sustainability in pork production – when housing requirements change.

You can join us in-person in ECLA 3708 or online via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/98954764669 [1] and as always, we will have coffee, treats, and social time after the talk!

Yolande Seddon is an associate professor in swine behaviour and welfare and the Enhancement Chair in Swine Welfare at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Her academic training is in applied ethology (animal behaviour) and the scientific assessment of animal welfare. She conducts research to help develop lasting solutions to the swine welfare challenges in modern pork production. Her areas of research include management of gestating sows in group-housing, the economics of higher welfare free-farrowing systems, weaner transport, environmental enrichment, assessment of swine welfare. Yolande is a member of the Code of Practice 2024 review scientific committee.