Science Bulletin

 

The Canadian Animal Health Surveillance Science Bulletin contains research opportunities, research engagement, grants/scholarships, etc. related to animal health and One Health in Canada. 

The bulletin can be searched using the drop down menus, as well as by date or key word.

Graduate Student in Relationship-Centred Veterinary Medicine at the Ontario Veterinary College
Deadline: Jan/24/2024
The Relationship-Centred Veterinary Medicine at the Ontario Veterinary College (RCVM@OVC) research program is seeking applicants at the MSc (thesis or coursework) or PhD level. Our program is part of...
  • No
  • Ontario
  • Work opportunity
Link

Stage postdoctoral : Prédire les effets des changements climatiques sur l’épidémiologie de la tique d’hiver chez l’orignal (only available in French)
Deadline: Feb/01/2024
Le(la) candidat(e) retenu(e) se joindra à l’équipe du Partenariat de recherche sur les relations Tiques-Orignal-Climat (https://www.albipictus.com/), un projet collaboratif et interdisciplinaire qui...
  • Mammalian (Non-domestic, other)
  • No
  • Faculté de médecine vétérinaire Université de Montréal
  • Quebec
  • Vector/Vector-borne,
  • Environmental Health
  • Work opportunity
  • Approx. 50 000$ CAN par année selon qualifications.
Link

Dr. Carol Morgan Memorial Award
Deadline: Oct/15/2023
The Carol Morgan Memorial Award is to be used for continued education and training-related costs in the areas of ethics and/or animal welfare for veterinarians...
  • No
  • Other
  • National
  • Animal welfare
  • Funding
Link

Junior Specialist
Deadline: Nov/30/2023
The Pires Laboratory at the University of California, Davis invites applications for a full-time Junior Specialist position. As a Junior Specialist, the successful applicant will be involved in...
  • No
  • Other
  • United States
  • Food Safety,
  • Other
  • Work opportunity
Link

Ongoing Graduate Student Opportunities at UCVM
This page features current and past graduate student opportunities at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine....
  • N/A
  • Yes
  • University of Calgary
  • Alberta
  • N/A
  • Work opportunity
Link

Mark Gearhart Memorial Graduate Student Award
Deadline: Nov/30/2023
The Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (AVEPM) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for the Mark Gearhart Memorial Graduate Student Award. This annual...
  • Amphibian/Reptile,
  • Avian(Domestic, Non-poultry),
  • Avian (Non-domestic),
  • Bat,
  • Bison,
  • Bovine,
  • Camelid,
  • Cat,
  • Cervid,
  • Crustacean,
  • Dog,
  • Equine,
  • Finfish,
  • Honeybee,
  • Human,
  • Insect (Non-honeybee),
  • Mammalian (Domestic, other),
  • Mammalian (Non-domestic, other),
  • Mink,
  • Mollusc,
  • N/A,
  • Other,
  • Poultry,
  • Rabbit,
  • Sheep and Goats,
  • Swine
  • No
  • Other
  • Alberta,
  • British Columbia,
  • Manitoba,
  • New Brunswick,
  • Newfoundland and Labrador,
  • Northwest Territories,
  • Nova Scotia,
  • Nunavut,
  • Ontario,
  • Prince Edward Island,
  • Quebec,
  • Saskatchewan,
  • Yukon,
  • United States,
  • International,
  • National,
  • Territories,
  • Other,
  • Atlantic
  • Animal welfare,
  • Antimicrobial Use/ Resistance,
  • Biosecurity,
  • Contaminant/Hazard,
  • Emerging,
  • Endemic,
  • Food Safety,
  • Foreign Animal Disease,
  • Governance,
  • Invasive Species,
  • N/A,
  • Other,
  • Production-limiting,
  • Public Health,
  • Regulated,
  • Vector/Vector-borne,
  • Zoonotic,
  • Conservation,
  • Environmental Health
  • Funding
  • 500

Ongoing Graduate Student Opportunities at WCVM
This page features any current postings for graduate student opportunities at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan....
  • N/A
  • Yes
  • Western College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Saskatchewan
  • N/A
  • Work opportunity
Link

MSc in Population Medicine (Epidemiology)
Deadline: Dec/15/2023

Companion animals are often neglected as a potential source of zoonoses with implications for human and animal health. Despite the anticipated increase in zoonotic disease incidence due to changing...

  • Cat,
  • Dog,
  • Other
  • No
  • Other
  • Ontario
  • Other,
  • Public Health,
  • Zoonotic
  • Work opportunity

Arrell Scholarships
Deadline: Feb/22/2024

Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph is seeking emerging scholars who are not only academically outstanding but also passionately committed to ensuring that future generations are well...

  • N/A
  • No
  • Other
  • Ontario
  • Other
  • Funding
  • $50,000 CAD per year
Link

AgScape Fund Development Coordinator
Deadline: Jan/05/2024
AgScape is leading a movement to bring agriculture and food education into all Ontario classrooms with the goal to inspire youth to see their role within the food system that’s a vehicle for social,...
  • N/A
  • No
  • Other
  • Ontario
  • Other
  • Work opportunity

Assistant or Associate Professor in Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Change
Deadline: Jan/31/2024
The Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Guelph invites applications for a tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in the area of Aquatic Ecosystems...
  • Crustacean,
  • Finfish,
  • Mollusc,
  • Other
  • No
  • Other
  • Ontario
  • Other
  • Work opportunity
Link

Companion Animal Surveillance Initiative (CASI) Evaluation
The western Canadian Companion Animal Surveillance Initiative (CASI) was launched 2 years ago.  Small animal practicing veterinarians can report occurrences of specific diseases...
  • Dog
  • Western College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Alberta,
  • British Columbia,
  • Manitoba,
  • Saskatchewan
  • Emerging,
  • Endemic,
  • Vector/Vector-borne,
  • Zoonotic
  • Research engagement
Companion Animal Surveillance Initiative information

Soulsby One Health Fellowship
Deadline: Jan/31/2024
Soulsby One Health Fellowships are intended to support and develop early career researchers working in a field related to “One Health”. Through these Fellowships, the Trustees of the Soulsby...
  • N/A
  • No
  • Other
  • International
  • N/A
  • Funding
Link

Graduate Student in Cattle and Environmental Stress
Stressful maternal events during pregnancy can modulate the development of fetal tissues, with potential long-term effects on the offspring, perhaps due to the involvement of the...
  • Bovine
  • No
  • University of Calgary
  • Alberta
  • Animal welfare,
  • Other,
  • Production-limiting
  • Work opportunity
Link

RX One Health Field Institute
Deadline: Jan/31/2024
Novel pathogens, climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, health disparities, antimicrobial resistance, water scarcity, pollution... our planet faces a host of interrelated serious...
  • United States
Link

Graduate Student in Population Medicine
Deadline: Nov/24/2023

Thesis-based Master of Science (MSc) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Population Medicine, available to domestic or permanent residents only.

Healthcare workers are under a great deal of...

  • Dog
  • No
  • Other
  • Ontario
  • Other
  • Work opportunity
Link

Robert E. Shope International Fellowship in Infectious Diseases
Deadline: Aug/23/2023

The Fellowship provides $25,000 and is open to full-time post-doctoral fellows (PhD, DVM, MD or the equivalent) with positions at accredited North American...

  • Human
  • No
  • Other
  • United States,
  • International,
  • National
  • Emerging,
  • Public Health,
  • Vector/Vector-borne
  • Funding
  • $25,000 USD
Link

OVC Research: Access to veterinary care in Canada

Does your organization provide services that address barriers to accessing veterinary care in Canada?

Researchers from the Ontario Veterinary College are surveying organizations working to...

  • N/A
  • Yes
  • Other
  • National
  • Other
  • Research engagement
Survey Link

PhD - Enhancing antimicrobial stewardship on Canadian dairy farms

Antimicrobials are commonly used on dairy farms, posing a potential risk of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. The student will be part of a project that aims to enhance antimicrobial stewardship...

  • Bovine
  • No
  • Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC)
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Antimicrobial Use/ Resistance
  • Work opportunity

Post-Doctoral Opportunity
The primary objective for this post-doctoral fellowship will be the evaluation of the effectiveness of a ban on colistin use in poultry in Indonesia, on the occurrence of colistin resistance in...
  • Poultry
  • No
  • University of Calgary
  • Alberta
  • Antimicrobial Use/ Resistance,
  • Invasive Species
  • Work opportunity
  • 55,000CAD/year for 2 years

Assistant or Associate Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Deadline: Nov/15/2023

As part of the Inclusive Excellence Cluster Hiring Initiative, the University of Calgary, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) invites applications for academic scholars in either the Teaching and...

  • Amphibian/Reptile,
  • Avian(Domestic, Non-poultry),
  • Avian (Non-domestic),
  • Bat,
  • Bison,
  • Bovine,
  • Camelid,
  • Cat,
  • Cervid,
  • Crustacean,
  • Dog,
  • Equine,
  • Finfish,
  • Honeybee,
  • Human,
  • Insect (Non-honeybee),
  • Mammalian (Domestic, other),
  • Mammalian (Non-domestic, other),
  • Mink,
  • Mollusc,
  • N/A,
  • Other,
  • Poultry,
  • Rabbit,
  • Sheep and Goats,
  • Swine
  • No
  • University of Calgary
  • Alberta
  • Animal welfare,
  • Antimicrobial Use/ Resistance,
  • Biosecurity,
  • Contaminant/Hazard,
  • Emerging,
  • Endemic,
  • Food Safety,
  • Foreign Animal Disease,
  • Governance,
  • Invasive Species,
  • N/A,
  • Other,
  • Production-limiting,
  • Public Health,
  • Regulated,
  • Vector/Vector-borne,
  • Zoonotic,
  • Conservation,
  • Environmental Health
  • Work opportunity
Link

Professorship in Ruminant Health
Deadline: Jan/05/2024
The successful candidate will be Head of the Unit of Ruminant Health and Herd Management. The main tasks include teaching of veterinary medicine students, research, and participation in clinical...
  • Bovine
  • No
  • Other
  • International
  • Animal welfare,
  • Other
  • Work opportunity

Summer Intern - Merck Animal Health
The Summer Internship program is an enriching experience for both our managers and summer interns. It’s an opportunity to work with various professionals in a diverse business environment and as young...
  • Other
  • No
  • Other
  • National
  • Other
  • Work opportunity
https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/P-100743/Summer-Internship-Program-2024-Canada

1-Year Post-doctoral Position, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology
Applications are invited for a full-time Post-doctoral Associate position in the Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Laboratory at Purdue Veterinary Medicine, headed by Dr. Wendy Beauvais.

The...
  • Poultry
  • Other
  • United States
  • Antimicrobial Use/ Resistance,
  • Biosecurity,
  • Zoonotic
  • Work opportunity
Link

Summer Intern
Deadline: Oct/13/2023

The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) is the national voice of Canada’s 60,000 beef producers. Founded by producers and led by a producer-elected Board, CCA works to address issues of concern to...

  • Bovine
  • No
  • Other
  • Alberta
  • Other
  • Work opportunity
Link

Ongoing Graduate Student Opportunities at OVC
This website features current and past graduate and post-doctoral positions in the Population Medicine Department of the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph....
  • N/A
  • Yes
  • Other
  • Ontario
  • N/A
  • Work opportunity
Link

Assistant Professor Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Deadline: Jan/01/2024
The School of Food and Agriculture at the University of Maine seeks applicants for a full-time, academic-year, tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in the program area of Animal and Veterinary...
  • Bovine,
  • Equine,
  • Poultry,
  • Sheep and Goats,
  • Swine
  • No
  • Other
  • United States
  • Animal welfare,
  • Contaminant/Hazard,
  • Other,
  • Production-limiting
  • Work opportunity
Link

Graduate Student in Animal Data Science with the Platform AI-Agrosante (PIAAS) at the Université de Montréal

Of the nearly 1.8 million chicken tons slaughtered in Canada in 2023, 20,000 tons were condemned. Although condemnations do not represent a big loss, the number of condemned animals is immense...

  • Poultry
  • No
  • Faculté de médecine vétérinaire Université de Montréal
  • Quebec
  • Production-limiting
  • Work opportunity
Link

Postdoctoral Fellowship - AI in animal health and production
Deadline: Nov/27/2023

This is a Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity to join the research group, La Plateforme IA-Agrosanté (PIAAS), in partnership with IVADO, the Institute of Data Valorization of Quebec....

  • N/A
  • No
  • Other
  • Quebec
  • Other
  • Work opportunity
Link

Epidemiologist / Statistician
Deadline: Oct/25/2023
Epidemiologists and statisticians within the Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau plan, design, and conduct analyses to understand exposures to, and health effects associated with,...
  • Human
  • Health Canada
  • Ontario
  • Other
  • Work opportunity
Link

Food From Thought: Skills for Communicating Change in Agri-food Scholarship
Deadline: Jul/19/2023
Food from Thought at the University of Guelph is now accepting applications for a new funding opportunity for graduate students, Skills for Communicating Change in the Agri-food Sector. Food from...
  • No
  • Other
  • Ontario,
  • National
  • Food Safety,
  • Other
  • Funding
Link

2023 ASPCA Research Grants
Deadline: Jul/17/2023
Investigators and/or research teams affiliated with United States public or private entities such as universities, colleges, government agencies, veterinary...
  • Dog,
  • Other,
  • Rabbit
  • No
  • Other
  • United States
  • Animal welfare,
  • Other,
  • Public Health
Link

Senior Epidemiologist
Deadline: Oct/24/2023
Senior epidemiologists and statisticians within the Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau plan, design, and conduct studies and analyses to understand exposures to, and health effects...
  • Human
  • No
  • Health Canada
  • Ontario
  • Other
  • Work opportunity
Link

Call for proposals to strengthen education data systems and data use
Deadline: Jul/17/2023

IDRC and GPE are pleased to invite proposals for applied research projects that will generate and mobilize evidence about the best ways to scale the impact of...

  • No
  • Other
  • United States,
  • International,
  • National,
  • Other
  • Other
  • Funding
Link

University of Calgary Cow-calf cattle handling survey
Researchers from the University of Calgary are looking for cow-calf producers and stock people/handlers, older than 18 years, with cattle handling experience in Western Canada, to participate in a...
  • Bovine
  • No
  • University of Calgary
  • Alberta,
  • British Columbia,
  • Manitoba,
  • Saskatchewan
  • Animal welfare
  • Research engagement

PhD: Climate and Companion Animal Zoonoses in Ontario (Animal Health Outcomes)
With over 70 companion animal zoonoses and 40% of Canadian households owning at least one companion animal, the potential for zoonotic transmission is significant...
  • Cat,
  • Dog
  • No
  • Other
  • Ontario
  • Zoonotic,
  • Environmental Health
  • Work opportunity
Link

PhD: Climate and Companion Animal Zoonoses (Human Health Outcomes) - Department of Population Medicine
With over 70 companion animal zoonoses and 40% of Canadian households owning at least one companion animal, the potential for zoonotic transmission is significant...
  • Cat,
  • Dog
  • Other
  • Ontario
  • Public Health,
  • Zoonotic,
  • Environmental Health
  • Work opportunity
Link

Graduate Student: Antimicrobial use in Canadian Dairy Herds
Deadline: Sep/07/2023
Antimicrobial resistance is a big threat to the health of people and animals around the world. Since antimicrobial use is a big reason why antimicrobial resistance keeps getting worse, it makes sense...
  • Bovine
  • No
  • University of Calgary
  • Alberta
  • Antimicrobial Use/ Resistance
  • Work opportunity
Link

PhD Position: Estimating densities of wildlife species in Indiana
The selected person will be supervised by Dr. Pat Zollner and will work with project Co-PIs (see below) to accurately and precisely estimate how densities of wildlife (deer, coyotes, and turkey)...
  • Avian (Non-domestic),
  • Cervid,
  • Mammalian (Non-domestic, other)
  • No
  • Other
  • United States
  • Other,
  • Conservation
  • Work opportunity
  • 28,000-30,000 USD
Link

Postdoctoral Scholar
Deadline: Nov/30/2023
We are looking for a Post-Doctoral Scholar that will work in food safety microbiology, molecular/ genomic methods, and veterinary epidemiology, and in the laboratory of Dr. Alda Pires, Department of...
  • N/A
  • No
  • Other
  • United States
  • Food Safety,
  • Other
  • Work opportunity
Link

Research Assistant Position - School of Public Health, University of Alberta
Deadline: Jan/29/2024
The position is divided equally between two research groups (17.5 hours per week per research group)  within the School of Public Health: Climate Change and Global Health Research Group (CCGH)...
  • No
  • University of Alberta
  • Alberta
  • Antimicrobial Use/ Resistance,
  • Public Health,
  • Environmental Health
  • Work opportunity
Link

Blake Graham Research Assistantship in One Health
One Health collaborations across disciplines, faculties and campuses are important steps to resolving and understanding complex problems that exist at the interface of human, animal, and environmental...
  • Human,
  • Other
  • No
  • Other
  • Ontario
  • Other,
  • Public Health,
  • Environmental Health
  • Work opportunity
  • $17,000
Link

Genomic AMR Data Use Survey
Do you use genomic antimicrobial resistance data from farms in your research? We invite you to participate in an interview study!

The USDA is developing antimicrobial resistance dashboards to...
  • N/A
  • Yes
  • Other
  • International,
  • National
  • Antimicrobial Use/ Resistance
  • Research engagement
Link
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