Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Dr. Becca Franks is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at New York University. Receiving her PhD in Social Psychology from Columbia University and completing a Killiam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship with the Animal Welfare Program at The University of British Columbia, her research has addressed issues at the intersection of animal welfare, motivation and personality. For this CCSAW seminar, she will speak about work related to her present interest in fish welfare, discussing how positive welfare fits in with the present fish welfare literature and identifying promising areas for future investigation including research in naturalistic settings and leveraging citizen science opportunities.
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WHO ARE WE?
The Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW) was established in 1989, and was the first of its kind in North America and the second of its kind in the world. In 1996, the Centre was renamed the Colonel K.L. Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare in recognition of the commitment and support of Mrs. Mona Campbell, the widow of the late Colonel Campbell.
Since that time, we have grown tremendously from a group of 4 core faculty in the early days to 11 core faculty members, plus Associated Faculty and research across colleges who collectively advise nearly sixty graduate students completing Masters or Doctoral degrees on animal welfare topics at any given time.
The Campbell Centre's objectives fall into three broad categories, research, education and outreach, which align with our mission. In support of this purpose, CCSAW is responsible for raising and allocating funds to build a network for collaboration that supports scholarly animal welfare activities across the University of Guelph.
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: twitter.com/CCSAW_UofG
SUPPORT OUR RESEARCH: ccsaw.uoguelph.ca/support-us/funding-priorities
Dr. Becca Franks is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at New York University. Receiving her PhD in Social Psychology from Columbia University and completing a Killiam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship with the Animal Welfare Program at The University of British Columbia, her research has addressed issues at the intersection of animal welfare, motivation and personality. For this CCSAW seminar, she will speak about work related to her present interest in fish welfare, discussing how positive welfare fits in with the present fish welfare literature and identifying promising areas for future investigation including research in naturalistic settings and leveraging citizen science opportunities.
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WHO ARE WE?
The Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW) was established in 1989, and was the first of its kind in North America and the second of its kind in the world. In 1996, the Centre was renamed the Colonel K.L. Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare in recognition of the commitment and support of Mrs. Mona Campbell, the widow of the late Colonel Campbell.
Since that time, we have grown tremendously from a group of 4 core faculty in the early days to 11 core faculty members, plus Associated Faculty and research across colleges who collectively advise nearly sixty graduate students completing Masters or Doctoral degrees on animal welfare topics at any given time.
The Campbell Centre's objectives fall into three broad categories, research, education and outreach, which align with our mission. In support of this purpose, CCSAW is responsible for raising and allocating funds to build a network for collaboration that supports scholarly animal welfare activities across the University of Guelph.
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: twitter.com/CCSAW_UofG
SUPPORT OUR RESEARCH: ccsaw.uoguelph.ca/support-us/funding-priorities
