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Written by Tyler Stitt
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We are gearing up for another ADED Rounds season, and will be asking for speakers and topics soon! ADED rounds are scheduled for the third Tuesday of each month (September 2011 through April 2012), between 10 am and 11 am PST. Follow this link to read about ADED rounds, and click here to view past ADED rounds. If you would like to present to ADED rounds, or have someone you would like to nominate, please contact Dr Tyler Stitt directly.
Below are some statistics from the 2010/2011 ADED Rounds year.
Figure 1: 2010/2011 ADED Rounds participant location and (broadly categorized) affiliation. The top five provinces/states in terms of numbers of participants were, in order, BC, SK, ON, AB, VA.
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Total Participants for the Year
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Average # of Callers per Telephone Line |
Number of Rounds Attended |
Maximum # of Callers per Telephone Line |
| Western College of Veterinary Medicine |
51 |
7.3 |
7 |
16 |
| Ontario Veterinary College |
39 |
4.9 |
8 |
9 |
| BC Centre for Disease Control |
30 |
4.3 |
7 |
15 |
| CFIA |
17 |
2.8 |
6 |
10 |
| BC Ministry of Agriculture |
16 |
2.3 |
7 |
5 |
| Alberta Agriculture |
16 |
4.0 |
4 |
7 |
| Zoonoses Division, PHAC |
15 |
3.0 |
5 |
6 |
| Wildlife Centre of Virginia |
14 |
7.0 |
2 |
8 |
| Ministry of Environment |
12 |
2.4 |
5 |
4 |
| University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine |
10 |
2.0 |
5 |
3 |
| Alaska State Veterinarian |
8 |
1.3 |
6 |
2 |
| University of Georgia |
8 |
8.0 |
1 |
8 |
| University of British Columbia |
8 |
1.3 |
6 |
2 |
| Brandon University |
6 |
1.0 |
6 |
1 |
Table 1: Statistics based on data collected at the end of each rounds session. Fourteen (14) organizations not included in this table had fewer than five participants for the entire 2010/2011 year, and represented individuals and smalll groups of people who participated at 1,2 or 3 rounds.
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Written by Tyler Stitt
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The 2009-2010 annual report is now publicly available. Click here to link directly to the PDF file, or here to past annual reports. |
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ADED Rounds Receives Funding |
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Written by Tyler Stitt
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The National Zoonoses Rounds has received funding for the 2010/11 academic year. Dr. Tyler Stitt will begin soliciting speakers starting in July 2010. Anyone who is interested in speaking is encouraged to contact
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CCH assembles international team to combat poverty and hunger |
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May 2010
The CCH is leading a project team of Canadian and Sri Lankan researchers, policy makers, and community members to help develop sustainable aquaculture as a means to reduce poverty and food insecurity in areas of Sri Lanka suffering from the effects of the recently ended civil war. The team has been awarded a two-year $923,000 grant from the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund. The project aims to develop effective social learning networks that connect small holder farmers with aquaculture community groups, academics, and government workers. Effective social learning networks would support knowledge sharing regarding best approaches to raising fish and prawns under low resource settings in ways that improve income from aquaculture, ensure food security, and protect the environment. Partners include the University of Wayamba, the University of Calgary, the Sri Lankan National Aquaculture Development Agency, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Dr Sam Daniel (middle left), Jennifer Dawson-Coates, and Dr. Nalaka Munasinghe (right) working at a fish hatchery in Sri Lanka (photo by Tim DeJager).
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ADED Seminar Series succesfully wraps another year |
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Written by Tyler Stitt
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May 2010
We had another informative and well-attended ADED seminar series in 2009/2010. Eight speakers presented a range of issues each month between October and March to an audience that ranged from between 26 and 79 participants. Throughout the year, 65 different individuals either called into the teleconference from their own offices as a single person on a single line, or hosted a group session and booked rooms with audio-visual equipment for multiple people to attend. Of these 65 individuals, 34 participated in 2 or more rounds, 58% were veterinarians, 13% were graduate students, and 12% were made up of nurses, physicians, and individuals with a Masters of Public Health degree. Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia had the highest participation rates, with occasional participants from Alaska, Colorado, Virginia, NWT, Quebec and PEI. Participant organizations varied from provincial Ministries of Agriculture, to provincial Ministries of Environment, provincial and state Public Health, universities, CFIA, PHAC, First Nations & Inuit Health, and private veterinarians.
The CCH conducted an online survey of ADED participants in the spring of 2010. Thirty-two individuals completed the survey. Seventy five percent (75%) of survey respondents strongly agreed with the statement that ADED rounds are a useful contribution to Public Health in Canada, all 32 respondents have learned of new research or disease management programs as a result of their attendance at ADED rounds, and 84% indicated positive networking outcomes as a result of ADED attendance. The greatest strengths of the ADED rounds have been in stimulating professional and personal networking, in fostering a better understanding of the role of animals in disease emergence, in developing the academic culture to integrate human and animal determinants of health, and by providing a resource of zoonotic disease research.
We are pleased to announce that ADED Seminar Series has received funding to continue. We will begin canvassing for speakers soon, with the first ADED rounds scheduled for 10 am PST on Tuesday September 21, 2010. 'See' you then!
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