Animal Care Committee
The CBU Animal Care Committee (ACC) is responsible for:
- Ensuring that animal care and use procedures at CBU comply with CCAC guidelines;
- Evaluating animal use protocols to determine their ethical acceptability; and
- Ensuring that due consideration is given to the ethics of animal experimentation by all those involved
The ACC has the authority to:
- Stop any procedure that, in its judgment, is causing unnecessary pain or distress to an animal;
- Suspend any use of animals that deviates from approved protocols, involves unapproved procedures, or results in unforeseen pain or distress; and
- Euthanize an animal humanely if its pain or distress cannot be alleviated.
The ACC reports to the Associate Vice-President, Academic and Research through the Office of Research & Graduate Studies.
Terms of Reference can be found here.
CBU Animal Care Committee Members
- Jared Walters (ACC Coordinator)
- Alana Pindar (Chair)
- Ken Oakes
- Barb Glassy
- Sheryl Bourgaize
- Byron Buick (Veterinarian)
- Sandy Anthony (Community Representative)
- Sharon-Rose Omaghomi (Student Representative)
