Wrapping up a busy month, members of the B.A.R.K. team attended the 2025 International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ) conference from June 19-22nd! This year’s conference was hosted closer to home, and the team were thrilled to join our colleagues Colleen Dell and Alexandria Pavelich in Saskatoon, SK!
The B.A.R.K. team successfully hosted an Early Career Researcher Workshop, served as discussants for a symposium on technology and human-animal welfare, and presented both oral and poster presentations to the ISAZ community!
Congratulations to Dr. John-Tyler Binfet, Freya Green, Mikaela Dahlman, Maureen Watt, and the co-authors on presenting the following at ISAZ 2025 (presenting authors underlined)!
- Early Career Researcher Workshop (2025, June 19). Binfet, J. T., Green, F. L. L., & Dahlman, M. L.Â
- Heads or Tails: A randomized study of the differential effects of interacting with different parts of a therapy dog within a canine-assisted intervention (2025, June 20). Binfet, J. T., Green, F. L. L., Godard, R. J. P., Dahlman, M. L., Basiri, Z.
- Fostering Connections in CAIs: Handlers’ insights around how to optimize university student-therapy dog interactions (2025, June 20). Dell, C. A., Green, F. L. L., Pavelich, A., Dahlman, M. L., & Binfet, J. T.
- Unleashing Insights: Examining graduate student stress reduction and engagement in canine-assisted interventions (2025, June 20). Kivlen, C., Chargo, A., White, E., & Binfet, J. T.
In addition to learning more about the innovative research being conducted and presenting B.A.R.K. research, the B.A.R.K. team were thrilled to connect (and reconnect) with colleagues from across the globe!
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