29/06/2006
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About the WorkshopThe Ecosystem Health Workshop is an annual meeting of scientists and students interested in the emerging discipline of Ecosystem Health. Participants hail from the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), located at the University of Guelph, and the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and Environmental Sciences Program, both at the University of Western Ontario (UWO). The workshop is an opportunity for interdisciplinary discussion of past, current, and future issues in ecosystem health. Workshop topics have included Rabies, Avian Flu, and Prion Diseases and their effects, both realized and potential. Participants 2006 Environmental Scientists from UWO (and web designers): Kebbi Hughes, Daria Koscinski, Lachlan MacLean, Michelle Marcus, Ian Power and Adam Yates. Ontario Vetrinatry Collage Students : Amira Mikhail,. Medical Students from the Schulich School of Medicine at UWO:Vinai Chander Bhagirath, Quang Ngoand and Vincent Tsui History of the Workshop Unveiled in 2004 the workshop originally included students and faculty from OVC and the Schulich School. The 2005 workshop was expanded to include faculty and students from the UWO Environmental Science Program. What is Ecosystem Health?? A systematic approach to the preventative, diagnostic, and prognostic aspects of ecosystem management, and to the understanding of relationships between ecosystem health and human health. It seeks to understand and optimize the intrinsic capacity of an ecosystem for self-renewal while meeting reasonable human goals. It encompasses the role of societal values, attitudes and goals in shaping our conception of health at human and ecosystem scales. (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, UWO)
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About 20 students and faculty gathered for a two day workshop at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph this past March. The topic of discussion was problems and solutions for the protection of ecosystem health in case of widespread outbreaks of Prion diseases such as Scrapie, BSE, and CWD. Along with several information sessions the workshop included a trip to a local sheep farm to experience the issues firsthand. | ||||||
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View photos from this years
workshop in our photo album
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One of the most hotly debated subjects of the workshop was on the pronunciation of Prion.
Have your say when you vote in our poll:
Prion (pr(ee)-on) Prion (pr(eye)-on)
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