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Developing an Animal Health Science Agenda for the National Animal Health Strategy (NAHS)

Expectations of Regional Workshop Participants

February 15th, 2008

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In the interest of forming a representative and comprehensive Animal Health Science Agenda, regional workshops are planned for each of Canada’s five Veterinary Colleges to engage animal health science stakeholders in an open consensus building process. At least two rounds of regional workshops are planned, with the first set occurring in February-March 2008 and the next round in early autumn 2008.

Key officials who are representatives of their regional animal health science communities (e.g., universities, provincial governments, related industry, etc) are being brought together to provide important input on draft strategy documents. The aim is to build national consensus on an agenda for future animal health science that would allow all partners to plan proactively.
Workshop participants are viewed as leaders whose interests are representative of those within their community. They are considered to be innovative thinkers who have positions within their organization that can influence animal health science budgets and planning. Over the course of the next 12 months, workshop participants are expected to actively contribute to the development of a national animal health science agenda. Specifically, they are expected to:

Pre-Workshop:	Prepare for each workshop by reading assigned background materials and drafts (e.g., workshop reports, draft strategic direction, etc) prepared by the national Working Group (WG) on Future Animal Health Science.
Workshop:	Actively participate in each workshop by contributing to innovation, cooperation and consensus across communities
Post-Workshop:	Help explain or “roll out” the tentative conclusions reached and any other workshop results to all leaders within their community group and as many other stakeholders as are or can be interested Collect, consolidate and summarize feedback from their community group for WG consideration in supporting nation-wide strategic planning of future animal health science. Material to be submitted to regional coordinators (to be announced).

If further information is required on the role of workshop participants or on the status of Animal Health Science Agenda, please contact Dr. Shane Renwick, Director, Animal Health Science Foresight (CFIA) (renwicksinspection.gc.ca) or any member of the Working Group on Future Animal Health Science.

Annex A – Working Group on Future Animal Health Science Under the National Animal Health Strategy (as of Feb 15th, 2008)

Name	Organization	Title	Email
Bruce McNab	Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)	Senior Epidemiologist	Bruce.McNabontario.ca
Craig Stephen	British Columbia Centre for Coastal Health (CCH) and the University of Calgary	Director and Professor	cchmala.bc.ca
Andrew Potter	Veterinary Infectious Disease Organisation (VIDO)/Intervac Saskatoon	Director	andrew.potterusask.ca
Pierre Falaradeau	Centre de développement du porc du Québec inc.	Directeur général	pfalardeaucdpqinc.qc.ca
Mark Williamson	CRTI Centre for Security Science (CSS) Defence Research Development Canada (DRDC)	Director	Mark.Williamsondrdc-rddc.gc.ca
Harpreet Kochhar	CFIA	Senior Advisor, Animal Research, Research and Development	kochharhinspection.gc.ca
Jean Pierre Vaillaincourt	University of Montreal	Professor	jean-pierre.vaillancourtumontreal.ca
Susan Read	Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses	Veterinary Microbiologist	susan.readphac-aspc.gc.ca
Alastair Cribb	University of Calgary	Dean, Veterinary College	acribbucalgary.ca
Grant Maxie	Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph	Director	gmaxielsd.uoguelph.ca
Pramod Mathur	Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement	Chief Geneticist	pramodccsi.ca
Leah Soroka	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Science Policy	sorokalagr.gc.ca
Jacques Surprenant	AAFC	Director, Lennoxville Research Station	Surprenantjagr.gc.ca
Shane Renwick	CFIA	Director, Science Foresight	renwicksinspection.gc.ca
Mike Ennis	TDV Global	Consultant	m.ennistdvglobal.com
Lynn Curry	CurryCorp	Consultant	lcurry1073rogers.com

NOTE TO READER:
These documents are works in progress. The substantive content is for discussion purposes and reflects initial perspectives of officials in the National Animal Health Strategy. They will evolve and improve with feedback from readers. These documents do not represent the position of the Government of Canada.