ALA Conference

Fri, Oct 02

12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
NEW Conference Workshop Add-On: Effective Political Advocacy for Animals
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Opening Plenary: Who Let the Dogs Out?
10:40 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
A Roadmap for Farmed Animal Protection
10:40 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Common Ground: Alliance Building through the Rights of Nature Movement
11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
From Awareness to Action: Using Social Media to Advance Animal Advocacy - Workshop Session
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Advocating for Improved Veterinary Care and Structural Reform in Animal Systems
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
The Law and Policy of Food Waste in Canada: Opportunities for Reform
1:55 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Conversation Circles: Guided Networking
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Strategic Advocacy for Animals: Campaigns, Communication, and Systems Change
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Rewriting Animal Judgments: Advocacy, History, and Legal Imagination
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Animals in the Headlines: Media, Advocacy, and the Law
4:10 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.
Plant-Forward School Food in Canada: Pathways for Institutional Change
4:10 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.
Animal Protection and Criminal Justice: Comparative Perspectives on Punishment, Enforcement, and Organized Crime

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Animal Research Under Scrutiny: Ethics, Accountability, and Public Engagement
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Wildlife Protection and Regulatory Reform: Pathways to Legal Change
10:10 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.
Canada’s Corporate Crossroads: Overcoming Regulatory Capture to Advance Global Animal Welfare Progress
10:10 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.
Prefigurative Animal Law: Actualizing Human-animal Utopias in the Here and Now
10:10 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.
Beyond Property: Pets, Housing, and Family Law Reform in Canada
11:10 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Morning Break
11:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
Engaging the Next Generation: Youth Leadership, Storytelling, and Humane Education
11:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
Legal Tools for Animal Protection: Transparency, Municipal Action, and Species-at-Risk Law
11:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
The Future of Food: Cultured Meat, Dietary Change, and Food Policy
12:50 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.
Ending Fur Farming: Law, Policy, and Global Momentum
12:50 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.
Building a Nationwide Movement for Animals: Collective Action to Systemic Change - Workshop Session
12:50 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.
Raising the Bar: Improving Pig Welfare Standards in Canada
1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.
Closing Plenary: Reflections, Gratitude and What Comes Next