WPSA-Canada Branch

About WPSA

The World's Poultry Science Association (WPSA) is a long established and unique organization that strives to advance knowledge and understanding of all aspects of poultry science and the poultry industry. WPSA is a global association of professionals and students with country-specific branches and leadership.

Membership benefits include access to the World's Poultry Science Journal (WPSJ), a multitude of ways to network with professionals in the poultry industry across the globe, discounts on registration fees for WPSA related events, quarterly WPSA newsletters, eligibility for travel grants, and the ability to participate in WPSA's Speaker's Bureau and programs aimed at branch and global development.

About the World's Poultry Congress

WPSA holds the World’s Poultry Congress every four years, plus the individual WPSA branches host regional conferences, symposia, and meetings. The next World’s Poultry Congress is scheduled for 2026 in Toronto, Canada. You can find more information regarding WPC 2026, which will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, here: https://www.wpc2026toronto.com/

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Meet our WPSA-Canada Committees

Please note that if you are in need of your WPSA Member Number, please contact Dorien Velner at wpsa@xs4all.nl


Executive Committee

 Bruce Rathgeber

Bruce Rathgeber

President

Associate Professor

Dalhousie University

Jo Ann Chew

Jo Ann Chew

Vice President

PhD Graduate Student

University of Alberta

 Deborah Adewole

Deborah Adewole

Secretary/Treasurer

Assistant Professor

University of Saskatchewan

Viki Sikur

Viki Sikur

Newsletter Editor

Food Safety Officer

Canadian Hatching Egg Producers

Regional Representatives

Jean-Marc Larivière

Jean-Marc Larivière

Québec

Lecturer-scientist

Institut de technologie agroalimentaire
(Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec)

Brenda Reimer

Brenda Reimer

Alberta

Poultry Research & Extension Specialist

Alberta Agriculture & Forestry

Tory Shynkaruk

Tory Shynkaruk

Saskatchewan 

Research Assistant

University of Saskatchewan

Anna Rogiewicz

Anna Rogiewicz

Manitoba

Assistant Professor

University of Manitoba

Helen Anne Hudson

Helen Anne Hudson

Ontario

Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and Industry Liaison

Burnbrae Farms

Stephanie Collins

Stephanie Collins

Atlantic Canada

Assistant Professor

Dalhousie University