Dr. Caroline Ritter, Canada Research Chair in Veterinary Social Epidemiology at UPEI, has been awarded a SSHRC Insight Grant totalling $212,060 for a project titled “An application of cognitive dissonance theory to decisions affecting animal welfare.”

Today, while touring the research facilities at the University of Prince Edward Island, Sean Casey, Member of Parliament for Charlottetown, on behalf of the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, highlighted a recent federal investment of $745,000 in health research awarded by CIHR to UPEI's Dr. Adam Johnston.