CGIL Seminar F2020- David Trus

We are very pleased to have David Trus from the Animal Industry Division of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada presenting a CGIL Seminar on Friday, November 6^th, 2020. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: “Genetic Improvement and the Animal Pedigree Act”.

To join this seminar, please ensure you have downloaded the Microsoft Teams application to your computer, or join the meeting online by using the web browser version of Microsoft Teams. Please join the meeting with your microphone on mute and camera turned off. After the presentation, you can unmute the microphone, and optionally turn on the camera, if you wish to ask a question. Alternatively, should you wish to pose your question in the chat function, it will be monitored and asked to the presenter. 

Connection information for the meeting has been sent via a Calendar invitation, additionally the meeting can be found at the link below. 

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YWZlMjI5NmEtZTVmNS00ZmE5LWE4OGUtMjhkZmQyNjBlMzRh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22be62a12b-2cad-49a1-a5fa-85f4f3156a7d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22522551ba-0e93-4d61-8464-d782a9e7306d%22%7d

Speaker Biography:

David became involved in the animal welfare file with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in 1998 and has coordinated AAFC’s approach to animal welfare since 2002. He sits as an ex officio member of the NFACC Board and Executive, representing the federal Agriculture and Agri-Food portfolio (AAFC/CFIA). In addition, David has administered the Animal Pedigree Act since 1996 and he advises on animal biotechnology issues for AAFC and interdepartmentally. Prior to the privatization of genetic improvement and evaluation programs, David served as the Swine Improvement Standards Officer with Agriculture Canada from 1991 to 1995.

David was born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. He attended the University of Guelph where he received his B.Sc. (Agr) (Animal Science) in 1983 and M.Sc. (Animal Breeding) in 1986.

Prior to his career with AAFC David was a researcher at the University of Guelph Department of Animal and Poultry Science and he worked in Rome from 1989 to 1990 for the Italian Breeders Association.