Currently the University is in compliance with CCAC guidelines, and holds their Certificate of Good Animal Practice. It is worthy of note that in 1996 a CCAC Award of Excellence was presented to the Health Sciences program 1 . In order to maintain careful surveillance and control of all the care and use of animals wherever the University uses them, both on our campuses and in the field, there are four committees sharing responsibility for establishing policy and providing effective oversight. The committees periodically tour the animal holding facilities in their area of surveillance, to ensure that physical plant, equipment and operations are in accordance with the Provincial Regulations, CCAC guidelines and University policies. Policy issues within the specialty areas of the local committees are developed, established and implemented.
Open communications is maintained between all the four committees.
The chairs of the three local committees and the animal care directors in the respective areas are members of the University Committee. The University Veterinarian acts as an active liaison between the local committees. For those involved in the detailed operation of the surveillance network the terms of reference and campus location for each of the local committees have been indexed for your convenience. The purpose of this award was to recognize this institution and its personnel as having demonstrated exemplary standards, as observed during the 1994-95 assessment visit.