On 25th April 2025, one of our PAWWS members, Linda Tallberg was invited to participate and share her throughs in a panel at the ‘Transdisciplinary approaches to multispecies justice research workshop’ at Oulu University (Finland) organized as part of the Biodiverse Anthropocenes Research Program 2025 Thematic Semester “Research and Learning Paths in the Anthropocene” and hosted by researchers from the AniMate Research Collective who work in different multispecies research projects: MUST: Enabling Multispecies Transitions in Cities and Regions, (Maria Saari), Fellow Feelings (Marina Pliushchik) and HOMINGS (Kristina Vitek).
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Last month, on a cold sunny day on February 19, our researcher, Nona Borgström, part of the University of Helsinki’s (UH) veterinary science and social health section of project PAWWS, had the unique opportunity to visit the Finnish Parliament to advocate for medical pain alert dogs. This visit was timely, as discussions are underway on a legislative initiative to grant medical pain alert dogs an official status. The visit also aimed to highlight the current assistance dog situation in Finland, especially concerns about their availability and the processes involved.
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FREE ONLINE EVENT
📅 May 22, 2025
🕒 15:00–17:45 EETJoin this Zoom event: https://eoppimispalvelut.zoom.us/j/61898589808
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Project PAWWS (People and Animal Wellbeing at Work and in Society), funded by the Research Council of Finland, invites you to a free online event. This spring event will showcase the research being conducted by PAWWS’ three work packages – from University of Lapland, University of Helsinki, and Aalto University – on multispecies wellbeing at work in Finland. You can read the bios of the PAWWS team here.
Prof José-Carlos García-Rosell will open this event by sharing about his work in developing the first sled dog welfare criteria for auditing and certifying sled dog kennels in the Finnish tourism industry. Prof Kendra Coulter will close this event with a keynote entitled “Humane Jobs and Work-Lives”. Please find more details in the program below.
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While the holiday frenzy has faded for much of the world, in Finnish Lapland, sled dogs continue to pull tourists through the snow-covered landscapes of the North—often until late April. Particularly in more popular places such as the official hometown of Santa Claus, Rovaniemi, and the ski resort Levi, husky safaris are now established as a key attraction rating as one of the top tourism activities For many, it is becoming increasingly “difficult to imagine a visit to Lapland without huskies” (Bohn, García-Rosell, & Äijälä, 2018; 3). With approximately 2 million tourists visiting Lapland in 2024, this creates pressures on husky safaris to cater to an increasing demand. As a result, the number of sled dogs, guides, and working hours continue to rise at a concerning rate. At the moment, there are over 50 kennels ranging from 12-500 dogs per operator.
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Olemme mukana vaikuttamassa eduskunnan eläinavusteisessa työryhmässä. Työryhmä on perustettu edistämään eläinten roolia ja näkyvyyttä yhteiskunnassa.
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Olemme toimittaneet seuraavan lakialoitteen eduskunnalle.
Sairauskohtauksista ennakkoon hälyttävät koirat tulisi lainsäädännöllisesti asettaa samaan asemaan toimintakykyä edistävien koirien kanssa. Toimintakykyä edistäviä koiria ovat mm. opaskoirat ja avustajakoirat. Sairauskohtauksista ennakkoon hälyttäviä koiria ovat kipu- ja vireystilakoirat. Koirat hälyttävät myös muunlaisista sairaskohtauksista.
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Vid genomförandet av rehabiliteringstjänster involveras hundar i allt större utsträckning i olika uppgifter. Hundars roll inom rehabiliteringen kan vara mångfaldig. Hunden kan inverka på en persons rehabiliteringsstig på flera olika sätt samtidigt. I den här artikeln kommer vi särskilt att ta fasta på interaktionen mellan människor och hundar och de fenomen som uppkommer under denna interaktion. Samarbete och kommunikation mellan människor och djur utvecklas ständigt. Den senaste forskningen ger mer kunskap och djupare dimensioner till en gemensam interaktion.
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Ämnet för vår första podcast är smärthundens välmående där Anna Boström delar tankar och erfarenheter. Intervjuad av Nona Borgström. Lyssna nedan.
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Hur talar du med någon som inte talar ditt språk? Hur kommunicerar hunden och människan? Hur känner vi människor igen hundars välmående, då de inte med ord berättar åt oss hur de mår? Varför behöver vi andra sorters språk än bara dem vi talar?
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Is it possible to apply multi-species and biodiversity-respecting approaches to the development of leadership and business practice? The answer is yes! These novel approaches to management studies enhance the holistic well-being of both human and non-human beings and are worthy of further exploration.
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18.9.2024 14:15 – 16:30Where
Undergraduate Centre & Online
Lecture hall A215 / A2Registration period
20.6.2024 15:00 – 16.9.2024 23:59Event language
English