Oscar (he/him) is a software developer and recent graduate from Canisius University with his M.S. degree in Anthrozoology. He is interested in the intersection of animal studies and technology and wants to find ethical, respectful, applications for technology to improve nonhuman animals’ lives. He is now looking for PhD positions related to animal ethics, conservation philosophy, and the environmental humanities with a desired start date in 2025.
Contact
- Email: oscar.courchaine@gmail.com
Posts
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08/15/24
Happy to announce I've successfully defended my M.S. thesis: Systems of Care: A Participatory Approach Toward Intervention In Wild Animal Wellbeing (slides) (PDF)
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08/07/24
Had a great time at the Environmental Storytelling conference in Stavanger! Here are my slides from my talk: Nonhuman Animal Personification: The Role of Language
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10/02/23
Slides for my talk at (Un)Common Worlds on Futures of Positive Interventions in Wild Animal Welfare
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06/22/23
A poster I presented at the 2023 UFAW Online Animal Welfare Conference on Animal Welfare Considerations in Rewilding Initiatives
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06/20/23
Slides for my flash talk on Less-Invasive Methods for Collecting Animal Behavior Data at Scale, presented at the 2023 International Student Symposium on Animal Behaviour and Cognition in CDMX
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11/30/22
My talk on the Ethics of Predation in Programs of Rewilding at the 2022 Anthrozoology as International Practice student conference!
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08/20/22
Researchers figure out how to extend octopuses lives... in order to breed them for food
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11/01/22
The golden rules of rewilding – examining the case of Oostvaardersplassen
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11/10/22
Emotional Labor, Burnout, And Animal Advocacy
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11/10/22
Why Interspecies Thinking Needs Indigenous Standpoints
