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Change! Fourth Annual Equine Industry Symposium discusses Change in the Equine Industry and how to achieve it in a positive wayNovember 2019
By BBRM Equine Management Students 2019 Are we masters of change or slaves of change? The theme of change was embodied by the three international speakers. The first speaker, zooarchaeologist Dr. Sandra Olsen, captivated the audience with her knowledge and research of horses during ancient times. As horses traveled to different locations through trade, importation, tributes, marriage, gifts and war booty, care and management practices traveled and evolved with them. However certain management practices have not changed since ancient times, such as the stabling of horses.
The third speaker, Lisa Ashton, entreated all horse lovers to be the change that horses need. We are the ones who need to make a difference, and evidence-based research on best practices can help us know better and do better. Ashton also spoke about the different stages of change, and what we can do to help make change happen. The entrepreneurial panel presented five professionals from various areas of the equine industry as “Agents of Change.” Warren Byrne representing Canna Horse, Linda Hauck representing Tapestry Equine Products, Anthony MacDonald, representing TheStable.ca, Gayle Ecker representing Equine Guelph, and Lisa Ashton representing EquiSci each spoke about the change we need to make for horses and how they are creating change in the industry. All their different areas of expertise stimulated a very engaging discussion with the audience. To keep up to date with information about next year’s symposium and photos from this year’s symposium find us on Facebook @Equine Industry Symposium. For further information please email EQeventsuoguelph.ca |