Welcome!
This year, for the first time, all ISAZ poster presenters have been invited to submit a digital file of their posters to be made available as an Online Poster Session. We are delighted that Nestlé Purina has graciously provided the funding to allow the online publication of the posters presented at the ISAZ 2008 conference in Toronto, Canada.
Research on the interactions of humans and animals has proliferated since the founding of the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ) in 1991. ISAZ attempts to include as much research on diverse aspects of human–animal interaction as is possible during our annual scientific conferences. Some researchers find that a visual presentation enhances the accessibility of their material. Additionally, conference programs and topics do not allow sufficient time for oral presentations of all worthy studies. Thus, each ISAZ conference has numerous posters as well as oral presentations. Poster presentations provide a physical record of the presentation that can be communicated well beyond the duration of the poster session. This website takes advantage of this to provide a repository of posters from our annual conferences.
The ISAZ Board hopes that this enhancement of the availability of the posters will foster additional interest in research on the interactions between humans and animals, provide a tool for networking with researchers in the field, and provide a useful repository of information about this research.
We hope you enjoy this new offering and invite your comments and suggestions.
If you are ready to begin viewing the posters, click here to be taken to the Poster Index. Or, if you need a little technical help using the poster viewer, please visit the Instructions page.
Enjoy,
Erika Friedmann, Ph.D.President, ISAZ