Community Representative (Volunteer Position)

Toronto Zoo • Toronto, ON

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About The Position

The Toronto Zoo Institutional Animal Care Committee is seeking a Community Representative to join their team. The Community Representative will represent general community interests, opinions, and concerns regarding animal-based research, teaching, or testing, and to provide balance and credibility to a process that would otherwise be strictly institutional. Community representation should be ensured for all animal care committee activities and is required at animal care committee meetings to meet quorum. Community members must be involved in the interim approval process of Protocols and in annual renewals. The terms of service will be an appointment for no less than two years and not more than four years, renewable only up to a maximum of eight consecutive years of service.

Requirements

• Any local resident over 18 years old.
• Must have never worked with animals for scientific purposes.
• Must not be affiliated in any way with the institution that they will be working with.
• Must not have any conflict of interest that would compromise their role.

Nice To Haves

• Actively interested in the care and use of animals.
• Willing and able to work constructively with the members of animal care and use programs.
• Ready to undertake a certain amount of work and learning.
• Some understanding of scientific terminology is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Participate actively in decision-making on the care and use of animals.
• Working with the members of an institution and its Animal Care Committee (ACRC) to ensure good animal care and use at the institutional level.
• Provide an external, community perspective to scientific institutions and to the CCAC.
• Help identify and address the public's opinions and concerns regarding the use of animals for research, teaching or testing conducted in Canadian institutions and by their members at other sites.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed