W.A. Ranches
at the University of Calgary
In 2018, J.C. (Jack) Anderson and his daughter Wynne Chisholm donated W.A. Ranches to the University of Calgary, fundamentally transforming education and research at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM). The university will continue to operate the ranch - now called W.A. Ranches at the University of Calgary - for the purposes of teaching and learning, research, and community engagement.
Students and faculty across many disciplines and from around the world will benefit directly from access to a working ranch. The study of cattle in the complex, real-farm context will enable research that can improve management practices for ranchers as well as academic programming that produces better veterinarians with more hands-on experience.
General Information
Researchers
Academics
Community Members
News from the Ranch
In the News Lana Wells in Yahoo! News Canada
Advocates worried about province's dismantling of domestic violence death review panel
In the News Lana Wells in Edmonton Journal
Opinion: Ending Alberta’s family-violence committee puts lives at risk
In the News Carlo Dade on DW News
Why Canada’s trade deal with China tests Ottawa’s balancing act
In the News Rob Huebert on Memesita.com
Europe’s Greenland push: A new Arctic power play?
In the News Trevor Tombe, Economics, in Calgary Herald
Varcoe: Despite short-term rally in oil price amid geopolitical risks, forecast dims for 2026
UCalgary paleontologists capture public’s imagination with dinosaur discoveries
The science of dinosaurs has everyone — from students to Slash from Guns N’ Roses — wanting to learn more about Earth’s prehistoric population
