{"id":2614,"date":"2019-11-29T11:10:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T16:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/akcollege\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:40:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:40:50","slug":"carleton-students-pitch-solutions-to-pet-ownership-barriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/akcollege\/2019\/carleton-students-pitch-solutions-to-pet-ownership-barriers\/","title":{"rendered":"杏吧原创 Students Pitch Solutions to Pet Ownership Barriers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        杏吧原创 Students Pitch Solutions to Pet Ownership Barriers\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>This story was originally published on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/overcoming-pet-ownership-barriers\/\">杏吧原创 Newsroom<\/a>&nbsp;on November 26, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Joseph Mathieu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is widely accepted, especially by pet owners, that pet ownership can make you feel better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of anecdotal evidence, there is scientific research demonstrating that companion pets can reduce stress and anxiety, and lower your heart rate and blood pressure, offering physical, mental and social health benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Studies also show the benefits are mutual: pets of all kinds\u2014from dogs and cats to birds and small beasts\u2014can also feel a sense of comfort and security from their companion human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it can be a challenge for people who are elderly, disabled, homeless or victims of domestic abuse to care for a pet, especially in an inner-city environment \u2013 the very people who could benefit the most from companion pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Nov. 22, 2019, six teams of four to six 杏吧原创 University undergraduate students tackled the complex issue for the third annual&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chaimcentre\/one-health\/2019-one-h-e-a-l-t-h-student-challenge-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">One HEALtH (Human Environment Animal Links to Health) Student Challenge<\/a>. They presented interdisciplinary strategies developed over six weeks to a panel of judges in the MacOdrum Library\u2019s Discovery Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/one-health-group1-1200x680.jpg\" alt=\"A projector \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"u-block u-block--full\">Acknowledging the Benefits of Pet Ownership for Marginalized Communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organized by 杏吧原创\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chaimcentre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canadian Health Adaptations, Innovations and Mobilization<\/a>&nbsp;(CHAIM), the challenge brought together students from a wide variety of disciplines. By consulting with local experts, students considered how to plan for socially marginalized groups to benefit from companion pets in the inner city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"u-block u-block--full\">\u201cThe relationship between people and their pets is an important one to Canadians,\u201d said Prof. Kim Matheson, director of the CHAIM Centre and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Neuroscience<\/a>. \u201cThey play a vital role as companions and sources of connection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/one-health-group2-1200x680.jpg\" alt=\"A students \"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story was originally published on&nbsp;杏吧原创 Newsroom&nbsp;on November 26, 2019. By Joseph Mathieu It is widely accepted, especially by pet owners, that pet ownership can make you feel better. On top of anecdotal evidence, there is scientific research demonstrating that companion pets can reduce stress and anxiety, and lower your heart rate and blood pressure, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/akcollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/akcollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/akcollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/akcollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/akcollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2614"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/akcollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3099,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/akcollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614\/revisions\/3099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/akcollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/akcollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/akcollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}