Veganism

The law school has offered courses before, but the program will now allow students to study the topic more deeply through courses, seminars, fellowships, advocacy outreach and research opportunities.

While organizations like Animal Justice exist to help people navigate animal welfare laws and policies, and law programs across the country offer some variety of courses related to animals, U of T's is the first animal law program at a Canadian law school.

The federal government has launched a new strategy to reduce the number of animals used in regulatory laboratory testing across Canada — a strategy that some experts estimate could result in thousands fewer animals each year being subjected to painful or toxic tests.

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