The Canadian Institute of Animal-Assisted Interventions
About the President of the Canadian Institute of Animal-Assisted Interventions
Esther Delisle is an author with a Ph.D. in political science. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/esther-delisle-ph-d-678953163/)
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In 2004, she became a certified animal-assisted therapist.
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She has worked with people with Alzheimer's, dementia, mental retardation and with people in palliative care (end of life)
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She implemented two programs of animal-assisted learning in 3 elementary schools in Montreal. Based on that experience, she co-wrote an article published in the magazine Childhood Education International (2012.)
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She sat for many years on the board of the Corporation des zoothérapeutes du Québec (Quebec Corporation of Animal-Assisted Therapists.)
She also participated in many international conferences on the topic of Human-Animal interactions.
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She gave a presentation at the 14th triennial conference of IAHAIO (Paris, 2016)
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She gave three presentations at the Second Internationale Conference on Innovations in Animal-Assisted Therapy (Jerusalem 2013)
She is inviting you to share her journey.
Coordinators of Research and Development
Pritanshi Jeswani
Co-founder at Psych-.ED
Student, Master of Science, Clinical Psychology, Christ University NCR
Devika Bharany
Co-Founder at Psych-.ED
Student, Master of Science, Clinical Psychology, Christ University NCR
Our mission
To educate and inform about Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) and present its most innovative and original programs in Canada and worldwide.
We welcome practitioners of AAI, animal lovers and people who are just curious.
