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Alexandra Protopopova
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Research
Latest papers
A Survey of Reported Practices and Values of Smaller-Scale Dog Breeders in Canada.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
Variation in food-maximizing behaviour as a function of context, breed, and individual characteristics: A study of Labrador Retrievers and German Shepherd Dogs.
Behavioural processes · 2026 · senior author
Support-seeking and rehoming pathways differ by surrender circumstances among pet owners.
PloS one · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $1,000,000
The University of British Columbia (UBC)/ BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA) Companion Animal Welfare Research - 2025-2030
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $12,500
Intra-species variation in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): Testing the Pace-of-Life Syndrome hypothesis
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $112,000
Intra-species variation in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): Testing the Pace-of-Life Syndrome hypothesis
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
32 publications.
A Survey of Reported Practices and Values of Smaller-Scale Dog Breeders in Canada.
Ruyter G, Protopopova A, Rausch Q
Variation in food-maximizing behaviour as a function of context, breed, and individual characteristics: A study of Labrador Retrievers and German Shepherd Dogs.
Azadian A, Protopopova A
Support-seeking and rehoming pathways differ by surrender circumstances among pet owners.
Ly LH, McDonald SE, Zapata I, Protopopova A
Changes in cognitive performance following repeated exposure to a hand-touch learning task across breed clades of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris).
Azadian A, Protopopova A
Review of Collars, Harnesses, and Head Collars for Walking Dogs.
Cavalli C, Protopopova A
Exploring the impact of a brief positive experience on dogs' performance and stress resilience during a learning task.
Miller J, Cavalli C, Azadian A, Protopopova A
Drug use stigma, accidental pet poisonings, and veterinary care: results from a survey of pet owners in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Chambers C, Ly LH, Protopopova A
A mixed-method analysis of the consistency of intake information reported by shelter staff upon owner surrender of dogs.
Ly LH, Protopopova A
Exploring breed differences in discrimination, reversal learning, and resistance to extinction in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris).
Azadian A, Protopopova A
Effect of pre-session discrimination training on performance in a judgement bias test in dogs.
Krahn J, Azadian A, Cavalli C, Miller J, Protopopova A
The University of British Columbia (UBC)/ BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA) Companion Animal Welfare Research - 2025-2030
Principal investigators: Protopopova, Alexandra
Keywords: Animal management (animal diseases, breeding); Social development and community services
Intra-species variation in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): Testing the Pace-of-Life Syndrome hypothesis
Principal investigators: Protopopova, Alexandra
Intra-species variation in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): Testing the Pace-of-Life Syndrome hypothesis
Principal investigators: Protopopova, Alexandra
Keywords: dog; individual differences; personality; animal behaviour; domestication; human-animal interaction; stress physiology; pace-of-life syndrome hypothesis; life history; behaviour analysis
NSERC/BC SPCA Industrial Research Chair in Animal Welfare
Principal investigators: Protopopova, Alexandra AS
Keywords: animal behavior; animal health; animal welfare; cat; companion animal; companion animal husbandry; dog; human-animal interactions; rabbit; stress
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Camila Cavalli and Alexandra Protopopova: 3 shared papers
- Christiana Bratiotis and Alexandra Protopopova: 1 shared paper
- Siyun Wang and Alexandra Protopopova: 1 shared paper
- Land and Food Systems
- School of Social Work
- Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
- Other
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