Service overview
The Animal Management System (AMS) for research and teaching activities involving animals, is an online Animal Use Protocol and animal facility management software that centralizes electronic submissions and approvals for researchers, committee members, animal facility staff, veterinarians and administrators at McGill University and Research Institutes of Affiliated Hospitals. It also includes management of financial activities, animal breeding, clinical health and inspections for the animal care program.
Who can use it
- Researchers and Instructors,
- Students, technicians, post-doctoral fellows working with animals,
- Facility staff including veterinarians,
- Facility Animal Care Committee (FACC) members,
- Animal Compliance Office (ACO) Staff,
- Ex-officio reviewers.
How to request & access the service
Existing users:
IMPORTANT: to login to AMS, use your full McGill email address and your own password.
For Non-McGill, existing Darwin users: All users who are not employees or students at McGill University will receive an invitation to create a Microsoft Account with which they will be able to access AMS. Once the new account is created, they will be able to login to AMS and view the access-controlled how-to videos by using the full McGill email address and the password they will have created.
The email invitation to create a Microsoft account will look like this:
New users:
McGill employee or student: If you are not currently an AMS user, please ask your supervisor or AMS Local Administrator to complete this AMS Access Request Webform. You cannot ask for access for yourself. The person completing the Webform must already have access to the AMS software. The ACO will start the process and your Local Administrator will finalize it by assigning software permissions (investigator, committee member, veterinarian...).
Non-McGill user: If you are not a McGill employee or student and are not currently an AMS user, please have your supervisor or employer fill the AMS Access Request Webform.
Access the service
First time access:
To access the Animal Management System (AMS) for the first time, you must use the email invite you received
The email looks like this.
- You must follow the steps outlined in the email to create an account and password.
- You must also review the permissions granted and accept them. Note that McGill will not have access to any of your personal information.
Subsequent accesses:
To access your instance, follow these steps:
- Click on the link associated to your site below:
- McGill University = https://ams.research.mcgill.ca/mcgill
- The Neuro (MNI) = https://ams.research.mcgill.ca/mni
- The RI-MUHC = https://ams.research.mcgill.ca/rimuhc
- The Douglas = https://ams.research.mcgill.ca/douglas
- The Lady Davis Institute of the JGH = https://ams.research.mcgill.ca/jghldi
- The Shriners = https://ams.research.mcgill.ca/shriners
- To access your site’s AMS instance, use your email address ending with @mcgill.ca for your institutional/work email or @mail.mcgill.ca for your student email. Do not use your short username like you did in Darwin, it will not work.
- If you previously used an @affiliate.mcgill.ca email account to access Darwin and are unable to log in, please contact your affiliate email sponsor.
- If you are unable to login, check your emails for the invite (see First time access section above.) that was sent to you a few days ago. (It may be in your junk mail folder.)
If you still have issues logging into AMS, send an email to ams@mcgill.ca. In the email, please provide the email/username you used to sign-up.
*AMS is powered by tick@lab.
Cost
There is no cost associated with this service.
Availability
The service is available 24 X 7, except during planned maintenance or outages. Check the home page of the IT Support site for announcements.
Frequently asked questions
Consult the AMS FAQ on the Animal Care Program's website.
Best practices & policies
The information in AMS is confidential and must not be shared with unauthorized people.
- Always log out of the application when you are finished using it.
- Never leave your computer unattended while you are logged into AMS.
- Always save your work before existing.
- Never share your ID and password with anyone
- Never use a wireless internet zone in commercial areas because your information can easily be captured by malicious people.
If you suspect that your information may be compromised, please contact the local administrator for your site.
Training & documentation
Please consult the AMS website for more information on this system.
The training videos will be available on SharePoint: AMS Training
Support
For any support on AMS, please contact the local administrator for your site.
If you have problems logging in the first time, please consult the article How to: Access AMS (Animal Management System)