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Summer 2023 Access to Care award recipients

Posted Sep 20th, 2023

The Summer 2023 Access to Care award recipients include:

SCHOLARSHIP

Tannicka Reeves, Yukon, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Kandis Villebrun, Northwest Territories, Western College of Veterinary Medicine (Ian and Rochelle Laing Family Foundation)

BURSARIES

Georgia Bouchard-Dawson, Northwest Territories, Thompson Rivers University
Kara Ann Campbell, Nunavut
Rosalyn French, Northwest Territories
Laura Kilabuk, Nunavut
Cai Reid, Northwest Territories

PET FIRST AID TRAINING

Jodi Alderson, Kugluktuk, Nunavut
Sweetgrass Casaway, Lutsel K'e, Northwest Territories
Marie Catholique, Lutsel K'e, Northwest Territories
Emily Clarke, Kimmirut, Nunavut
Noella Cockney, Northwest Territories
Tanya Haulli, Igloolik, Nunavut
Emma Hunt, Acho Dene Koe (Fort Liard), Northwest Territories
Carol McCormack, Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
Gabrielle Nogasak, Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories
Demarys Rose Noksana, Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories
Stephanie Poole, Lutsel K'e, Northwest Territories

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Beyond the Clinic: Why Veterinarians are Key to Preventing the Next Pandemic

Posted Apr 6th, 2025

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My voluntary assignments in Ghana for the past three years have dramatically improved animal production in terms of reducing mortality and increasing the size of the herd/flock.
- Joseph Ansong-Danquah

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