Hamilton earns U of S alumni award
November 28th, 2008
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Veterinary professor Dr. Don Hamilton’s unselfish service and respectful leadership within the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and the University of Saskatchewan Faculty Association (USFA) have earned him the 2008 U of S Alumni Service Award. Hamilton, a professor in WCVM’s Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, was one of seven U of S alumni who were honoured during a gala …
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Himsworth wins Young Investigator Award
Graduate student Dr. Chelsea Himsworth received a Young Investigator Award for her research poster at the American College of Veterinary Pathologists’ annual meeting that took place from November 15 to 19 in San Antonio, Tex. Himsworth, a Master of Veterinary Science (MVetSc) student in anatomic pathology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, won the first-place prize and $500 in …
November 27th, 2008 Full story »
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WCVM resident receives Aboriginal award
Dr. Candace Grier-Lowe, a veterinary resident at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM), is one of 14 outstanding Canadians who have been named recipients of 2009 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards. Grier-Lowe is a member of the Norway House First Nation and grew up in Winnipeg, Man. She received her veterinary degree from the WCVM in 2005 and was a …
November 26th, 2008 Full story »
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Reproduction experts to visit Canada in 2012
After two years of preparation, a University of Saskatchewan-led team of researchers won its bid to host the 17th International Congress on Animal Reproduction (ICAR) in Vancouver, B.C., in 2012. The Congress, which is held every four years, is expected to draw more than 1,000 international delegates to Vancouver. Dr. Gregg Adams, a professor in the Western College of Veterinary …
November 15th, 2008 Full story »
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Veterinary scientists part of OIE publication
Veterinary researchers from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and the University of Calgary are among the authors of an invited paper that’s included in a climate change-focused issue of Revue scientifique et technique, a publication of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The article, “Pathogens of domestic and free-ranging ungulates: global climate change in temperate to boreal latitudes …
November 15th, 2008 Full story »
