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Special dinner puts One Health first
May 16th, 2012
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One Health was the number one dinner topic at a unique University of Saskatchewan event on May 2 that brought together more than 50 representatives of research, industry and government in Western Canada. The special dinner gave a select group of researchers from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and the U of S the opportunity to talk about their …
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Welcome back, June Conference
As Dr. Colin Palmer describes it, 2012 is homecoming year for the June Conference — the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s longtime continuing education event. For the past eight years, the traditional format for the college’s biannual June Conference was shelved while the WCVM worked in co-operation with the Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association to organize continuing education conferences in Saskatoon. …
May 11th, 2012 Full story »
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The tick factor
Like many Saskatchewan residents, I’ve have had to resign myself to dealing with ticks in recent years. Slowly but surely, ticks appear to be creeping into parts of the province that were previously (and blissfully) tick-free. The first tick I ever encountered was flung clear across the room in horror (never to be seen again). But I’ve since become a …
May 11th, 2012 Full story »
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Clark enjoys “lighting that spark”
For Dr. Chris Clark of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, one of teaching’s best rewards is seeing the light come on in his students’ eyes when they understand and then become interested in a subject. “Lighting that spark, making that material interesting for them is so important,” says Clark, an associate professor in the college’s Department of Large Animal …
May 08th, 2012 Full story »
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Around the College: April 2012
• WCVM professor Dr. Cheryl Waldner tied for the 2012 Award for Most Effective Professor at the University of Saskatchewan’s School of Public Health. Waldner, a faculty member in the WCVM’s Department of Large Animal Clinical Services, shares this year’s award with Dr. Niels Koehncke of the U of S College of Medicine. Each year, the School of Public Health …
April 19th, 2012 Full story »
