Students
Vet student focuses on spinal cord research
May 11th, 2012
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When Devon Wilson’s horse was treated for colic at the Veterinary Medical Centre in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM), she knew immediately that she wanted to work in the field of veterinary medicine. “I was so grateful to the vets for helping me and my horse,” she says. “And I thought, ‘This would be a great career for …
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Love of animals leads to student’s future
Taxidermy and veterinary medicine may have little in common, but when Cassie Tompson took an aptitude test in her first year of university, her love of animals and attention to detail pointed to a career in the art of preserving animals for display. Instead, she took her aptitude for science and love of animals and is now in her first …
March 28th, 2012 Full story »
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Road trip
Monday: It’s mid-February and I’m on the road with three others from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine — Drs. Asha Perera, Todd Shury and Ted Leighton. We’re heading to Calgary for the biannual Workshop for Canada’s Wildlife Health Professionals that’s hosted by the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre (CCWHC). Stepping back from the nitty and often gritty details of …
March 07th, 2012 Full story »
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The road from Barcelona to Saskatoon
An avid equestrian since the age of six, Dr. Imma Roquet had no doubt that her life would revolve around horses. “I just love them — I have no other explanation,” explains Roquet who grew up with horses and dogs in Tona, Spain – a small rural town near Barcelona. Roquet graduated from the University of Barcelona’s veterinary program in 2006. …
March 07th, 2012 Full story »
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Why I came back
My brother leans over the table in an Airdrie, Alta., truck stop, sets down his steaming cup of coffee and arches an eyebrow at me. “So why would you give up a good-paying job working for a great boss in a community you love to go back to school? Wasn’t seven years of university enough?” he asks me point blank …
February 03rd, 2012 Full story »
