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December 2017 |
| The Edmonton Association of Small Animal Veterinarians | |
In this issue...
- Executive Assistant's Message and Updates
- WDDC Ad
- Season's Greetings from Wild North
- Current Executive Team
- Upcoming CE
- Our Sponsors
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Executive Assistant's Message |
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Dear EASAV Members, RVTs and Veterinary clinic support staff,
I and the EASAV Executive Team would like to extend warm wishes to you all over the holiday season; hoping you find time for whatever it is that pleases you and brings you joy and peace to ring you into the New Year; a year that comes with a very exciting CE schedule, which is sure to please our vet members as well as many RVTs in our city!
Please keep reading for some important updates from the Edmonton Association of Small Animal Veterinarians.....
GST for CE Events will now be included in the CE fees on our brochure and website. Prices were adjusted to whole numbers to make for less small change for cash payments at the door.
GST IS NOT applicable to membership fees, sponsorships or donations.
The NEW 2018 CE Schedule is here. Download the 2018 CE Brochure.
Go to our website to sign up for CE today!
LOCUM LIST: We keep a locum list of Vets and RVTs! If you would like to add your name and contact information to the list, please email Smokey your name, position on the team (Vet or RVT), email address and phone # and include Locum List in the subject line.
The locum list is available to EASAV members in the member info tab.
Membership Renewals: The EASAV membership year runs from January 31 - January 31. Renewals can now be updated online or by mail.
All payments must be accompanied by a completed renewal form.
Download the membership renewal form here.
CE Survey: We have included a 4-question survey on the renewal process for feedback from our members to help us choose the following year's CE suggestions.
Please complete the survey. If you missed it, please let Smokey know and she will email it to you!
Pet Body Donation Program
If you have clients who are in financial need or wish to donate their pet’s body to science, we are the solution! EASAV has partnered with NAIT and vets around the city who wish to practice techniques on cadavers, so that we can keep our Pet Body Donation program up and running year-round!
Questions? Download the Program Letter Here.
Pet Body Donation Form - donations must be accompanied by this completed form
Sample Euthanasia Form with space for Pet Body Donation Choice
Storage: If you have storage room in your freezer and can store some donations for us for a period of 2-12 months, please let me know!
EASAV Annual General Meeting: Save the date: March 17, 2018!
This year's AGM is on St. Patty's Day at the Muttart Conservatory.
We will be enjoying the sights and smells of spring inside those beautiful pyramids, an Irish meal, complete with green beer and guiness and a keynote by CBC's popular science columnist, Dr. Torah Kachur as she teaches us about Pets and Their Microbes!
The AGM and Social is open to EASAV members and their spouses. | | |
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Season's Greetings from WildNorth Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
(formerly known as Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton) |
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Easy to find us on FB: WildNorth Website: www.wildnorth.ca |
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Over 800 wildlife patients were released back into the wild in 2017! WildNorth would like to thank our many friends and supporters for helping us make this happen!
Without you – our donors and supporters, we cannot continue to do the vital work of assisting injured and orphaned wildlife and the people who find them! WildNorth is a donor-supported local wildlife rescue and rehabilitation facility that has helped over 40,000 over the past 28 years formerly using the name Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton. Wildlife in distress is found by people like you.
We provide this service 365 of the year and in conjunction with Guardian Veterinary Centre and VetEmerg North, people have free access to admit injured wildlife 24 hours/day. This service is almost unheard of in many parts of the province and in fact, the country.
If you wish to make a donation for 2017, please visit our website www.wildnorth.ca . We have a new “Sponsor an Animal” program just in time for Christmas!
If your clinic has product or equipment you may wish to donate, please contact Kim at 780-297-6103. (We take returned Metacam!)
Our best wishes to you and your families for health and success in 2018.
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Dr. Milton Ness Memorial Teddy Bear Hospital Teddy Bear Drive Begins in January! |
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Please Support the Dr. Milton Ness Memorial Teddy Bear Hospital at this year's Dreamnight at the Zoo! Tentative Date: Friday, June 1, 2017 |
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The Uncas Veterinary Clinic Adoption Centre
The Uncas Veterinary Clinic has offered to collect all stuffed animal donations for this year's event. They will be receiving delivereries of donations of new and very gently used stuffed animals starting in January, washing those that need it, throwing away those that are too worn to give away and sorting them by species before our event!
Announcing our new stuffed animal delivery service for donations:
Some our industry representatives have volunteered to deliver donations of stuffed animals from participating veterinary clinics to the Uncas Veterinary Clinic! If you want to get a head start on your annual teddy bear drive and start your collections early, the following representatives have agreed to do deliveries, when they are in your area:
Vetoquinol: Alana Gomez
Royal Canin: Charlene Humphries
Summit Veterinary Pharmacy: Alice Boshier
Trupanion: David and Lee Milan
Bayer: Eric Pasimio
Purina: Kelsey Schellenberg
Idexx: Linzi Martin
Boehringer: Adam Spies
Aventix: Tammy Sorensen
If they are in your clinic and you have some stuffies to offload, let them know!
History of Dreamnight at the Zoo:
Established in 2008, Dreamnight at the Zoo is a collaborative annual event hosted by the Edmonton Valley Zoo, the Stollery Children's Hospital and many community partners. It is a cost-free private evenint at the zoo for chronically ill or disabled children and their families.
The Teddy Bear Hospital was conceived in 2014....
Before his passing in 2014, Dr. Milton Ness had discussed the idea of a teddy bear hospital with Smokey in conjunction with Dreamnight. After his passing, EASAV made this idea come to life and the Dr. Milton Ness Memorial Teddy Bear Hospital was born.
About the hospital: Each year, we purchase and collect donations of new and gently used stuffed animals from our members and the public. At our hospital, manned by real veterinarians & vet techs, the kids adopt a stuffed animal of their choice, get help examining it and then bandaging it up with vetrap!
They also enjoy doing mock foreign body surgeries on our stuffed surgery dogs and some of the interactive displays brought in by our members!
MORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED THIS YEAR!!!
In 2017, we gave away over 700 stuffed animals and this event is getting more popular each year. With the few volunteers that we had at the hospital last year, it was a very busy evening, as we had more than 700 kids come through in less than 4 hours!
If you have never been to the event and have an interest, please sign up to help out this year! We can also use your friends. Shifts will begin earlier this year to help set up the hospital as our interactive displays have expanded and more time is required to set it all up. Email Smokey if you have any questions. (See the link below)
Click here to request a link from Smokey to pictures or a power point presentation to run at your clinic from our 2017 Teddy Bear Hospital.
Click here for a Stuffed Animal Drive announcement to post in your clinic. | | |
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2017-18 Executive Team |
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| President |
Dr. Kelti Kachur |
Delton Vet Hospital |
| Vice President |
Dr. Natasha Russell |
Delton Vet Hospital |
| Secretary |
Dr. Shannon Wawryk |
Stony Plain Vet Clinic |
| Treasurer |
Dr. Gurmeet Singh Tuli |
Millview Pet Hosp |
| CE Chair |
Dr. Clare Leger |
Millwoods East Vet Clinic |
| CE Director |
Dr. Nour Hashish |
VetEmerg & Locum |
| Collegiality Chair |
Dr. Natasha Russell |
Delton Vet Hospital |
| Collegiality Director |
Dr. Cheryl Lewis |
Spruce Grove Vet Clinic | | | |
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| SPONSORS |
UPCOMING CE |
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Our 2018 CE Brochure and line up have been uploaded to our website! Visit www.edmontonvetinfo to see our CE List or sign up for a seminar! |
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Point of Care Ultrasound for the non-specialist; Everyday practical use that is easier than you dared to imagine!
Soren Boysen, DVM, DACVECC & Serge Chalhoub, DVM, DACVIM
Date: Sunday, February 4, 2018
Lecture Location: X111; NAIT Main Campus
Lecture Time: 9-12:30 pm Lecture Limit: 79 vets
Wet-Lab Time: 1– 5 pm; Lab Limit: 20 vets
EASAV Members will receive priority registrations for the lab component
until December 29, 2017. There are only 3 spaces left in the wet-lab!
Dog volunteers/donors are needed for the wet-lab!
Lab Registration Deadline: Friday, January 12, 2018
Lecture Registration Deadline: Friday, January 26/18 |
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2 Seminars to attend!
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Location: Shaw Theatre, NAIT Main Campus
Registration Deadline: Friday, February 9
1. Surgical Treatment of
Brachycephalic Airway Syndrome
Colin Sereda, DVM, DACVS
(registrations/supper at 6:15 pm)
Time: 7-8 pm: 1 hour CE Credit
EASAV Members attend free of charge!
2. Proposed Changes Concerning Private Corporations
Presented by: Michelle Coleman, CPA, CA
Time: 8-9 pm: 1 hour CE Credit
(registrations/supper at 7:30 pm)
Free for everyone (if they only attend this portion)
If they would like to attend the 1st talk, the usual rates apply. |
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A Practical Approach to Canine and Feline Otitis Externa
Vincent Defalque, DVM - 2 hours of CE Credit
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Time: 7-9 pm; Registration at 6:15 pm
Location: Shaw Theatre, NAIT Main Campus
Early Registration Deadline: Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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EASAV AGM and Social
EASAV members & spouses only (Spouses may have to pay $50)
Date: Saturday, March 17, 2018
Location: Muttart Conservatory
Registrations: 7:00 pm
AGM: 7:15 pm – 7:45pm
St. Patty’s Day Buffet Dinner & Keynote: 7:45 pm
Speaker: Torah Kachur, CBC Science columnist
Topic: Pets and Their Microbes - 1 CE Credit |
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Did you know that EASAV Members attend CAVM courses at their member rates?
Click here to see more CE opportunities
including a link to CAVM CE
Click here to download the updated 2018 CE Brochure
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2018 Gold sponsors ($2500-3000):
 
Silver Sponsors (between $1000-2000)
 
   
Bronze Sponsors ($1000 and under)
 
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