Hands-on wildlife experience with CWHC Ontario/Nunavut
This year was the first that the Ontario Veterinary College offered 4th year students an opportunity to do a rotation…
My summer as a wildlife technician with the CWHC
“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius I…
Mind Controlling Parasite in Alberta!
Here in Canada we don’t often pay much attention to parasites. They are usually considered something you would get if…
Detectability of avian carcasses during recovery surveys
This summer, I am working with the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) on a research project looking at factors associated…
CWHC Update from the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses Scientific Symposium
The CWHC was well-represented at a scientific symposium in Guelph, Ontario, last week. The Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses…
Congratulations to Stefano Liccioli for successfully defending his PhD thesis
On Dec 17, 2014, Dr. Stefano Liccioli successfully defended his PhD thesis on “The transmission ecology of Echinococcus multilocularis in…
Disease Assessment in Wild Turkeys in Ontario
Since being reintroduced in 1984, the number of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) living in and harvested from Ontario has increased.…
University of Saskatchewan Students do Wildlife Necropsies!
On November 5th the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) Western Northern Region, in partnership with the local student chapter of…
Notes from the Field: Interview with Graduate Students at WDA Meeting
CWHC director, Craig Stephen, interviewed graduate students Diana Sinclair (University of Guelph) and María Fernanda Mejía-Salazar (University of Saskatchewan) at…
What Does the Bat Say?
A group of environmentally-aware students from the Inspire Academy in Muncie, Indiana, have put together a very imaginative and entertaining…