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AVC Media Releases


From left to right: Dr. John VanLeeuwen, Karen Yetman, Andrea Messina, and Kasadee Allan.
| Atlantic Veterinary College

After three years of waiting, Dr. John VanLeeuwen, interim dean, Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC), University of Prince Edward Island, is in Kenya with Farmers Helping Farmers (FHF) and has three doctors of veterinary medicine (DVM) students in tow.

SCVMA Symposium participants learn to use an ultrasound to practice taking ultrasound guided biopsies. (Photo credit: Kristy Faulkner)
| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) recently hosted the 2023 Students of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (SCVMA) Symposium on Thursday, January 19 to Saturday, January 21.  

Dr. Fred Kibenge, professor, Department of Pathology and Microbiology at AVC.
| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to congratulate Dr. Fred Kibenge, professor, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, AVC, on the recent publication of two textbooks.

A photo of smallholder dairy farmers in Nkando, Kenya.
| Atlantic Veterinary College
Atlantic Veterinary College students at the recent AVMA Animal Welfare Assessment Contest in Raleigh, North Carolina.
| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island is proud to congratulate two teams of doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM) students, and one graduate student who brought home awards at the recent American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) Animal Welfare Assessment Contest.

File footage of Summer Academy participants taking part in a lab. (Please note: This photo was taken prior to COVID-19)
| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) is pleased to announce that they will be hosting the AVC Summer Academy from July 4 to 7, 2023. This marks the first year that the Academy will be offered since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Gary Conboy receives the Atlantic Award of Excellence in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care from Dr. John VanLeeuwen, interim dean, AVC, in 2022.
| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Atlantic Veterinary College is now accepting nominations for the Atlantic Award of Excellence in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care.

Campers learn about anatomy during the 2022 AVC Vet Camps.
| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) is now accepting applications for the 2023 Dr. Tim Ogilvie AVC Vet Camp.

(From left to right): Elder Junior Peter Paul, Raelyn McCurdy, Dr. Giuliana Obeid, Dr. Lara Cusack, Dillon Scott, and Fiep de Bie preparing to transfer "Buddy" to Hope for Wildlife.
| Atlantic Veterinary College

It was a morning of mixed emotions at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC), as the AVC’s Wildlife Service prepared to bring bald eagle 450, otherwise known as “Buddy,” to his new home at Hope for Wildlife.  

(Adobe Stock Photo 17492718)
| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is pleased to report that they have cleared nine reindeer for their Christmas Eve flight.

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