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Quebec / Veterinary resident Quebec Regional Center / Website Rotator

2023-12-04

Programme de résidence en gestion de la santé de la faune

Le Centre régional pour le Québec du RCSF, situé à l’Université de Montréal, offre un programme de résidence de 3 ans en gestion de la santé de la faune. Ce programme comporte une formation...

Quebec / UCVM Wildlife Rotation / Veterinary resident Quebec Regional Center / Website Rotator

2023-12-04

Veterinary Residency Program in Wildlife Health Management

The CWHC Quebec Regional Centre, located at the Université de Montréal, is offering a 3-year residency program in Wildlife Health Management. This intensive clinical / paraclinical training, offered in collaboration with the Zoo de...

Atlantic / Bats / Collaborations / Education / Teaching/Training / Website Rotator

2023-11-30

Every Week is Bat Week for the CWHC Bat Team

This summer, the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) collaborated with the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC), PEI National Park (PEINP), and Wild Child PEI to host several presentations, bat walks, and engaging activities that highlight...

British Columbia / Website Rotator / Whales

2023-11-22

Gray Whale Unusual Mortality Event, 2019-2023

Eastern Pacific Gray whales undertake the longest migrations of any cetacean species throughout the world. These animals range from summer feeding grounds in the Chukchi and Bering Seas to overwintering calving and maternity lagoons...

Collaborations / Notes from the Field / Quebec / Research / Website Rotator / Whales

2023-11-13

Deuxième évaluation de la santé des bélugas de la mer de Beaufort

Une équipe du centre régional québécois du RCSF s’est de nouveau déplacée dans la région désignée des Inuvialuit en juillet dernier pour participer à une étude à long terme de la santé des bélugas...

Collaborations / Notes from the Field / Quebec / Research / Website Rotator / Whales

2023-11-13

Second Beaufort Sea Beluga Health Assessment

A team from CWHC Québec travelled to the Inuvialuit settlement region again in July to participate in long term studies on East Beaufort Sea beluga whale health. This beluga population is estimated at approximately...

News & Announcements / Ontario/Nunavut / Website Rotator

2023-11-03

CWHC ON/NU Welcomes New Communications Coordinator

My name is Jenna Matsuba and I am the new Communications Coordinator for the Ontario/ Nunavut region of the CWHC. I am the first point of contact for receiving calls and wildlife submissions and...

Avian Influenza / Birds / Website Rotator / Western/Northern

2023-10-24

Positive Pigeons: Dealing with questionable results in avian influenza surveillance

In the spring of 2022, North America’s wild bird populations experienced an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). We at CWHC Western/Northern tested hundreds of birds submitted to us during the outbreak, which...

News & Announcements / Reports / Website Rotator

2023-10-13

The CWHC Annual Report for 2022/2023

We are very happy to present the 2022/2023 Annual report of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC). The explosive spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) to wildlife and domestic animal populations across North...

National Office / News & Announcements / Website Rotator

2023-09-28

Introducing our newest staff member

My name is Nataliya Morgun and I am a Research Analyst at the CWHC. I provide administrative and financial support to the National Office. I have been working at the University of Saskatchewan since...

Mammals / Quebec / Website Rotator

2023-09-18

Prédation de phoques gris par de grands requins blancs dans le Golfe du Saint-Laurent : une cause de mortalité en augmentation?

Au cours de l’été 2023, le Réseau québécois d’urgence des mammifères marins (RQUMM) a reçu des signalements pour plusieurs cas suspects de prédation par des requins sur des mammifères marins. En effet, pour les...

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