CVMA Conventions
2002 Halifax, Nova Scotia July 17-20
2003 Winnipeg, Manitoba July 9-12
2004 Québec, Québec July 7-10
MAY 2002
Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine — Seminar Subscription Series: Soft Tissue Surgery/Abdominal Surgery. May 7, 2002 at the Sheraton Parkway Hotel in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Speaker: Dr. Stephen Birchard, Ohio State University. Contact: Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine, 250 Consumers Road, Suite 301, Willowdale, Ontario M2J 4V6, tel.: (416) 494-1440, fax: (416) 495-8723, e-mail: tavm@accglobal.net.
Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine — Hospital Personnel Series: Wildlife. May 8, 2002 at the Holiday Inn Yorkdale in Toronto, Ontario. Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Atkinson. Contact: Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine, 250 Consumers Road, Suite 301, Willowdale, Ontario M2J 4V6, tel.: (416) 494-1440, fax: (416) 495-8723, e-mail: tavm@accglobal.net.
American Animal Hospital Association — Veterinary Management Development School: VMDS Advanced. May 15–18, 2002 in Denver, Colorado, USA. Contact: Derek Woodbury, AAHA, P.O. Box 150899, Denver, Colorado 80215-0899 USA, tel.: (800) 883-6301, fax: (303) 986-1700, Web site: www.aahanet.org.
Scientists Center for Animal Welfare — Annual Spring Meeting. May 16–17, 2002 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Contact: tel.: (301) 345-3500, e-mail: info@scaw.com, Web site: www.scaw.com.
8th Annual Lake Erie Walleye Fishing and Golf Seminar Weekend. May 16–19, 2002 at the The Island House, in Port Clinton, Ohio, USA. Speakers: Dr. Larry Adams, Treatment of Feline Renal Disease, Nonsurgical Removal of Uroliths in the Feline and Canine; Dr. Stephen B. Jaffe, A Vaccination Protocol for the 21st Century, A New Paradigm for Heartwork Prevention. Mr. Bob Levoy, Taking Your Practice to the Next Level. Contact: Lake Erie Seminars, tel./fax: (740) 344-3061, Web site: www.symbiosisinc.cc.
Atlantic Veterinary College – Summer Veterinary Management Institute for Women. July 22–24, 2002 at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Topics: practice marketing; risk, finanacial, human resource management. Single room and apartment-style accommodations available; limited seats for VetCamp (grades 7 to 9); daycare by Campus Kids may be available. Registration limited to 40 woman practitioners. Fee: CAN$750.00. Contact: Miss Susan Stensch, tel.: (902) 566-0780, e-mail: sstensch@upei.ca, Web site: www.upei.ca/~avc/conted.htm.
International Course on Laboratory Animal Science. May 27 – June 7, 2002 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Contact: Dr. L.F.M. van Zutphen, Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 80.166, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands, tel.: 31-30-2532033, fax: 31-30-253-7997, e-mail: pdk@las.vet.uu.nl.
JUNE 2002
Encroachment on Wildlife Ecosystems: New and Re-emerging Viral Epidemics — 1st International Meeting of Zoo and Wildlife Virology. June 9–11, 2002 at the ARTIS Conference Centre in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Transmission between wildlife and domestic species, threats to biodiversity, epidemiological consequences, population die-offs. Contact: Ms. Jeannette Schouw, Conference Secretariat, Department of Virology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, P.O. Box 3306, 2280 GH Rijswijk, The Netherlands, tel.: +31 15 284 2661, fax: +31 15 284 3986, e-mail: wildlife@bprc.nl, Web site: www.wildlife2002.nl.
4th Annual International Conference on Exotics. June 19–22, 2002 at the Wyndham Casa Marina Resort in Key West, Florida, USA. Contact: ICE2002, P.O. Box 541749, Lake Worth, Florida 33454-1749 USA, tel.: (800) 946-4782 or (561) 641-5645, fax: 561-641-0234, e-mail: info@exoticdvm.com, Web site: www.exoticdvm.com.
JULY 2002
Intensive Practice Seminar — Neural Therapy for Small Animals. July 1–5, 2002 in Bad Wildungen, Germany. The “Western sister” of acupuncture. Theoretical foundations, diagnostic theory and practice, pharmacology, therapy programs. Contact: Vierbeiner Reha-Zentrum GmbH, Physiotherapy for Small Animals and Horses, Private Academy for Extended Veterinary Medicine, Dr.-Marc-Strasse 4, D-34537, Bad Wildungen, Germany, tel.: +49 5621 802880, fax: +49 5621 802889, e-mail: vierbeiner-reha@t-online.de, Web site: www.animal-reha.com.
8th International Symposium on Equine Reproduction. July 21–26, 2002 in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Contact: Mrs. Janette Wade, ISER Secretariat, R&W Publications (Newmarket) Ltd., Suites 3 & 4, 8 Kings Court, Willie Snaith Road, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7SG, tel.: +44 (0) 1638 667600, fax: +44 (0) 1638 667229, e-mail: rw.publications@btinternet.com, Web site: www.ivis.org/iser/
Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine — 14th Annual Fred Scott Feline Symposium. July 26–28, 2002 at Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York, USA. Contact: Mrs. Dee Brothers, Director, Special Events, Office of Continuing Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, T1 002 Vet Research Tower, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-6401, tel.: (607) 253-3200, fax: (607) 253-3198, Web site: www.vet.cornell.edu/extension/conedu.
AUGUST 2002
Veterinary Conference. August 2–4, 2002 in Terrace, British Columbia. Speakers: Dr. Doreen Houston, Dr. Claire Card. 15–20 hours of CE. Contact: Dr. Carmen Seltenrich or Dr. Farkvam, Kermodei Veterinary Hospital, 4920 Halliwell Avenue, Terrace, British Columbia V8G 2J6, tel.: (250) 635-2726, fax: (250) 635-1466.
Intensive Practice Seminar — Gold Bead Implants as Permanent Acupuncture. August 3–11, 2002 in Bad Wildungen, Germany. Theoretical foundations, nature and dynamics of chronic joint pain, diagnostic theory and practice, therapy programs and techniques, legal matters. Contact: Vierbeiner Reha-Zentrum GmbH, Physiotherapy for Small Animals and Horses, Private Academy for Extended Veterinary Medicine, Dr.-Marc-Strasse 4, D-34537, Bad Wildungen, Germany, tel.: +49 5621 802880, fax: +49 5621 802889, e-mail: vierbeiner-reha@t-online.de, Web site: www.animal-reha.com.
22nd World Buiatrics Congress. August 18–23, 2002 in Hannover, Germany. Contact: School of Veterinary Medicine, Clinic for Cattle Diseases, Bischofsholer Damm 15, D-30173, Hannover, Germany, tel.: +49-511/8567649, fax: +49-511/8567693, e-mail: wbc2002@tiho-hannover.de, Web site: http://www.wbc2002.de.
Canadian Embryo Transfer Association/ Association canadienne de transfert d'embryons — Annual Scientific Convention. August 23–25, 2002 in Quebec, Quebec. Contact: CETA/ACTE, Box 2000, Kemptville, Ontario K0G 1J0, tel.: (613) 258-5944, fax: (613) 258-3719, e-mail: ceta@ebi.ca, Web site: www.ceta.ca.
SEPTEMBER 2002
Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine — Seminar Subscription Series: Immune-Mediated Disease/ Oncology. September 10, 2002 at the Sheraton Parkway Hotel in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Speaker: Dr. Sue Cotter, Tufts University. Contact: Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine, 250 Consumers Road, Suite 301, Willowdale, Ontario M2J 4V6, tel.: (416) 494-1440, fax: (416) 495-8723, e-mail: tavm@accglobal.net.
Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine — Hospital Personnel Series: Cytology. September 11, 2002 at the Holiday Inn Yorkdale in Toronto, Ontario. Speaker: Dr. Suzanne MacDonald. Contact: Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine, 250 Consumers Road, Suite 301, Willowdale, Ontario M2J 4V6, tel.: (416) 494-1440, fax: (416) 495-8723, e-mail: tavm@accglobal.net.
British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association — Annual General Meeting and Fall Conference. September 12–15, 2002 at the Whistler Conference Centre in British Columbia. Contact: BCVMA, 155–1200 West 73rd Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6P 6G5, tel.: (604) 266-3441, fax: (604) 266-8447.
Académie de médecine vétérinaire du Québec — Seminar on Routine Medicine: Emergency. September 14, 2002. Speakers: Drs. Lisa Carioto and P.-Grégoire Dubé. Contact: AMVQ, 3625, boul. Dagenais Ouest, bureau 100, Laval, Québec H7P 5C9, tel.: (450) 963-1812, fax: (450) 963-1952, e-mail: secretariat@amvq.qc.ca.
Tunisian Veterinary Council — 27th Annual World Veterinary Congress. September 25–29, 2002 in Tunis, Tunisia. Contact: Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins Vétérinaires de Tunisie, B.P. 267, Tunis-Mahrajène, 1082 Tunisie, tel.: +216 1 566 881, fax: 216 1 380 210, e-mail: conodvet@planet.tn, Web site: www.worldvetunisia2002.com
OCTOBER 2002
Académie de médecine vétérinaire du Québec — Seminar on Marketing. October 6, 2002. Speakers: Drs. Normand Plourde, Raemona Slodovnik, and Cecelia Soares. Contact: AMVQ, 3625, boul. Dagenais Ouest, bureau 100, Laval, Québec H7P 5C9, tel.: (450) 963-1812, fax: (450) 963-1952, e-mail: secretariat@amvq.qc.ca.
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians — Annual Conference. October 6–10, 2002 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Contact: Dr. Wilbur Armand, Executive Director, AAZV, 6 North Pennell Road, Media, Pennsylvania 19063 USA, tel.: (610) 892-4812, fax: (610) 982-4813, e-mail: aazv@aol.com.
Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine — Seminar Subscription Series: Thoracic Radiology. October 8, 2002 at the Sheraton Parkway Hotel in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Speaker: Dr. Victor Rendano, Veterinary Multi-Imaging. Contact: Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine, 250 Consumers Road, Suite 301, Willowdale, Ontario M2J 4V6, tel.: (416) 494-1440, fax: (416) 495-8723, e-mail: tavm@accglobal.net.
Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine — Hospital Personnel Series: Nutrition. October 9, 2002 at the Holiday Inn Yorkdale in Toronto, Ontario. Speaker: Dr. Margo Tant. Contact: Toronto Academy of Veterinary Medicine, 250 Consumers Road, Suite 301, Willowdale, Ontario M2J 4V6, tel.: (416) 494-1440, fax: (416) 495-8723, e-mail: tavm@accglobal.net.
Ordre des médecins vétérinaires du Québec — Annual Conference 2001. October 17–19, 2002 at the Hôtel Gouverneur in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. Contact: Dr. Sylvie Latour, Director of Professional Development, OMVQ, 800 Saint-Anne Avenue, Suite 200, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec J2S 5G7, tel.: (450) 774-1427 ext. 214, fax: 450-774-7635, e-mail: sylvie.latour@omvq.qc.ca.
Footnotes
Coming Events are published in the CVJ and posted on the Web site, www.canadianveterinarians.net, free of charge, on a space available basis. Send listings to:
Deborah Thiel, Managing Editor, Journals, Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, 339 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7K1; tel.: (613) 236-1162; fax: (613) 236-9681; e-mail: dthiel@cvma-acmv.org. Submissions should be received at least 2 months prior to the event.