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Contemporary Topics

Developing Indigenous Relationships and Providing Veterinary Care to Remote and Underprivileged Communities

Friday, October 24, 2025
1:30 PM – 6:00 PM  

Eligible for ACVS MOC

In this seminar, an expert speaks on Indigenous relationships and providing veterinary care to underprivileged communities. An indigenous representative presents to comment on the sacred relationship between animals and Indigenous peoples, followed by a panel discussion with other veterinarians who provide care to these communities, and discusses challenges and rewards with the work. Attendees can expect to have a better understanding of the human-animal bond and will be better equipped to develop relationships and provide veterinary care to their own local underprivileged communities.

Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion, participant will be able to better understand the human-animal bond, particularly of indigenous communities.
  • Upon completion, participant will be able to better understand limitations to access to veterinary care in remove and under-served communities.
  • Upon completion, participant will be better equipped to reach out and and begin to developing positive relationships with clients in these remote or under-served communities.

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Healthy Dogs, Healthy Communities: Equitizing Access to Veterinary Care Through Community Partnerships and Empowerment

    Guest Speaker: Jordan Woodsworth, BSc, DVM, PhD – Western College of Veterinary Medicine

  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM  
    The Indigenous Human Animal Bond

    Guest Speaker: Alberta A. Arviso, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM  
    Panel Discussion: Developing Indigenous Relationships and Providing Veterinary Care to Remote and Underprivileged Communities

    Speaker: Suzanne J. K Mund, DVM, MSc, DACVS (Large Animal) (she/her/hers) – Saskatchewan Polytechnic

    Guest Speaker: Alberta A. Arviso, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine

    Guest Speaker: Jordan Woodsworth, BSc, DVM, PhD – Western College of Veterinary Medicine

    Speaker: Aleisha Swartz, DVM (she/her/hers) – Rural Area Veterinary Services, Humane World for Animals