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HRC Foundation Launches Leadership Program for Black and Latinx Trans Women and Non-Binary People

Dec 3, 2019 | Education

This article by Elliot Kozuch first appeared on November 5, 2019 on HRC.org. HRC Foundation over the weekend welcomed the first cohort of Elevate: A Fellowship Advancing Public Health Leadership for Transgender Women of Color. TenBlack and Latinx transgender women and...

Veterinarians Are Killing Themselves. An Online Group Is There To Listen And Help

Sep 19, 2019 | Education

A recent story appeared on NPR describing the alarming uptick in suicides among Veterinarians due to the stress and strain of the job. Here's an excerpt: Dr. Carrie Jurney is on the board of an online organization that works to prevent suicides. It's called Not One...

Diversity and Inclusion on Air: Conversations about Diversity, Inclusion & Veterinary Medicine

Jun 28, 2019 | Education

In fall of 2015, AAVMC launched Diversity & Inclusion on Air: Conversations about Diversity, Inclusion & Veterinary Medicine. Although there has been in an increase in the amount of diversity programming hosted by AAVMC, its...

“A Reason to Live: HIV and Animal Companions”

Jun 28, 2019 | Education

Vicki Hutton captures the healing power of the human-animal bond through personal stories of survivors of the AIDS pandemic. During a time of stigma and self-hatred, and before effective therapies, animal companionship was the...

Join OVC at Toronto Pride

May 27, 2019 | Education, Pride

The Ontario Veterinary College’s Pride Veterinary Medical Community (VMC) Club invites you to march with us on June 23rd, 2019 at the Toronto Pride Parade! EVERYONE is welcomed to this event, as we will be representing OVC and the veterinary profession. This is a...

NYC WorldPride 2019 March

May 7, 2019 | Education

The Impact of Visibility: A LGBTQ+ Veterinary Student, Faculty, Staff, Clinician and Client Wellness Initiative

Mar 21, 2019 | Education

Congratulations to Dr. K. Paige Carmichael for a successful poster session of The Impact of Visibility: A LGBTQ+ Veterinary Student, Faculty, Staff, Clinician and Client Wellness Initiative (Tracy K. Witte, Sharon Kramper, Ken Gorczyca, Mike Chaddock, Lisa Greenhill,...

Petchitecture 2019

Mar 17, 2019 | Uncategorized

Save the date! When: June 6th 6:00-9:00pm Where: Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco Information about the event from the organizers: Please join us in celebrating 32 years of maintaining the human-animal bond for our most vulnerable neighbors at PAWS’ signature event,...

Broad Spectrum Accepting Applications for 2019-20 Leadership Team

Mar 6, 2019 | Uncategorized

Broad Spectrum Veterinary Student Association is now accepting applications and nominations for the 2019-2020 leadership team. Available positions include vice president (president-elect), secretary, treasurer, public relations chair, chapter coordinator, and Pride...

2018 PrideVMC Veterinary Medical Student Leadership Grant Awardees

Jan 30, 2019 | Grants, Student Grants, Uncategorized

Pride Veterinary Medical Community (PrideVMC formerly LGVMA), thanks to the generosity of VCA, Zoetis and Hill’s Pet Nutrition, is proud to award the following leadership grants to the below listed Broad Spectrum veterinary student chapters, each in an amount of...