Western College of Veterinary Medicine

Western College of Veterinary MedicineType| Public

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Established| 1965; 60 years ago (1965)
Affiliation| University of Saskatchewan
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Canada

52°7′47.37″N 106°37′58.08″W﻿ / ﻿52.1298250°N 106.6328000°W﻿ / 52.1298250; -106.6328000
Campus| Urban
Colours|     Green & white
Nickname| Saskatchewan Huskies
Mascot| Huskie
Website| wcvm.usask.ca
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The Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) is a Canadian veterinary school located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is a college within the University of Saskatchewan.

The Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) opened in 1965, with the first veterinarians graduating in 1969. WCVM now serves three western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba as well as the territories of Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. These provinces and territories subsidize a select number of seats for students from these areas. Originally, the WCVM also served Alberta but this changed with the establishment of the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Alberta consequently pulled funding from the WCVM, which saw the last class of students with dedicated Albertan seats graduate in 2023. International students were briefly admitted into the school, with international veterinary students in the classes of 2025 and 2026.

WCVM was the second of the English-speaking veterinary colleges to be established in Canada.[1]

The college houses the WCVM Veterinary Medical Centre, which comprises both a small animal and a large animal clinic. The clinics serve a dual purpose: providing primary and specialized veterinary services to the public, and being a platform for clinical learning for the veterinary students.

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* University of Saskatchewan

## References

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1. ^ Frank, J.F.; James-Abra, Erin (2015-02-26). "Canadian Colleges of Veterinary Medicine". The Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada.

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University of Saskatchewan

Colleges and schools|

* College of Agriculture and Bioresources
* Edwards School of Business
* College of Engineering
* College of Law
* College of Medicine
* Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
* Western College of Veterinary Medicine

Federated and
affiliated colleges|

* Briercrest College
* St. Thomas More College
* Horizon College and Seminary
* Saskatoon Theological Union
* Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
* St. Peter's College

Athletics|

* Saskatchewan Huskies
* W basketball
* Football
* M ice hockey
* W ice hockey
* Griffiths Stadium
* Merlis Belsher Place
* Physical Activity Complex

Research centres|

* Canadian Light Source
* Plasma Physics Laboratory
* Royal University Hospital
* Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory
* Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation
* Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization

Related topics|

* Graduate Students' Association
* Innovation Place Research Park
* Memorial Gates
* Museum of Antiquities
* Peter MacKinnon Building
* Rugby Chapel
* The Sheaf

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Schools of veterinary medicine in Canada

* Atlantic Veterinary College
* Ontario Veterinary College
* Université de Montréal Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
* University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
* Western College of Veterinary Medicine

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States

Other|

* Yale LUX

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