A college is launching a new initiative to address the shortage of veterinary care in northern Ontario.

This September, the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph will welcome 20 students from northern Ontario through the collaborative doctor of veterinary medicine program, a partnership between Guelph and Lakehead universities.

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Shanelle Berthier from Timmins is one such student. Berthier studied at the University of Prince Edward Island and worked with the Atlantic Veterinary College Teaching Hospital and on a dairy farm.

“I’ve seen the impacts of limited access to veterinary services firsthand,” she says. “I want to bring my knowledge back to the north to enhance animal welfare and provide emergency services,” she said in a statement.

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