Schedule
Thursday Oct 23, 2025
Alt Hotel University District
| Ongoing as flights arrive | Registration - Calgary International Airport - Deville Coffee, Arrivals, Domestic Terminal |
Friday, Oct 24, 2025
Foothills Campus, Theatre 3
| 7:00 a.m. | Breakfast - Terre Cafe at the ALT Hotel |
| 8:00 a.m. | Travel to Foothills Campus |
| 8:30 a.m. | Opening Remarks - Associate Dean Emerging Scholars James Wasmuth |
| 8:35 a.m. | Keynote Speaker |
| 9:15 a.m. | Break (15 mins) |
| Session 1 of 4 | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Presenter 1: Bryna Turk (University of Calgary, Veterinary Student) | Surveillance of Intestinal Parasites and Rotavirus Infection in Invasive Wild Boar Populations in Alberta, Canada |
| 9:45 a.m. | Presenter 2: Laura Leaman (University of Prince Edward Island, MSc Student) | Investigating Lung -and Heartworm Infections in Maritime Wild Canids |
| 10:00 a.m. | Presenter 3: Celine Said (University of Guelph, Veterinary Student) | Seasons of Stress - Assessing Perceptions of Climate Change in Canadian Agriculture |
| 10:15 a.m. | Presenter 4: Sabrina Valdes (University of Prince Edward Island, Veterinary Student) | TBA |
| 10:30 a.m. | Presenter 5: Alvaro Guzman (University of Calgary, MSc Student) | Antimicrobial resistance in companion animals: trends, risk factors, and One Health implications |
| 10:45 a.m. | Presenter 6: Sai Kumar, B A A (University of Saskatchewan, PhD Candidate) | Temporal variations in the body condition score and trace mineral concentrations in serum and liver, during the peripartum period in beef cattle |
| Session 2 of 4 | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Break (10 mins) |
| 11:10 a.m. | Presenter 7: Thanuri Edirithilake (University of Saskatchewan, Graduate Student) | Survey of European foulbrood disease and antibiotic susceptibility of field-isolated Melissococcus plutonius in honey bee colonies |
| 11:25 a.m. | Presenter 8: Anaya Bhushan (University of Guelph, Veterinary Student) | In Vitro Assessment of Immunoceuticals and Ivermectin on Canine Osteosarcomas |
| 11:40 a.m. | Presenter 9: Nick Manseau (Université de Montréal, Veterinary Student) | Endogenous retroviruses and extracellular vesicles as potential actors of neuronal communication |
| 11:55 a.m. | Presenter 10: Amanda Gray (University of Saskatchewan, Veterinary Student) | The effect of ergocristine on phenylephrine-mediated vasoconstriction in bovine proper digital arteries |
| 12:10 p.m. | Presenter 11: Reillee Duperron (University of Calgary, Veterinary Student) | Exploring Cattle Producers' Perspectives on Accessibility of Veterinary Services in Alberta: Using Thematic Analysis |
| Session 3 of 4 | |
| 12:25 p.m. | Lunch (65 mins) in HMRB Atrium |
| 1:30 p.m. | Presenter 12: Marie Zoé Lapierre (Université de Montréal, MSC Student) | Gain or Lose? Resistance Shifts in Leishmania infantum after Withdrawal of Drug Pressure |
| 1:45 p.m. | Presenter 13: Muhammad Farooq (University of Calgary, PhD Candidate) | Investigating How Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Virus Enter Commercial Poultry Farms in Alberta |
| 2:00 p.m. | Presenter 14: Ahsan Raquib (University of Prince Edward Island, PhD Candidate) | Space-time clustering and risk factors for the time to first detection of infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) in Atlantic Canada and Maine, USA |
| 2:15 p.m. | Presenter 15: Olivia Justus-Heale (University of Saskatchewan, Veterinary Student) | Evaluating the Utility of Commercially Available Glucagon Rescue Kits in Veterinary Medicine |
| 2:30 p.m. | Presenter 16: Hannah Godfrey (University of Guelph, Post-Doctoral Fellow) | Dietary macronutrient composition on body composition and post-prandial glucose and insulin response in lean and obese cats |
| Session 4 of 4 | |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break (10 mins) |
| 2:55 p.m. | Presenter 17: Jon Klymchuk (University of Prince Edward Island, Veterinary Student) | Investigation of preventative healthcare practices among Standardbred breeders on Prince Edward Island. |
| 3:10 p.m. | Presenter 18: Shannon Wallace (University of Guelph, MSc Student) | Investigating the Effects of Bovine Preimplantation Embryo Exposure to 1µm and 0.05µm Polystyrene Micro- and Nanoplastics |
| 3:25 p.m. | Presenter 19: Laurence Banville (Université de Montréal, Veterinary Student) | Hippo signaling inactivation in Wt1-positive renal cells induces crescentic glomerulonephritis in mature mice |
| 3:40 p.m. | Presenter 20: Amy Dagenais (Université de Montréal, DVM-PhD Student) | Eye-opening: Post-surgical outcomes with adjunctive cisplatin biodegradable beads in equine corneolimbal squamous cell carcinoma |
| 3:55 p.m. | Break (15 mins) |
| 4:10 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| 6:30 p.m. | Student Mixer (the Banquet) |
Saturday Oct 25, 2025 (For CEVSS Presenting Students and UCVM Graduate Students)
Spy Hill Campus - Veterinary Learning Commons Building (11877 85 St NW, Calgary, AB T3R 1J3)
Merck Awards Ceremony and Wrap Up Event - Borough Bar & Grill, 4011 University Ave NW
| 7:45 a.m. | Bus Pickup for Travel to Spy Hill Campus - In Front of ALT Hotel Lobby |
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast - VLC 2nd Floor Common Area |
| 9:00 a.m. | Workshop |
| 10:00 a.m. | Break & Coffee |
| 10:15 a.m. | Career Panel |
| 11:15 a.m. | Tour of CSB and VLC |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch - VLC 2nd Floor Common Area |
| Only for CEVSS Presenters | |
| 1:20 p.m. | Bus Pickup at Spy Hill Campus (Travel to Zoo) | Zoo: Behind the Scenes with Doug Whiteside |
| 4:45 p.m. | Bus Pickup (Zoo to ALT Hotel Calgary University District) |
| 6:00 p.m. | Bus Pickup at ALT Hotel to Merck Awards Ceremony and Wrap Up Event Location (TBD) |
| 6:30 p.m. | Merck Awards Ceremony and Wrap Up Event - Borough Bar & Grill |