COVID-19 Updates
UCVM's emergency response group continues its planning efforts to deal with this fluid situation. We will keep the entire UCVM community updated as we learn more.
Future DVM Students
The 2021 MMI/Interview Day previously scheduled for Saturday, March 13, 2021 has been cancelled due to the continued Covid-19 Pandemic.
Graduate Studies
Face-to-face graduate student classes are suspended. Course instructors are required to use Zoom or similar online technologies for teaching and assessing graduate classes. All planned Field of Study and thesis defenses should be conducted remotely. Presence of graduate students on campus to conduct their research and learning should be discussed between supervisor and student.
All public seminar requirements will be waived (prior to candidacy and thesis defenses). For thesis defences only, students will be offered an opportunity to give a brief (15 minute) presentation to the exam committee, summarizing the thesis in addition to the two-hour examination time.
ALL incoming international graduate students (including visiting international graduate students) with May 1 program start dates are being notified by the Faculty of Graduate Studies that they are subject to a mandatory deferral to July 1st.
Travel plans of current graduate students should be discussed with UofC Risk Management (riskmgmt@ucalgary.ca). International students should follow the guidance of their home countries.
For comprehensive information and guidance to help graduate students during this outbreak, please visit the Faculty of Graduate Studies web page.
COVID-19 Research Activites in UCVM
UCVM is conducting and participating in a number of research activities related to COVID-19.
Diagnostic Services Unit (DSU)
Dear Valued Clients,
The Diagnostic Services Unit (DSU) will begin a staggered reopening on May 20, 2020. In the first phase, relaunched services will include necropsies and examination of tissues from field/in-clinic necropsies. Biopsy and cytology services will not be available in the first phase. We will contact you when these other services become available.
During this time, you may experience slightly longer than normal turnaround times on cases.
For the safety of all involved, we ask everyone to respect the signage and physical distancing measures put in place when dropping off samples to the lab. In addition, we ask that best practices are used when shipping samples to the lab including disinfection of the outer surface of specimen containers.
We appreciate your patience and understanding during these unprecedented times. If you have questions, please contact us by phone at 403-220-2806 or by email at dsu@ucalgary.ca
Wishing you and your families health and safety.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Davies, DVM, MVSc, DACVP
Director, Diagnostic Services Unit