In 2021 we unexpectedly misplaced a buddy, colleague, and champion for animal well-being with the passing of Dr. Dave Wilson. The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society created the Dr. Dave Wilson Memorial Award on the College of Guelph in his honour. This yr, the scholarship recipient is Keisha Harris.
“As a first-generation college scholar, who’s working to place herself by way of this system, this help is so useful, and I’m very grateful,” says Harris.
A legacy of affection for animals
The award in reminiscence of Dr. Dave Wilson is introduced annually to an Ontario scholar who has efficiently accomplished Section 3 of the Physician of Veterinary Drugs program on the Ontario Veterinary Faculty and has been chosen by classmates as exhibiting distinctive compassion towards, and curiosity, in animals.
Harris has demonstrated all of those qualities! She is a member of the Animal Welfare Membership and spent a summer time with the Canadian Meals Inspection Company’s Veterinary Scholar Internship Program of their coverage division, engaged on a undertaking for humane animal transport.
Entry to veterinary care is one other one among Harris’s passions. She served on the Toronto Humane Society within the public veterinary companies division and plans to volunteer with neighborhood medication applications post-graduation.
“I wish to assist guarantee all sufferers have entry to ample veterinary care,” says Harris.
Harris hopes to finish the mixed DVM/MPH program and pursue a profession in One Well being with a deal with wildlife, conservation and illness administration.
Learn extra in regards to the Dr. Dave Wilson Memorial Award.
About Dr. Dave Wilson
Dr. Dave Wilson graduated from the Ontario Veterinary Faculty with a Physician of Veterinary Drugs and MSc. in Medical Toxicology. He began his profession working in small animal/combined personal observe earlier than becoming a member of the Ontario SPCA the place he spent the final 18 years of his profession. He’d labored by way of the ranks inside the Society, managing an animal centre earlier than ultimately turning into the Senior Director of Shelter Well being & Wellness.
