In 2021 we all of a sudden misplaced a pal, 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 is operating to position herself thru this system, this improve is so useful, and I’m very thankful,” says Harris.
A legacy of affection for animals
The award in reminiscence of Dr. Dave Wilson is gifted each and every yr to an Ontario scholar who has effectively finished Section 3 of the Physician of Veterinary Drugs program on the Ontario Veterinary Faculty and has been decided on through classmates as appearing remarkable compassion towards, and pastime, in animals.
Harris has demonstrated all of those qualities! She is a member of the Animal Welfare Membership and spent a summer season with the Canadian Meals Inspection Company’s Veterinary Scholar Internship Program of their coverage division, operating on a mission for humane animal delivery.
Get right of entry to to veterinary care is some other considered one of Harris’s passions. She served on the Toronto Humane Society within the public veterinary products and services division and plans to volunteer with group medication systems post-graduation.
“I wish to assist be sure that all sufferers have get entry to to good enough veterinary care,” says Harris.
Harris hopes to finish the blended DVM/MPH program and pursue a occupation in One Well being with a focal point on flora and fauna, conservation and illness control.
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 occupation operating in small animal/combined personal follow earlier than becoming a member of the Ontario SPCA the place he spent the final 18 years of his occupation. He’d labored throughout the ranks inside the Society, managing an animal centre earlier than ultimately changing into the Senior Director of Refuge Well being & Wellness.