Qualifications to work in Canada?

Re: Qualifications to work in Canada?

Wren — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:24:48 GMT

Thanks to all for the replies, very informative. I'll bear them in mind. I'm not keen to go but it's always useful to know the lie of the land just in case.

Re: Qualifications to work in Canada?

patrick murphy — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:25:20 GMT

my summer locum is a Canadian who went through fire and water to get a visa to work in the UK, so is very current with rules and regs, please feel free to call her at my surgery, Laura Frascarelli, 01454 322449

Re: Qualifications to work in Canada?

Michael Woodhouse — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:12:57 GMT

[quote user="Sarah Wheeler"]So you went to Glasgow or Edinburgh?[/quote]

RVC accredited too!

Re: Qualifications to work in Canada?

Sarah Wheeler — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:41:05 GMT

So you went to Glasgow or Edinburgh? If so, they are accredited (provided you qualified after 1999 or 2001) and you *only* have to pass the NAVLE. I grew up in Canada and went to a Canadian vet college and did the NAVLE in 2001; it's a big multiple choice computer based exam. Not to be taken lightly, but at the same time not as bad as having to do the whole shebang and pass the (also incredibly expensive) clinical proficiency exam. In addition to the CVMA membership, you will need to join the provincial veterinary association in the province in which you want to work.

I never worked in Canada, only the UK, but as far as I can tell the standards of practice are broadly similar but the farm animal side is a bit different in that it is very herd health oriented, and especially in Alberta there would be a lot of beef cattle.

Re: Qualifications to work in Canada?

Michael Woodhouse — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:22:50 GMT

It's all here

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Re: Qualifications to work in Canada?

Wren — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:50:25 GMT

Thank you. I won't trouble him at the moment as it is very much a pipe dream (not mine, I hasten to add!), but will definitely do if it looks like it might be a go-er.

Re: Qualifications to work in Canada?

Judith Joyce — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:22:02 GMT

Alun Cooksely is a 1981 RVC graduate (details in the register) who is senior partner in a very large practice in Calgary, Alberta. Not only that, he is a really nice, approachable guy who would, I am sure, be happy to advise you. Give him a ring!

Re: Qualifications to work in Canada?

Wren — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:51:18 GMT

No, but my husband is! His mother lives over there and has suggested that if we're considering moving (a possibility) then why not go the whole hog? I have managed to resist so far by telling him that my qualifications aren't valid over there but I suddenly wondered whether that was true.

Re: Qualifications to work in Canada?

Bob Russell — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:36:59 GMT

[quote user="Wren"]

Random question of the week:

Does anyone know what qualifications are required to practise in Canada (probably Alberta)? I graduated from an AVMA-accredited univiersity.

Any insights into the general practice set-up there would also be welcomed.

Thank you

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Have things really got so bad that you are considering emigration?