The Animal Grooming & Veterinary Assistant programs may be completed concurrently to earn two Ontario College Certificates.
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Animal Grooming
1-Year Ontario College Certificate
Haileybury
Our Animal Grooming program gives you hands-on experience and opportunities to work with live animals to practice your grooming skills. Under the guidance of experienced instructors, you’ll gain a solid base of technical skills and knowledge in animal grooming.
Veterinary Assistant
1-Year Ontario College Certificate
Haileybury
Gain the skills and knowledge to assist members of a veterinary team. Through our one-year Veterinary Assistant certificate program, you’ll learn to prepare medication, counsel clients on patient care, and assist with lab work and surgery preparation under the direction of a veterinarian or designate.
Veterinary Technician
2-Year Ontario College Diploma
Haileybury
Our Veterinary Technician prepares you for an exciting career caring for animals. Our unique learning environment equips you with the skills and expertise for a successful career, starting from the first semester. Gain extensive, hands-on experience with our animal colony and benefit from our exceptional facilities and small class sizes.
Veterinary Technology – Wildlife Rehabilitation
3-Year Ontario College Advanced Diploma
Haileybury
Expand on your skills from the Veterinary Technician program to specialize in rehabilitating wildlife from our experienced faculty and placement opportunities. This unique program prepares you to write the exam to become a Certified Wildlife Rehabilitator (CWR) by the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (IWRC) and embark on an exciting career.
Companion Animal Physical Rehabilitation
1-Year Ontario College Graduate Diploma
Haileybury
Our one-year Companion Animal Physical Rehabilitation graduate certificate program for veterinary technicians will give you the critical skills you need to work in specialized patient care. This program addresses the patient’s needs and demonstrates the pivotal role technicians play in improving the quality of life for pets.
Veterinary Sciences Centre
Our Veterinary Sciences Centre at the Haileybury Campus is a state-of-the-art facility that features up-to-date labs and equipment, a surgery suite, animal grooming area, an underwater treadmill and animal living facilities.
The Veterinary Sciences Centre features real cats, dogs, and other animals living on-site, up-to-date labs and equipment, a surgery suite, animal grooming area, an underwater treadmill and animal living facilities, as well as an outdoor exercise area.
We regularly receive animals from shelters and animal control facilities. Our professional staff and students work together to ensure these animals are nursed back to health, vaccinated, spayed or neutered, and are physically, socially, and mentally prepared to find their forever homes.
This means we can offer you more access to real animals to care for and learn with than any other College in Ontario, giving you a unique edge over other graduates.
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