Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program

Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program is a PhD program taught at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada. Intake: Fall. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 years) options.

The Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program (CDVMP) is a partnership between Lakehead University and the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College. Students train to become licensed veterinarians and complete a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College. The program is designed to support rural, remote, and Indigenous communities, with goals that include strengthening public health, animal welfare, and food security.

Students follow a collaborative model and divide their time between Lakehead University and the University of Guelph. The program includes hands-on, community-based clinical learning, with practicums and experiential placements at northern veterinary clinics. Students enroll in the Rural Community Practice Stream, and the core curriculum emphasizes care for common agricultural and companion animals with a focus on rural veterinary practice realities.

CDVMP trains and retains veterinarians with deep ties to the north. Each year, the program will train 20 northern students. Students graduate with the same accredited DVM degree awarded to all Ontario Veterinary College students, and Northern Cohort students complete the full four-year program at the University of Guelph, with later co-delivery of course content by Lakehead University.

The minimum requirements for admission in Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program at Lakehead University for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Lakehead University.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Lakehead University as pre-requiste for admission in Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

You are eligible to apply if you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and a resident of northern Ontario. Residency means you’ve lived in one of the designated northern districts for 12 consecutive months before January 1 of the application year, not including time enrolled in post-secondary studies. Academic eligibility includes at least two years of full-time university study and completion of the required prerequisite courses.

Visit the University of Guelph’s website for admissions information under “Northern Ontario Undergraduate Cohort.”

Please check detail of study units at https://www.lakeheadu.ca/programs/cdvmp

• Licensed veterinarians

51 fully funded scholarships are listed for Canada. See Canada scholarships.