For first and second year veterinary students
Open to students from each of the 5 Canadian vet schools.
Join us for two days of exploring equine practice through ‘a day in the life’ presentations by equine vets, and wet labs focused on horses.
Funding
Through the generous support of Spotlight sponsors, funding is provided for 6 students to attend from each Canadian veterinary school. Hotel accommodations, travel reimbursement, and lunch on both days is included in registration.
Hotel accommodations: Each school that needs to travel to attend (WCVM, OVC, Montreal, AVC) will be assigned 3 hotel rooms; room occupancy is 2 students per room.
Travel: Reimbursement cheques will be issued to the equine club of each school that needs to travel to attend (WCVM, OVC, Montreal, AVC). Flight reimbursements are based on the cost of 6 students per school (OVC, Montreal, AVC, WCVM).
Registration
Students must register through the equine club of their vet school. Registration is open to veterinary school first and second year students only, and students who have attended previously are not eligible to attend again.
Saturday:
8:15am - 9am: Registration and Icebreakers
9:00-12:00: Lectures
9:00-9:10am - State of the Industry - Sustainability in Equine Practice
9:10-9:20am: Spotlight on Surgery
9:20-9:40am - Spotlight on Repro
9:40-10:00am - Spotlight on Rural Practice
10:00-10:20am - Spotlight on Behaviour
10:20-10:40am - Break
10:40-11:00am - Spotlight on Mixed Practice Ownership
11:00-11:20am - Spotlight on Safety Strategies
11:20-11:40am - Spotlight on Solo Practice
11:40-12:00pm - Spotlight on Dentistry
12-1:30pm: Lunch and Practice/Industry Exhibits
1:30-5pm: Dentistry Wet Lab
Students will learn dentistry exam and float techniques and perform these techniques on live horses.
5:30pm: Dinner and Trivia
2026 Schedule (in progress)
Sunday:
8:30-11:30am: Ultrasound Wet Lab
Students will learn abdominal, thoracic and musculoskeletal ultrasound techniques on live horses.
11:30-1pm: Lunch and Practice/Industry Exhibits
1-4pm: Lectures
1:00-1:20 - Finding My Way in Equine Practice
1:20-1:40 - Spotlight on English Sport Horse
1:40-2:00 - Spotlight on Emergency Practice
2:00-2:20 - Spotlight on Internal Medicine
2:20-2:40 - Break
2:40-3:00 - Spotlight on Racetrack
3:00-3:20 - Spotlight on Complementary Medicine
3:20-3:40 - Spotlight on Industry
3:40-4:00 - Spotlight on Sports Medicine