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Equine Guelph Offers New Industry Certificate
Equine Guelph has announced it will offer a new Equine Emergency Preparedness Certificate. Requirements for the new certificate program include completion of two of Equine Guelph’s online short courses: Equine First Aid and Fire & Emergency Preparedness. In recognition of Emergency Preparedness Week (May 2-8, 2021), a national event supported by Public Safety Canada, Equine…
The Healthy Horse: Understanding the Role of Equine Digestion & Nutrition Webinar
Take a journey through the horse’s digestive system in a free webinar April 14, 7pm-8:15pm EST. Equine Guelph’s life size model of the digestive system will be featured so participants can identify what the entire tract looks like, how it works, and what this means for feeding horses. This interactive webinar will help viewers understand strategies and…
JobTrack Relaunched!
A Free service linking employers and job seekers in the Equine Industry Equine Guelph has announced the reboot of JobTrack, its free online equine employment matching service. Serving the Ontario horse community for nearly 20 years, JobTrack has been a popular job-matching service for thousands of employers and job seekers. After undergoing many updates and upgrades for…
Equine Guelph Acknowledges our Amazing 2020 Partners!
Online Tools & Other Education Programs BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM – EG E-Newsletter + senior horse tool CAPRI INSURANCE – colic tool, Colic online course, portal PTSO partner pages, Hoofprints program MERCK – Equine Guelph HEALTHflash + Sickness prevention online short course HORSEMAN’S BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION – JobTrack redevelopment & grant partner ONTARIO RACING – JobTrack redevelopment & grant partner EquiMania! Program KUBOTA – online behavior & safety course (youth & adult offerings) SSG GLOVES –…
The silver lining of COVID-19 for horse communities
Looking Back on the 2020 Equine Industry Symposium & Webinar Replays By Kaitlyn Graff, Equine Management student Over the course of the last nine months, COVID-19 has proved to be challenging for everyone. People in the equine industry have faced significant hardship, isolation and financial impacts. These unforeseen circumstances provided an opportunity for horse enthusiasts…
Learn practical nutrition tips with new Equine Guelph videos
Part 3 of the digestive journey coming to your screen Dec 2020! Why are forage and/or forage-based feeds or alternatives so important for a horse’s digestive system? If you subscribe to Equine Guelph’s monthly Enews, you will find out in part three of their three-part video series on equine digestion. Watch as we take what we’ve…
Ontario Horse Racing Online Courses Survey 2.0
You told us – We built it – What’s next? Guelph, ON – As the 2019-20 “Ontario Training Pilot Project for the Horse Racing Industry” draws to completion at year-end, Equine Guelph is launching a survey to hear from the industry, “How did we do? What do you want to learn next?” Equine Guelph is…
Fuelling Wellness Symposium was a Hit
“Part one of a three-part video series” on digestion from Equine Guelph now available! Equine and pet nutrition enthusiasts came together on August 15th, 2020 to learn more about nutrition topics from experts around the world at the virtual Fuelling Wellness Symposium, co-hosted by Equine Guelph and the Canadian Academy of Veterinary Nutrition. The event was a great success…
Equine Financial Futures Webinar Series
2020 is a year the equine industry would like to flush away, along with all the unexpected business restrictions and financial challenges. First wave, second wave and now a tidal wave of online information is inundating your inbox, but there is a free webinar series you are going to want to add to your e-calendar. Equine Guelph…
Practice Preparedness and Prevention – Resources on Barn Fire Prevention from Equine Guelph
Waiting until the wildfire approaches dangerously close is no time to draw up a disaster preparedness plan. Learning the hazards of storing hay is too late after the barn is reduced to ashes and all is lost. It is not a scenario that one fathoms will ever happen to them, until it does. Equine Guelph’s October healthcare tool of…
Free Youth Horse Behaviour and Safety Course to begin this November!
Missing the excitement leading up to the Royal Winter Fair? Us too! Equine Guelph and its safety partners have come up with a way for all the horse crazy youth to keep fuelling their passion to learn more about their favourite animal. Instead of setting up the immensely popular EquiMania! display this November, Equine Guelph is setting up…
Role of Telemedicine in the ‘New Normal’ for Equine Veterinary Care
Equine Guelph has been getting questions on access to their equine veterinarian. The new COVID-19: A Guide to Reopening Veterinary Medicine in Ontario, Stage 3 , prepared by Dr. Scott Weese, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM University of Guelph and the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association was released August 24, 2020. It is meant to be a useful guide and the following recommendations were made…