Avian Influenza Emergency Preparation Course for Canada
Virtual course February 21 – March 31, 2023
This is a twelve-hour tutored online course that aims to prepare veterinarians to diagnose and investigate an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and to play an important role in emergency disease control measures.
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Emergency Preparedness Course
Virtual training
No cost to participate
This free EuFMD e-learning course provides an overview of FMD recognition in either a FMD-free country or in a country where the disease is endemic. It presents the clinical signs of FMD, as well as routes of transmission, diagnosis, control, and prevention measures.
Mental Health: Building Resiliency Together
Virtual March 21, 2023
No cost to participate
A workshop designed to introduce participants to mental health in agriculture, highlight how to support ourselves and others, the importance of refilling our own cups and how to have conversations about mental health. This will be a “hands on” workshop with group exercises to engage participants and practice having conversations.
Introduction to the Incident Command System Training Program
Virtual training
No cost to participate
This training program was developed as part of the AHEM project. Over the past two years, this pilot program has been tested and fine-tuned at several industry workshops across Canada.
Emergency Management Workshop Series
AHEM is pleased to offer a new series of engaging webinar events. Please join us virtually beginning in February as we share vital information, tips, and tools for an animal disease emergency.
Strengthening results with continuous learning
Whether it is developing new skills, boosting knowledge or simply a timely refresher, we understand the importance of providing learning opportunities and sharing the most up-to-date information.
Timely offering
Animal disease recognition and response training has been consistently identified as a need by veterinary professionals and industry staff since the initial phase of the AHEM project began in 2016.
The continual evolution of serious animal health diseases reaffirms the need to offer convenient opportunities to keep knowledge and skills current.
This professional training complements existing, and emerging tools aimed at enhancing the Canadian livestock and poultry industry’s capacity to effectively recognize and respond to a serious animal disease event.