Community Healthcare Partnership Program
The Community Healthcare Partnership Program (CHPP) identifies, understands and removes barriers to healthcare for companion animals in under-resourced and made-vulnerable communities. Together, veterinarians, registered veterinary technicians and student veterinarians partner with community organizations to help Indigenous communities, people experiencing homelessness and sheltered animals with primary and acute veterinary care at a subsidized cost.
CHPP envisions a future where made-vulnerable humans and animals in Canada enjoy better health, stronger social supports and integration into their communities, supporting the universal nature of the human-animal bond. In turn, the program equips student veterinarians with the necessary skills to address systemic and inadequate access to care when they graduate.
The program began in 2019 following an $11M gift from OVC benefactors Kim and Stu Lang.
CHPP has recently launched consultation services for shelters facing disease outbreak. Reach out to our team to plan a disease outbreak response.
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Bringing community medicine into the OVC curriculum
When picturing a veterinarian, you might think of a clinician examining an animal or reviewing diagnostic test results. However, a critical aspect of practicing veterinary medicine might be left out of that scene: the owner across the exam table with one hand comforting their beloved companion animal.
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A Day in the Life with the Kim and Stu Lang Community Healthcare Partnership Program at Kettle and Stony Point First Nations
Down a foggy stretch of road in southwestern Ontario, you can hear the roar of Lake Huron from the Kettle and Stony Point Health Centre parking lot.
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CHPP Shelter Medicine Resident Gets Hands-on Experience in Lahaina, Hawaii
In August 2023, a devastating wildfire destroyed the town of Lahaina, on the Island of Maui in Hawaii. The disaster took more than 100 lives and displaced more than 8,000 residents from their homes. Dr. Wesley Cheung, a Shelter Medicine Resident with the Ontario Veterinary College’s Community Healthcare Partnership Program (CHPP), travelled to Lahaina, Hawaii…
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