RVT Month Recognized Across Canada
The ABVTA has teamed up with the national Registered Veterinary Technologists and Technicians of Canada (RVTTC) and the provincial RVT associations (BCVTA, SAVT, MVTA, OAVT, EVTA) to promote, celebrate, and recognize Registered Veterinary Technicians and Technologists throughout the month of October.
Since 1993, the third week of October has typically been recognized as National Veterinary Technician Week (NVTW). As the profession has advanced across Canada—due in part to the legal credential adoption of Registered Veterinary Technologist or Technician (RVT)—it was felt that one week was not enough time to celebrate the profession. The knowledge and experience of an RVT are among the most incredible aspects of veterinary medicine, so why not celebrate that?
RVTs are formally educated in countless areas within veterinary medicine and employed in fields such as anesthesia, dentistry, lab animal research, industry sales, equine medicine, avian and exotic medicine, nutrition, radiology, production animal medicine, and shelter medicine, to name a few. RVTs work alongside veterinarians across the country to provide animals with the highest quality of healthcare, so turning a one-week event into a month-long celebration only makes sense.
To encourage clinics and workplaces across the country to get involved with RVT Month, RVT Month Kits have been created and made available through every provincial association. Each kit contains items such as posters, stickers, window clings, buttons, and dog bite prevention postcards.
Want an RVT Month Kit? Kits will be distributed through WDDC to member clinics throughout September. For non-member clinics, kits will be sent via Canada Post.
RVT Month Highlights
- Celebrate RVT Month together at our AGM at the CanWest Veterinary Conference on October 14.
- Instagram and Facebook posts featuring new graphics and hashtags such as #RVTMonth, #HugAnRVT, and #oneweekjustwasntenough.
We look forward to seeing practices and workplaces celebrate their RVTs throughout this inaugural month. We are grateful for the teamwork and collaboration between the provincial associations that have made this a national event.