Head and shoulders image of Dr. Cary Matwichuk, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Cheryl Cullen, Veterinary Internal Medicine, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Cheryl Cullen was born in Montreal, Quebec and grew up in Moncton, New Brunswick. She received her BSc from Mount Allison University (Sackville, NB), her DVM from the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) (Charlottetown, PE), completed a small animal internship at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) (Saskatoon, SK), and a Masters of Veterinary Science and Veterinary Ophthalmology residency at the WCVM. Dr. Cullen received advanced training through attending the renowned Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear infirmary, and the William Magrane Basic Science Course in Veterinary and Comparative Ophthalmology. Dr. Cullen is board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists and has been a faculty member at the WCVM and AVC. Most recently Dr. Cullen was a founding faculty member of the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and was staff ophthalmologist at Western Veterinary Specialist Centre (Calgary, AB). She developed the veterinary ophthalmology service, and was the sole veterinary ophthalmologist in Atlantic Canada from 2000-2005. Dr. Cullen has taught veterinary ophthalmology to veterinary students at the WCVM, AVC, and UCVM. She taught veterinary ocular pathology at WCVM and AVC, and taught topics in veterinary ophthalmology and clinical communication to veterinary students at UCVM. Dr. Cullen operates CullenWebb Animal Eye Specialists, a veterinary ophthalmology business in Riverview, New Brunswick (2021).

Head and shoulders image of Linda Byam, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Head and shoulders image of Sarah Robbins, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Craig Riddell, Veterinary Pathology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Craigmyle Riddell was born in 1933 in Banchory, Scotland. He attended St. Andrew's University and completed a BSc in 1954. Dr. Riddell immigrated to Canada and later completed a DVM with honours at the Ontario Veterinary College in 1964. He earned his MA at the University of Connecticut in 1966. Dr. Riddell moved to Saskatoon in 1969 and received his PhD in Veterinary Pathology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan in 1976. During his 30-year tenure at the U of S he taught veterinary and agriculture students, researched poultry metabolic diseases, and did diagnostic and extension work for the poultry industry. Dr. Riddell spent four sabbaticals working in foreign countries. Throughout his career he received many awards and accolades. Dr. Riddell was the first Canadian president of the American Association of Avian Pathologists from 1985-1986. He authored a handbook on Avian Histopathology, published over 80 papers in world-recognized journals, and presented at numerous conferences around the world. Dr. Riddell died in 2018 in Saskatoon.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Alex Livingston, dean, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Alex Livingston was born in 1940 and grew up in Luton, England. He graduated from London University in 1962. Dr. Livingston received his veterinary medical degree and MRCVS in 1964 and his PhD from the University of Bristol in 1968. He gained a place at the Royal College of Veterinary Medicine in the University of London, where he intercalated a BSc in Physiology in 1962. Dr. Livingston continued his course to complete a veterinary medical degree, B Vet Med, and MRCVS in 1964. He then moved to Bristol to study for a PhD in CNS pharmacology, which he completed in 1968. Dr. Livingston became lecturer, then senior lecturer and then in 1991 acting head of Pharmacology in Bristol. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (FRCVS) in 1993 and Diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology in 1999. Dr. Livingston was recognized for his leadership and research advances in the areas of animal pain, animal welfare and pharmacology of analgesics and was awarded the Merial Grand Prize Outstanding Research Program in Animal Pain in 2001. Dr. Livingston was dean of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine from 1992-2002, after which he returned to the Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences where he became involved in several research studies and mentoring of clinical residents and graduate students. Dr. Livingston was active in the scientific community as board member on the Canadian Council for Animal Care and editor in chief for Research in Veterinary Science, to name a few. During Dr. Livingston’s career he supervised 15 PhD students and contributed to the scientific community with over 100 publications in internationally recognized peer-reviewed journals, over 70 conference proceedings and abstracts, and over 20 book chapters. His passion was science; even when he was dean, he was still involved with teaching and graduate student research. After his official retirement in 2007, he remained involved in research. Dr. Livingston died in 2014.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Klaas Post, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Klaas Post (1946-2018) arrived in Canada from The Netherlands in 1968 and made an impact on soccer, as an athlete, coach, administrator and official. After playing with the University of Guelph Gryphons, he came to the University of Saskatchewan where he was soccer team captain in 1978, its coach from 1979-1981, and later an assistant coach. After completing an internship at the WCVM in 1974-1975, Dr. Post worked in a small animal practice in Calgary for two years. In 1977, he returned to the University of Saskatchewan to complete a clinical residency in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies. Dr. Post joined the WCVM faculty in 1979. He was active with Saskatoon United as a player and coach and was instrumental in building minor programs with the Lakewood boys' teams from 1990-2001. He was an executive with the Saskatchewan Soccer Association and committee member on national events held in Saskatoon. Post was also heavily involved with the Saskatoon Lions Speed Skating Club. He was recognized for volunteerism by Sask Sport, and youth coach of the year by the Saskatchewan Soccer Association. He played soccer until the age of 65. Post was a professor emeritus in Veterinary Medicine. He died in Saskatoon in 2018 at age 72.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Ken Armstrong, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Eugene Janzen, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Eugene Janzen received his DVM in 1972 from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) in Saskatoon. Dr. Janzen spent three years practicing in northeastern Alberta before returning to the WCVM on an Alberta-sponsored fellowship to complete a post-graduate degree. Dr. Janzen received an MVS from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 1977 and that same year he accepted a position with the Ambulatory Clinic at the WCVM, with a general interest in beef cattle medicine. Dr. Janzen became associated with Feedlot Health Management Services of Calgary in 2003.

Head and shoulders image of Jim Gibbons, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. B.M. Cross, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Head and shoulders of Dr. Hilary M. Clayton, associate professor of Veterinary Anatomy, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Hilary M. Clayton earned her BVMS in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (1973) and her PhD in Veterinary Medicine (1978) from the University of Glasgow (Scotland). She was a lecturer at the University of Glasgow from 1975-1982. Dr. Clayton was a professor at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan from 1982-1997, and at Michigan State University from 1997-2014. Dr. Clayton has been president of Sport Horse Science, LC, in East Lansing, Michigan, since April 2014. She is a speaker, an author and consultant in the area of equine sport science with emphasis on translating research findings into practical applications.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Don Hamilton, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/historical Note: Dr. Don Hamilton earned three degrees: a BSc, a DVM, and PhD, all from the University of Saskatchewan. He is Professor Emeritus, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences (2021).

Head and shoulders image of Paul Greenough, Western College of Veterinary Medicine (retired in 1992).

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Helene Philibert, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Helene Philibert obtained her DVM from the Université de Montréal, her MVSc from the University of Saskatchewan, and a Diplomate from the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. She is a clinical associate, Department of Veterinary Pathology (2023).