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History of the CCWHC Expertise Directory
One of the earliest activities of the fledgling CCWHC in 1992 was to prepare a directory of
individuals with special expertise in aspects of wildlife health in Canada. We did this because
we realized that there were many individuals, spread thinly across the country, whose experience
and knowledge would be of great value as we tried to establish a creditable national program
to deal with diverse health problems in free-ranging animals. We began by contacting individual
experts known to CCWHC personnel. We asked: a) if they would be willing to have their name
and area of expertise included in the directory and b) if they could suggest other individuals
who should be included within such a directory. We then contacted the next "generation" of
experts with the same two questions, and repeated this process until we reached a point at which
we were not receiving any "new" names. Our intent was to be as inclusive as possible, but we
recognized that we might miss including some highly qualified individuals. That did happen
to a limited degree, and we extend our apology to anyone who was overlooked. The directory
proved highly useful for finding just the "right" person who could advise us on how to do a
procedure, give an accurate diagnosis or interpretation that was beyond our experience, or
to whom we could refer a special problem. As with any document of the type, the list of
individuals became less useful with time, so we have repeated the process to produce this new
edition. We hope that the directory will be of value to you.
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