You may be eligible for an MVMA Student Veterinary Technologist Membership if you are currently enrolled in a CVMA or AVMA accredited program.

Student membership with the MVMA is optional; however, you are required to obtain membership if you are working, volunteering, or otherwise providing veterinary service through a PIPS Inspected Practice in Manitoba (this includes veterinary clinics, hospitals and ambulatory practices).

MVMA Student Veterinary Technologist Membership Process:

Please click here to apply for an MVMA Student Veterinary Technologist Membership.

• Please note that you may be required to provide proof of your enrollment at a CVMA or AVMA accredited program.

Once an application decision has been made, you will be notified via email.

Your Student Membership will expire one month after you graduate from your CVMA or AVMA accredited program.

Once you have obtained a Student Veterinary Technologist Membership, you must notify the MVMA of the following:

• Any Student Practice Experiences (for more information, please see below)
• Changes to any of the information that you provided on your application, including:
  • Contact information
  • Name change
  • Change in enrollment status at reported CVMA or AVMA accredited school

Student Practice Experience

Each time a Student Veterinary Technologist Member works, volunteers or otherwise provides veterinary service through a PIPS inspected Practice in Manitoba (this includes veterinary clinics, hospitals and ambulatory practices), the student must notify the MVMA.

• To notify the MVMA of a Student Practice Experience, please complete the online Student Veterinary Technologist Practice Experience Form
  • Please note that the student is required to sign the completed form and the supervising veterinarian or veterinary technologist will be contacted to confirm the practice experience.
  • Please note that you must provide an end date for the Student Practice Experience

Student Veterinary Technologist Member Practice in Manitoba

When practising veterinary medicine in Manitoba, each Student Veterinary Technologist Member must practice under the Direct Supervision of a Practicing Veterinarian or Practicing Veterinary Technologist (who is practising under the supervision of a Practicing Veterinarian).

Please click here for additional information about the RVT Scope of Practice.

Student Veterinary Technologist Member Expiration

Following your graduation from a CVMA or AVMA accredited program, you must obtain practising membership with the MVMA in order to practice veterinary medicine in Manitoba. For more information about the membership process, please click here.