PUBLIC NOTICE RE: COVID-19
The Leadership and staff of National Service Dogs want to share that we are treating COVID-19 pandemic with seriousness.
NSD’s Annual General Meeting
NSD’s virtual AGM is open to anyone having an interest in NSD. You are welcome to join us. Register Today
CambridgeToday – It Takes a Community to Raise a National Service Dog
With demand continually outpacing the number of animals available, fundraising and volunteers are critical to the success of National Service Dogs’ programming!
Check out the full story from Cambridge Today
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training – ASIST Workshop
ASIST is a 2-day intensive, interactive and practice-dominated course designed to help individuals recognize the risk of suicide and learn how to intervene to prevent the risk of suicidal thoughts from becoming suicidal behaviours.
CTV News: Researchers to study impact of facility dog at Cambridge Memorial Hospital
Check out the CTV News Story Here
“Cambridge Memorial said it’s the first hospital in Canada to have a dedicated facility dog provided by National Service Dogs. Ember is not a therapy dog, and rarely interacts with the public. The hospital does have two therapy dogs that can work with patients, but Ember is meant for the staff.
Now, the University of Guelph is planning to research the impact Ember is having.
“[We’re] particularly interested to see how Ember can support staff. More importantly, we want to make sure that staff are well and also that we retain staff,” said Basem Gohar, assistant professor in the Department of Population Medicine at the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph.”
Colton Wiens
CTV News Kitchener Videographer