News & Events

Success in Montreal

A special story of a special client in Montreal

Visiting Georgian Collage

Members of the Barrie team were featured in the Barrie Examiner when they recently visited Georgian College.

Services to Post Secondary Schools in Simcoe County

Our therapy dogs visit in Simcoe county to help students during exams

Mount Allison gets some Pet Therapy

Members of the Moncton team recently visited at Mount Allison University (article)

Therapeutic Paws celebrates its first Paws to READ cat Rhu

Rhubarb (Rhu to his friends) is Therapeutic Paws of Canada’s  first cat to participate in a children’s reading program.  He was recently featured in this article by the CBC in PEI

A special visit carried out by the Brampton Team

Some of TPOCs Brampton  team members made a visit to Microsoft

Mark your calendar – 2013 AGM September 28th

The Therapeutic Paws of Canada Annual General Meeting will be held Saturday, Sept. 28th, 2013 – The meeting agenda to be established closer to the date. Location Kingsway Arms at Villa Orleans 6419 Lumberman Way, Orleans

Great Press from Brampton

The following articles appeared in the Brampton Guardian on September 24, 2012 and January 13,2013

An Interview with Radio Canada International

Radio Canada International interviewed Judy Sauvé  about our programs

An interview with CTV (Montreal) discussing visiting at McGill

A great deal of interest has been generated at the end of this post secondary school term.   Here, Harriet Scleifer, the Co-Team Leader for Montreal West Island along with a representative of McGill are interviewed

Don LeBlanc, Halifax team leader , visiting volunteer and board member, gets dessert!

Don was recognized recently in a unique way for his ongoing dedication to pet therapy and Therapeutic Paws of Canada.  Check out this cake!

The Collingwood Team makes the news

The Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin covers the work of TPOC volunteers

TPOC dogs at the Montreal Dog Show

TPOC dogs featured in media coverage at the Montreal Dog Show

Anne Abes and her Dog Kola are a Hit!

Here is an article featuring Kola at the Milton Centre for the Arts and another here featuring him a the Acton Library

TPOC Annual General Meeting and Member Seminar – 2012

TPOC Annual General Meeting and Member Seminar The Therapeutic Paws of Canada Annual General Meeting was held Saturday, Sept. 15th, 2012 – The meeting minutes, associated reports and copies of some presentations are available on the member page.

Tundra tells the U of O president about TPOC’s work

Tundra attends the University of Ottawa President’s brunch and talks with the president Allan Rock.

Therapeutic Paws of Canada 10th Anniversary

On Aug. 30, 2012 Therapeutic Paws of Canada celebrated its 10th anniversary. To recognize this special occasion a 10th anniversary patch has been designed and will be available to all members. The patch is a donation from Therapeutic Paws of Canada’s founder Judy Sauve and her husband Mike. Therapeutic Paws of Canada began as a [...]

An Article from the Bracebridge Examiner – June 06, 2012

This is a very flattering article published in the Bracebridge Examiner on June 6, 2012

TPOC team member Laila is included in the Top 16 under 16.

Laila  is an 8 1/2 year old Labradoodle owned by Debra Sigler, a retired counsellor at York University. Sigler and Laila visit at Zareinu Educational Centre and Bloorview Kids—  Here is Laila’s feature in here in the article  and to read the article from page 1 click here

Pets Project Feature.

Pets project article featuring TPOC and its work

Paws to Read in PEI

A great article about the impact of our dogs and children in the READ program.

Rock participates in Paws to Read in Halifax

Mark Grant’s St. Bernard Rock Participates in the Paws to Read program in Halifax.  This link from Global Maritimes will run a video.  The video is currently preceded by a commercial.  This article from a local Halifax also highlights the Paws to Read program and Mark and Rock’s work.

Tarkas Visits Grade One

Tarkas and his owner Marcia, our Director of Evaluators, participate in the Paws to Read Program and visit in Grade 1.

University of Ottawa Pilot

The University of Ottawa Pilot Program with – Audrey and Tundra.  With additional coverage on their visiting

An Interview with Tundra

The University of Ottawa Gazette – a visiting TPOC pet

Shari Albert wins Order of the Spirit Catcher Award – Barrie

The Barrie Examiner – Order of the Spirit Catcher Award

Vivien Lake and her dog, Zorro, Maritimer Volunteer of the Week – Jan 2012

Vivien Lake and her dog, Zorro, volunteer with the HRM Library’s “Paws To Read Program,” which helps children improve their reading skills. Visit the presentation video here.

TPOC visiting dogs are recognized by the American Kennel Club for Therapy Dog Title

TPOC has been recognized by the American Kennel Club as one of their approved organizations in their Therapy Dog Title Program. For information on requirements for title and the process to complete the application please see the member section.

TPOC Annual General Meeting

The Therapeutic Paws of Canada Annual General Meeting was held Saturday, Sept. 24th, 2011 – meeting minutes and associated reports are available on the member page.