About Us
Veterinary Simulator Industries creates high-fidelity animal simulators that allow veterinary students to become proficient in their diagnostic and practical skills without the need to endanger or cause unnecessary discomfort to live animals.
Our simulators are designed with a unique partnership between professional designer/fabricators and veterinary educators to create teaching tools that are realistic in appearance, highly functional, utilize durable materials and meet the needs of veterinary students and teachers.
Our simulators save veterinary educators time and money by limiting the number of teaching animals that an institution needs to keep and maintain. Simulators contribute to creating testing standards for various procedures and allow students to practice those procedures on their own time, thereby increasing their proficiency.
Regulatory bodies, as well as educational institutions, are creating guidelines for performing invasive procedures on healthy live animals in teaching. These new restrictions could potentially limit training time and access to live animals for students.
All VSI products are designed, crafted and manufactured in Canada.
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The VSI Team
Audrey
Audrey heads up research and development at VSI and is a key team member. With a background in Sculpture from the Alberta College of Art and Design, Audrey utilizes her artistic skill and technical ability to bring our simulators to life. When Audrey isn't designing our next simulator, you'll find her in the Alberta back country hiking or fishing.
Alan
With a great ability to absorb information and push boundaries, Alan is always looking to improve processes and make things function better. With a background in the orthotics industry, at VSI he has expanded his knowledge of mold making and is quick to pick up on new processes and procedures. Alan is full of positive energy and keeps things light and enjoyable. For fun, he likes to fly his quadcopter/drone and take captivating footage of areas around Calgary.
Bill
Bill has been a wonderful addition to the VSI team, joining us early on in 2019. Bill enjoys a challenge and he is always looking for ways to improve upon his current skills, as well as acquire expertise in new areas. With over two decades of fabrication experience, Bill brings a wide variety of knowledge, as well as alternative fabrication methods, to his fabricator role. He is energetic and positive and he is most happy at home with his family and pets, and building home projects.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
We manufacture best in class simulators that allow veterinary students to become proficient in their diagnostic and practical skills without the need to endanger or cause unnecessary discomfort to live animals. Our simulators intersect with curriculum requirements to provide maximum benefits to students and educators.
FAQs
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We currently have our simulators in over 46 countries worldwide.
We are excited to announce that we now offer to ship to countries worldwide. Whether you're in the US, UK, Canada, the EU, or Australia, you can have our world-class simulators delivered to your school or educational facility.
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We are located in beautiful Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
All VSI products are designed, crafted and manufactured in Canada.
Our address is 2985 23 Ave NE Unit 120, Calgary, AB T1Y 7L3
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VSI was successfully nominated for the 2017 Ernest C Manning Innovation Award
In the 2016 Small Business Challenge Contest sponsored by The Globe and Mail and Telus, VSI was voted one of ten regional winners.
In 2015, Alberta’s Venture Magazine voted Veterinary Simulator Industries as one of Alberta’s top 20 most innovative organizations.
Veterinary Simulator Industries was a finalist in the Calgary Chamber of Commerce Business awards in the Innovation category in September, 2014.
our worldwide presence
We at Veterinary Simulator Industries would like to take this opportunity to highlight our partners and thank them for contributing to the ongoing evolution and development of VSI Simulators that are changing and revolutionizing how veterinary medicine is taught.
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Alberta, Canada
Alaska, USA
Argentina
Arizona, USA
Austria
Australia
Barcelona, Spain
Belgium
Brazil
British Columbia, Canada
Cairo
Checz
Chile
Colorado, USA
Croatia
Ecuador
Egypt
England
Estonia
Finland
Florida, USA
France
Georgia, USA
Germany
Grenada
Hong Kong
Hokkaido
Idaho, USA
Illinois, USA
Indiana, USA
Iowa State
Ireland
Italy
Kansas, USA
Kenya
Manitoba, Canada
Maryland, USA
Mexico
Michigan, USA
Minnesota, USA
Mississippi, USA
Mumbai
Nebraska, USA
Netherlands
New Zealand
North Carolina, USA
Norway
Ohio, USA
Oklahoma, USA
Ontario, Canada
Pennsylvania, USA
Peru
Phillipines
Poland
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saskatchewan, Canada
Scotland
Serbia
South Africa
South Carolina, USA
South Dakota, USA
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tennessee, USA
Texas, USA
Thailand
Ukraine
Uruguay
Utah, USA
Venesuala
Washington, USA
Wisconsin, USA