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Angie Arora

Angie Arora, MSW, RSW, is a social worker supporting the human needs that arise from human-animal relationships, specializing in veterinary wellbeing, pet loss, and equity issues within veterinary medicine. 

As a Veterinary Social Worker and Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist, she provides trauma-informed support, coaching, and psychoeducational training to veterinary professionals and organizations to improve professional quality of life, addressing issues of burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion fatigue.

She served on the inaugural Board of Directors for the International Association of Veterinary Social Work and is actively involved in other relevant veterinary medicine initiatives including blendVET, the International Association of Veterinary Social Work and the Canadian Collective for Equity in Veterinary Medicine. Her current organizational clients include the Toronto Zoo, King Animal Hospital, ACCT Philly, as well as several veterinary practices across North America. 

She has presented at leading conferences around the world such as WSAVA, CVMA, OVMA, OAVT, ACVIM, Fetch DVM 360, International Veterinary Social Work Summit, MCVMA Rise, and The UK Vet Congress, advocating for a trauma-informed approach to veterinary wellbeing.

She completed her Bachelor of Social Work with the Toronto Metropolitan University, Master of Social Work with York University and is deeply committed to her personal and professional growth. She is certified in Emotional CPR with the National Empowerment Centre, completed her Compassion Fatigue Specialist certification with the Traumatology Institute and completed her International Coaching Federation training with the Mind Rebel Academy.