Demi Abidogun is on the Board of Directors with Veterinarians Without Borders North America/Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Amérique du Nord Canada.
Demi Abidogun is an accomplished finance executive born in Nigeria and raised in South Wales, UK. A Deloitte alumnus, her impressive career spans over 13 years across the UK, Southeast Europe, and Canada, with expertise in accounting, financial strategy, and governance. Currently, she serves as the Chief Financial Officer of a publicly listed company on the TSX Venture Exchange. Demi has a passion for service, having served as the accounting and finance lead for various boards, including a local church, a daycare, and the Black Entrepreneur and Businesses of Canada (BEBC) society. Her commitment to excellence and community is complemented by her love for travelling and singing in her local church choir, which bring balance and creativity to her life.
As a proud mother of two young children, aged three years and eight months, Demi is no stranger to agility and adaptability. Whether navigating boardrooms or bedtime routines, she approaches every role with dedication and grace.
Register now for our World Rabies Day 2026 webinar, bringing together perspectives from Alaska, Ukraine, and Laos to explore why rabies persists despite being preventable — and what stronger access, local capacity, coordination, and resilient animal and human health systems can contribute to progress toward ending human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030.
#VETSVolunteerVoices brings you stories of our passionate VETS program volunteers from the field. Meet Dr. Joseph Ansong-Danquah, a Ghanaian-Canadian veterinarian who has volunteered with VWB in Ghana since 2017. In 2026, Joseph is completing his final VETS placement after nine years of supporting farmers, communities, partner organizations and fellow volunteers across the country.
In this edition of Ask an Expert, we spoke with Hannah (Tsai-Ping) Liao, whose MSc research at the University of Guelph examined what decades of Community Animal Health Worker (CAHW) programs can teach us about building sustainable, community-led animal health systems in northern Canada.
