The University of Guelph is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Julia Montgomery, dean of the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC).
An academic leader, researcher and veterinarian with more than two decades of extensive experience, Mongtomery will begin a five-year term June 15, 2026.
“I am deeply humbled and genuinely excited to be joining the Ontario Veterinary College as its next dean,” Montgomery said. “Being entrusted with the leadership of Canada’s premier veterinary institution by the OVC community and the University of Guelph is a great honour.”
Montgomery most recently served as professor and department head of veterinary clinical services at Oklahoma State University following her postdoctoral fellowship in pulmonary pathobiology. Prior to that, she spent more than a decade on faculty at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan.
Her research concentrates on clinically applied questions in equine medicine including asthma, metabolic syndrome, laminitis and rehabilitation. Her work is particularly focused on innovative technologies to advance both animal and human health, in alignment with U of G’s One Health Institute.
Montgomery received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hannover, Germany and a PhD from the University of Prince Edward Island. She completed a Large Animal Internal Medicine (LAIM) residency before serving as a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, specialty of LAIM.
OVC is a world leader in advancing veterinary science, learning and research and consistently ranks as one of the top veterinary schools in the world. Educating the next generation of veterinarian and health leaders, OVC fuels discovery and provides expertise to improve the health and well-being of animals, people and our planet.