4 members of our leadership team attended The Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit last weekend.

Left to right:
Tim Clancy (co-founder and president), Jamie Sabot – that’s me 😄 (co-founder and executive director), Sarah Sinacore (board chair and education specialist), and Sam Baker (human resource manager).

We’re still exhausted, but it was well worth it to be in Toronto alongside nearly 900 other advocates who want to see a better world for farmed animals!

The goal of our attendance at the summit was to put the loss of provincial veterinary services before intelligent, connected, and solution-oriented professionals. We asked for advice, feedback, and solutions to our biggest question:

How does a sanctuary continue to operate in a capacity that reduces suffering and promotes compassionate care when the whole province is struggling to find vet care, particularly for emergencies?

We were able to chat with other sanctuary founders, executive directors, development (fundraising) teams, educators, grantors, “transFARMation” organizations (orgs that support and facilitate the transition from factory farms to crop farming), animal justice lawyers, people working in tech, lobbyists, and so many more amazing folks!

We walked away with a lot more tools in our toolkit for solving this problem for our organization, and potentially for other aligned organizations and individuals!

While it will be a lot of hard work (which is the only type we take on 😅) to bring things to fruition, I’m excited to see how things unfold as we do our follow ups and set a course for the next 6-12 months.

#avasummit2026