Michelle Oakley

Committed to her clients and helping local animals, she often drives hundreds of miles a day through snowy mountain passes in extreme temperatures. Most of her clients live off the grid, sometimes without power or running water.

In addition to the clinic she runs out of her home in southwest Yukon, Dr. Oakley runs her own mixed practice throughout Northern Canada and Alaska, often with the help of her three daughters Sierra, Maya and Willow, who...