Joane Parent obtained her DMV degree from the Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire of the Université de Montréal in 1975, completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan (1975-1978) with a Master in Veterinary Sciences, followed by a neurology residence at the University of California at Davis and the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine from 1978 to 1980. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, specialty of neurology since 1983.

She was President of the ACVIM Neurology group from 2002-2005. She was on faculty at the WCVM from 1980 to 1984, and at the Ontario Veterinary College from 1984 to 2006. In August 2006, she returned to her alma mater as Professor of neurology. She has authored and co-authored multiple publications in refereed veterinary journals as well as textbook chapters. She has won numerous awards for excellence in teaching. Joane’s main clinical interests remain in epilepsy and feline neurology.