Applauding our Wellspring and Vaccine Services winners

The Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy is thrilled to help spotlight innovation and leadership in pharmacy—as we did in Toronto in September, as co-host of the Ontario Pharmacists Association’s annual awards ceremony.

Two of the three recipients of CFP’s 2025 Wellspring Pharmacy Leadership Awards joined us on the stage: Nishan Devani, who used his Wellspring Grant to attend the 2025 FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences held in Copenhagen, Denmark; and Rahim Pradhan, who will complete a project management certificate program as well as two Lean healthcare certifications.

Wellspring Leadership, from left: Rita Winn, CFP Board member and chair of the awards committee, Nishan Devani, Rahim Pradhan and Linda Prytula, Executive Director of CFP - Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy — Wellspring Leadership, from left: Rita Winn, CFP Board member and chair of the awards committee, Nishan Devani, Rahim Pradhan and Linda Prytula, Executive Director of CFP.

Our third Wellspring recipient, Anthony Lau, is taking leadership training with a focus on advocacy, program development and mentoring. His objective is to create a network of volunteer pharmacists for international humanitarian aid. Get more details on our Wellspring recipients.

We applauded both winners of CFP’s Innovation in Vaccine Services Award at the awards ceremony: in the category of individual pharmacist/pharmacy team, Sophie Park and the Rexall pharmacy team in downtown Vancouver; and in the category of banner/chain initiative, Neighbourly Pharmacy. Learn more about how they are raising vaccination levels in their communities.