For 78 years, the CFP has raised and distributed millions of dollars in support of the profession of pharmacy. The results of these investments will benefit all pharmacists. With your continued support, we look forward to advancing our mission for the next 65 years!
MAY 2022 – The Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy’s textbook on pharmacy management is now available in a convenient digital format. Pharmacy Management in Canada is the country’s most comprehensive resource for pharmacists on the business of pharmacy, guided by Editor-in-Chief Wayne Hindmarsh, Dean Emeritus of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto and […]
MAY 2022 – It has been four years since the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia launched its ground-breaking research project Prescription to Thrive in partnership with Associated Maritime Pharmacies (AMP) Ltd.—and funded in part by the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy. It’s a model that continues to push towards the viability of more pharmacy services in […]
APRIL 2022 – An exit strategy is about more than selling your pharmacy one day in the future—it can also make a difference in the successful operation of your pharmacy today. “Too many independent pharmacy owners don’t realize how much more efficiently they could have run their business until they put an exit strategy in place,” […]
APRIL 2022 – As part of Pharmacy Appreciation Month in March, the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy partnered with the Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) and the Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada to raise public awareness of pharmacists’ growing role in health care. CFP, OPA and Neighbourhood Pharmacies collaborated to produce the article, “The Future of Ontario’s […]
APRIL 2022 – When Benoit Morin and his brothers, Jean-François and Stéphane, took over their father’s Montreal pharmacy 22 years ago, they determined that success required embracing new directions. “We looked at how we could respond to demands not being answered in the marketplace,” says Morin. As a result, when the scope of pharmacy practice […]
APRIL 2022 – Pharmacist-researcher and new Board member Nancy Waite shares her thoughts on CFP’s important place in promoting pharmacy in Canada. How did you first learn about CFP? I got my first research grant from CFP in 1990 for $12,000 while I was working at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, so I know first-hand […]
MARCH 2022 – Even 32 years after retiring in 1990, Doris Thompson remains connected and dedicated to the profession of pharmacy. Every year before the pandemic, she made her way to the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto to personally congratulate the recipient of an award named in her honour, the Doris Thompson […]
MARCH 2022 – The Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy partnered with the Ontario Pharmacists Association as part of its efforts to support Pharmacy Appreciation Month (PAM) in March. The two organizations participated in a consumer campaign promoting the expanding role of pharmacists. The campaign, produced by Mediaplanet, consists of a print supplement in The Toronto Star, […]
MARCH 2022 – Pharmacy leaders south of the border shared their vision for the profession in a post-pandemic world at CFP’s February Forum event. The overall message was hopeful that a significant shift forward in pharmacist scope during the pandemic will become permanent in spite of looming barriers along the way. Moderated by Bruce Winston, […]
MARCH 2022 -The Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy welcomes this year’s new President Deb Saltmarche, Senior Director, Professional Affairs at Shoppers Drug Mart, and Director Academic Nancy Waite, Associate Director, Clinical Education at University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy to the 2022 Board of Directors. Given pandemic restrictions in place over the last few years, Saltmarche […]
In this webinar, Maria Zhang (CAMH and U of T) will be facilitating an interdisciplinary panel on the topic of cannabis use and how best to support pharmacists in caring for clients who use cannabis.
