Across the country, community pharmacies’ claims for publicly funded services grew—in some cases, by triple digits—for prescription renewals, assessments for minor ailments and common conditions, and the administration of vaccines other than vaccines for influenza and COVID-19. On the flip side, claims for medications reviews declined in all provinces that offer this type of a […]
At the awards ceremony: Ramon Goomber, CFP Board member and GSK representative, Sophie Park, Rexall, Veneta Anand O’Garro, Neighbourly Pharmacy, and Linda Prytula, CFP Executive Director. Vaccines and Vigilance Pharmacists have long served as trusted protectors of community health. The 2025 winners of the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy’s Innovation in Vaccines Services Award, sponsored by […]
This article is reprinted from CFP’s 2025 Changing Face of Pharmacy report, mailed to more than 14,000 community pharmacies in Canada in November 2025. A pdf version is also available. Avery,* a pharmacy student, was momentarily struck speechless. After explaining to a patient how to store their new medication, the patient thanked Avery and then […]
A two-day leadership training program in Quebec has fired up pharmacists Alex Tang and Tristan Lai on their next steps in a lifelong journey to help both new and veteran pharmacists better serve 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Tang and Lai are both lecturers at the University of British Columbia (UBC). They are co-leads of the university’s PrideRx […]
Fond memories and optimism for the future of pharmacy contributed to the celebratory atmosphere at the Inn at the Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on October 16. Pharmacists from across the country gathered to honour Gayle Romanetz, the 2025 recipient of the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy’s Pillar of Pharmacy Award. With more than 30 years—and counting—in […]
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 […]
Recent research confirms pharmacists’ potential to improve outcomes in mental health when they provide enhanced services—and ironically helps illustrate the precarity of pharmacists’ own capacity to do more. The Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy announced funding for the Mental Health Assessment and Prescribing by Alberta Pharmacists (MAP-AP) study in 2019. The objective was to assess the […]
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of grants from the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy’s Wellspring Pharmacy Leadership Awards! The three winners from Ontario and B.C. are building their expertise and leadership in the areas of advocacy, humanitarian aid and patient safety. All three were honoured in Toronto on September 25, as part of the Ontario Pharmacists […]
Canada’s only textbook dedicated to the business of pharmacy is now available in a digital format. Pharmacy Management in Canada, produced by the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy, is part of the curriculum at faculties of pharmacy across Canada. Practising pharmacists and pharmacy owners and managers also consult it for all matters to do with managing […]
A widely available training program in Canada successfully boosts pharmacists’ ability to support patients with mental-health problems—including during times of crisis. And patients themselves are more receptive when they know the pharmacist has received such training. With funding from CFP’s Innovation Fund, Christine Leong, Associate Professor at the College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba, researched […]
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.
