A one-day symposium in southern Ontario this June aims to bring Canadian pharmacy research to the forefront. Co-hosted by the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy (CFP), the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada and the Ontario Pharmacy Evidence Network (OPEN), Strengthening Health with Research in Pharmacy (SHARP) will take place on June 20, 2025, at […]
In fulfilling its mission to advance the pharmacy profession by supporting innovation and leadership, the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy is providing valuable resources to pharmacy students and celebrating those already demonstrating their passion for the profession. Guy Genest Award For the past five years, the Foundation has been sponsoring the Guy Genest Passion for Pharmacy […]
The Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy has added $50,000 to support recipients of its Innovation Fund, for a total of $150,000 in grants available to researchers and innovators across Canada. The additional funds are earmarked to support three to six shorter-duration projects of a year or less that help “move the needle in expanding scope for […]
Community pharmacies across Canada are proving they can be patient destinations for primary care. At the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy’s Pharmacy Forum educational webinar in November 2024, pharmacists from Nova Scotia, Alberta and Ontario shared their experiences changing their practices to provide more primary-care services—and how it’s benefiting patients and the profession. Nova Scotia Kaitlynn […]
Don’t miss the just released Changing Face of Pharmacy report from the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy, which explores how community pharmacy is making its stamp in primary care. Aptly titled Destination Pharmacy, this year’s report details successful primary care models across the country, with front-line accounts from patients and the pharmacy teams making it happen. It also features CFP’s comprehensive chart summarizing government-sponsored […]
This profile is reprinted from CFP’s Fall 2024 Changing Face of Pharmacy magazine. Click here to download the magazine and read more profiles of pharmacist-led primary care clinics. Peter Muise is a 77-year-old Yarmouth, Nova Scotia resident who hasn’t had a family doctor in four years. He lives with type 2 diabetes and Parkinson’s disease, […]
Many colleagues, friends and family gathered in-person (and by video) in Halifax, Nova Scotia in October to pay tribute to this year’s Pillar of Pharmacy winner Warren Meek. In a series of heart-felt video messages and in-person tributes, Meek was recognized for all his efforts in improving quality health care in Canada and Africa throughout […]
Ajit Johal, co-founder of immunize.io, is the recipient of the inaugural Innovation in Vaccine Services Award from the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy. His entry was chosen from more than 20 for its impactful approach to helping improve immunization rates across the world. In 2018, Johal and his colleague, Mark Zhou, collaborated to establish a not-for-profit organization, […]
Given more education and training, the majority of pharmacists want to be doing much more for their patients with mental illness, notes a research paper led by Amy Soubolsky, winner of this year’s Pharmacy Graduate Student Award for Pharmacy Practice Research from the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada and the Canadian Foundation for […]
Given that those with Parkinson disease (PD) can wait up to 12 months to see a movement specialist, pharmacist Amy Tran and her team set out to provide tools for patients and front-line providers to help with medication management in the interim. The 2022 Innovation Fund recipient who is part of non-profit organization Parkinson Wellness […]
