Innovation in Vaccine Services Award

The Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy is pleased to accept submissions for the 2026 Innovation in Vaccine Services Award, recognizing leadership and innovation in protecting Canadians from vaccine-preventable diseases.

To be eligible, your vaccine services must go beyond vaccinations for influenza and COVID-19, including services for privately funded vaccines.

The two categories for submissions are:

1. Chain/banner initiative, submitted by a regional or head office
2. Pharmacist or pharmacy team, submitted by a community pharmacy. You can nominate yourself or your pharmacy team, or another pharmacist or pharmacy team.

Submissions must be received by midnight EST, July 31.

CFP’s Awards Committee will select the winners, who will be honoured at a reception in the Fall and profiled in CFP’s Changing Face of Pharmacy magazine. The winning individual pharmacist/pharmacy team will also receive a cash award of $2,000.

Download detailed criteria here. For additional information, contact CFP Executive Director Linda Prytula, lprytula@cfpnet.ca or 905.334.3011.

GSK is the funding partner for the Innovation in Vaccines Services Award. GSK is not involved in any aspect of the process for receiving and reviewing applications, nor in selecting the Award recipient.

2025 Award Winners

Individual pharmacist/pharmacy team
Sophie Park and Saffiyah Abdulaziz at the Rexall pharmacy in downtown Vancouver earned top marks for bringing vaccine services to communities where they’re needed most.

Chain/banner initiative
Neighbourly Pharmacy proves that innovation in vaccine delivery can be a coordinated effort in hundreds of pharmacies and across provincial borders.