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Today, the School of Pharmacy is celebrating a spring convocation like no other. For the first time, the School was unable to welcome graduates for a reception in person. Although safety precautions due to COVID-19 keep us apart, the faculty and staff at the School extend their sincere congratulations to our newest alumni!

Senior pharmacy students are supporting Ontario’s health-care system in the fight against COVID-19. These students are completing their rotations, a requirement for senior pharmacy students where they are placed in health-care sites across the province for six months.

Here are some of their stories:

Lee Pham in the Kitchener-Waterloo Region

Nikita Mahajan and Ezgi Ulkuseven standing in the lobby of the building where they worked on co-op. Nikita and Ezgi were on co-op at the Ministry of Health when COVID-19 struck in Canada.

Cindy completing her reserach project from home. Cindy’s CIHR proposal was ranked first out of the 290 applicants in her application pool.

Left to right: Monica Huang, James MacLean, Kamyar Ghofrani, Rosemary MacLean, Renessa Gomes

Monica Hoang had no idea earlier this year that she’d be spending the last few months of her PhD working on the design of a COVID-19 testing kit.

Over 200 pharmacy candidates have now completed virtual interviews. Pictured above is Becky Ewan preparing for admissions in 2019 compared to her 2020 preparations.

“Tell us something you are passionate about.”

Senior pharmacy students are supporting Ontario’s health-care system in the fight against COVID-19. These students are completing their rotations, a requirement for senior pharmacy students where they are placed in health-care sites across the province for six months.

Here are some of their stories:

Ridwaan Safi in the Owen Sound Region

A message from David Edwards, Hallman Director, University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy

The events of the past several days in the United States have compelled us to confront the issue of systemic racism in Canada as well.  Racism exists in many forms and has many negative consequences including effects on health and health care delivery. We know that we have much work to do as a society, as a university and as a School of Pharmacy dedicated to the training of health care professionals and health researchers. In January 2020, the School approved a new strategic plan in which we committed to several important initiatives including:

On May 20, the School began rolling out Four Seasons of Reconciliation, an online course that examines Canadian history and Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples from an Indigenous perspective.  This course is available to faculty and staff as part of the School’s ongoing commitment to achieving reconciliation with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people.

Gaganpal Mutti (Rx2017) is the kind of pharmacist who likes to get to know his patients. Hearing their stories and easing their concerns is what makes his days at the Humber River Hospital in Toronto rewarding.