PhD alumnus Gokul Raj Pullagura shares his experiences working as a vaccine educator on the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved in Canada
There are many steps before the COVID-19 vaccine gets to your arm.
Long-term care homes are among the hardest hit institutions in terms of COVID-19 infections in Canada. When vaccines began to arrive in Canada, long-term care (LTC) homes were consequently identified as a high priority for vaccination.
In Ottawa, the public health unit asked local hospitals to help with vaccine distribution to high-risk areas like LTC homes and retirement communities.
Brett Barrett was the person who received the very first delivery of Pfizer vaccines at the Region of Waterloo COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic located at the Health Sciences Campus of the University of Waterloo.
Lauren Dayes, Rx2022, is the first recipient of this new award
Winifred Walker obtained her pharmacy degree back in 1938, a remarkable achievement for a woman at the time. Today, Winifred’s memory lives on through a new award established by her daughter Alison.
Vincent (second from right) with fellow health-care providers outside the Mississauga Hospital
COVID-19 cases are surging, particularly in the GTA, and hospitals are busier than ever before providing care to Ontarians. Health-care providers are being pushed to the limits as the pandemic wears on past the one-year milestone.
Meet some of the people who led the creation of the Health Sciences Campus Clinic. Top row, left to right: Nancy Waite, Kara Skimson, Barbara Anstett, Jenn Metzloff. Bottom row, left to right: Heather Dixon, Ryan McKee, Trenny McGinnis.
COVID cases are rising this spring. GTA intensive care units are feeling the crunch. When they’re overloaded, patients are sent to other hospitals who have availability. The Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie is one of these hospitals.
University of Waterloo and University of Toronto pharmacy students are partnering to deliver one of Canada’s first pharmacy and technology focused hackathons
Health and technology are destined to work together. The pandemic has only accelerated the speed of this collaboration, with many health-care workers turning to technology-enabled means of delivering services.
Ken Manson and Professor Nancy Waite at work at the new COVID-19 vaccine clinic
On the southern tip of James Bay, on an island in the middle of a river sits Moose Factory. Largely inhabited by people of the Moose Cree First Nation, Moose Factory sits in the Moose River, across from the mainland community of Moosonee. The area is over 850 kilometers north of Toronto although there are no roads that take a traveler this far north, except in the winter when the lakes freeze over.