Rx2020 Olivier Millette is passionate about global health. Back in high school he had joined an aid mission to the Dominican where he helped to build schools in the community.
Thanks to alumni, pharmacists from the community, students, faculty, and staff who joined us at trivia and CE Saturday last weekend - your support helped make Waterloo Pharmacy Reunion 2019 a success! See you next year!
Pharmacy student conducts pharmacy practice research through Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health
Rx2018 alumni Emily Cowley and Jennifer Curran will be the first pharmacy graduates to complete new Year Two pharmacy residency programs in based in Edmonton and Toronto.
The True North conference in June 2019 brought over 2,500 attendees together to discuss how technology can be a force for good.
In June, second year pharmacy students successfully presented two motions at the Ontario Pharmacists Association’s (OPA) Annual General Meeting (AGM). Rx2021s Bradley Grightmire and George Daskalakis introduced the motions to further strengthen OPA’s relationship with pharmacy students. OPA is the province’s pharmacy advocacy group; it serves as a resource to pharmacists and a voice for the profession in Ontario.
Conversations about female representation and leadership in STEM fields are increasingly common.
In early June, pharmacists from across Canada attended PxP, a conference jointly hosted by the Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) and the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA). At this event, Canada’s largest pharmacy conference, Waterloo Pharmacy alumnus Michael Kani of Rx2014 received the New Practitioner Award from the Canadian Pharmacists Association.
Last week was PxP, Canada’s largest pharmacy conference. Hosted by the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) and the Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA), the conference connected pharmacists and pharmacy students from across Canada for two days of education, networking, and celebration.
Each year Waterloo Pharmacy presents awards to celebrate our outstanding partners in experiential education. These awards recognize preceptors and co-op supervisors who show exceptional dedication in their mentorship of Waterloo Pharmacy students. This year's outstanding mentors are Phil Hauser and Mark Pasetka; they received their awards at the PxP conference in Toronto earlier this week.