Rebecca Gao
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- 6/5/2025
Ontario College of Pharmacists seeking responses on new survey on business pressures
The OCP wants to find out how business pressures impact pharmacists’ ability to meet standards of practice. - 6/3/2025
Why this pharmacist started an educational video series
Steven Hopp is creating videos to teach the public about all that pharmacists do—beyond dispensing. - 5/29/2025
How UBC integrated Indigenous health and cultural safety education into its PharmD program
UBC's UPROOT project has spent the last decade designing and implementing curriculum about Indigenous health for B.C.'s only pharmacy program. - 5/28/2025
Here’s how one law from the ‘50s allows corporations to own (some) pharmacies in Ontario
A new story in The Globe and Mail highlights this 71 year-old law. - 5/28/2025
Bill that would allow Nunavut pharmacists to prescribe, vaccinate and treat minor ailments passes third reading
Nunavut becomes the latest jurisdiction to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice. - 5/25/2025
Top takeaways from TELUS Health’s new Pharmacy Trends market report
The inaugural report featured 5 big trends about the future of pharmacies in Canada. - 5/22/2025
B.C. has a new prescription management program. Here's what you need to know
The province says that the new program will be implemented into all community pharmacies by 2025. - 5/20/2025
CPhA looking for pharmacist input on sexual health resources
The Association is now recruiting for upcoming focus groups and online communities. - 5/15/2025
The PEBC is making it easier for some international pharmacy grads to become certified in Canada
The new change is effective as of May 13. - 5/13/2025
Former Shoppers president appointed to CEO of 123Dentist
Jeff Leger, who most recently was the President of Shoppers Drug Mart, will start his new job in July. - 5/12/2025
New eLearning module on ‘just culture’ at work available now
Designed for all healthcare professionals, this module is free and self-paced. - 5/11/2025
Shoppers Drug Mart billed Ontario almost $62M for MedsCheck in 14 months: Toronto Star investigation
This accounts for about 60% of medicine reviews done in that time in Ontario, but the Toronto Star reporting says Shoppers locations only make up 13% of the pharmacies in Ontario.
