Pharmacy Careers

“Everyday pharmacists doing extraordinary things.” Those were the people being celebrated as the ‘who’s who’ of Canadian pharmacy gathered at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York hotel on November 29 for the annual Commitment to Care and Service Awards.

Derek Desrosiers honoured with the 2011 Canadian Pillar of Pharmacy Award.

Diagnosed with the young onset form of the disease, Dr. Soania Mathur overcame the desire to hide her condition and has emerged as a driven advocate for improving the treatment and quality of life for Parkinson’s patients

Lawyer Catherine Perry says she warned Pharmacy Board more than two years ago that she suspected St. John’s pharmacist Ann Marie Burke was selling drugs and had become an addict.

About 130 pharmacists from around Ontario spent a sunny Sunday brushing up on their knowledge of some of the most common—and challenging—self care topics seen in community pharmacy.

A plan by the New Brunswick government to save an estimated $3 million a year by doubling what some seniors pay for prescription drugs has been criticized by the province’s pharmacy association and welfare groups.

Many people still can’t get past the notion that pharmacists spend their workdays dispensing medication—“a stock boy with pills,” as Jerry Seinfeld describes the profession. So would it be such a big deal not to have pharmacists? Would other healthcare professionals have the capabilities and willingness to take over the role?