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November 2011: 2011 Student Video competition
Congratulations to Rx2013 students Annick Nguyen and Gabriela Krnac who were the winners of the 2011 Student Video competition at the Commitment to Care and Service Awards in Toronto last night. Their entertaining video on the Future of Pharmacy was well-received by the audience at the awards ceremony where pharmacists from across Canada gathered to celebrate notable achievements. Congratulations Annick and Gabriela! You can see the video here:
TikTok - Pharmacists of the Future
October 2011:Vanguard Class Graduates from the School of Pharmacy
The first class in the School of Pharmacy at University of Waterloo officially graduated on Saturday, October 22. The School hosted a pre-convocation reception on Friday, October 21 that was attended by more than 200 graduates, family members, faculty, staff and supporters of the program. Hallman Director David Edwards welcomed everyone and introduced Carl Zehr, Mayor of Kitchener and Ken Seiling, Chair of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. Terry McMahon, Dean of Science and George Dixon, Vice-President, Office of Research brought greetings from the University of Waterloo. The keynote speaker was Founding Hallman Director Jake Thiessen who offered a touching tribute to the Vanguards and read congratulations from David Johnson, Governor-General of Canada and former President of the University of Waterloo. The Vanguard students were presented with a beautiful hand-crafted glass mortar and pestle as a remembrance by Associate Director Nancy Waite. This class was a remarkable group of students who enriched the School with their enthusiasm for learning and paved the way for future generations of student pharmacists at Waterloo. Congratulations and best wishes to the Vanguard class!
August 2011: PharmaSave Industrial Case Competition
Congratulations to the team of Alia Thawer, Calvin Poon, Catherine Prochazka, Vanessa Raco and Mihir Patel who are this year’s winners of the PharmaSave Industrial Case Competition. The title of their proposal was “University of Waterloo, School of Pharmacy Clinical Capstone Program: A self-sustaining business model“. The quality of the submissions this year was excellent making it very difficult for the judges to come up with a winner. Congratulations also to the team of Mitchell Peart, Kaitlin Poredos, Jennifer Seguin, William Shannon, and Cindy Yuen and to the team of Laura Ezeife, Kristina Ahrens, Meagan Shippey, Caitlin Jones, and Andrea Staruch who finished close behind the winners.
Innovation and entrepreneurship in pharmacy are critical if we are to meet the health care needs of Canadians in the 21st century. Based on the ideas proposed in this competition, I am confident that UW pharmacy students and alumni will be leading the way in finding new ways to deliver high-quality, cost-effective pharmaceutical care to patients. The University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy salutes the winners as well as the other students who participated.
Thanks to PharmaSave for making this competition possible through their generous sponsorship. We also thank the judges for giving up their time to help out and Professor Roderick Slavcev for organizing the competition.
The final deadline for new venture proposals will be 11:59 pm October
22, 2011. Please forward a pdf of your final SPEC proposal to Dr. R.
Slavcev at slavcev@uwaterloo.ca
July 2011: Scotiabank Pharmacy Entrepreneurship Competition (SPEC 2011)
Application for Scotiabank Pharmacy Entrepreneurship Competition (SPEC 2011) is now open. For more information, click here to download the application package. Deadline is August 20, 2011.
May 2011: The Mini Pharmacy School program is generously supported by:
Feb 2011: Waterloo Student shares her co-op experience at Ontario College of Pharmacists Pharmacy Connection Page 39.
January 2010: Drugstores poised to become true health-care hubs
January 2010: From Jan/Feb OCP Pharmacy Connection: Toronto Class of ’54 meets Waterloo Class of ’11
November 2009: School of Pharmacy in regional urban design video
November 2009: UW part of $30 million juvenile diabetes research announcement
March 2009: “Seeking New Life as the Old Factories Die”, Toronto Star
March 2009: UW Student Talks About Co-op in Canadian Pharmacists Journal
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