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Club's Corner - Capsi

Nisha and Rachel
Sr. and Jr. CAPSI Representatives
October 17 / 2017

Welcome back to school Pharmacy!

We're extremely excited to be planning events for the 2017-2018 year! The Canadian Association of Pharmacy Students and Interns (CAPSI) is an organization that is aimed at promoting and advocating for the interests of pharmacy students. As a UofT student in the PharmD program, you are automatically a CAPSI member!

This past summer, your CAPSI Senior Representative (Nisha Gajaria) and CAPSI Junior Representative (Rachel Anisman) attended CAPSI National meetings at the CPhA Conference in Quebec, Quebec. At these meetings, we met with other CAPSI representatives from across Canada. Topics of discussion included mental health resources for pharmacy students as well as a resolution for the Quebec pharmacy student crisis. It was an excellent opportunity to find out what is going on at other pharmacy schools so we can bring some new ideas your way!

The school year has been off to an amazing start with the Summer Package Textbook Sale and Phrosh Ice Cream Social. We had a great time meeting the incoming class of 2T1 at the Ice Cream Social, and the upper years at Clubs Fair! September is quite a busy time for us as we have many activities going on for you to get involved in! Students have had the opportunity to sign up for their FREE CPhA benefits which include incredible discounts such as $100 off the registration fee for the CPhA conference. Additionally, registrations for our signature CAPSI Competitions went live. Participating in these competitions not only provides you with the opportunity to show off your pharmaceutical skills, but it also allows you to win prize money to represent UofT at the national level at Professional Development Week (PDW).

PDW is the largest conference for pharmacy students, run by pharmacy students. This year, PDW is scheduled to take place in the beautiful city of Edmonton, Alberta from January 10-13, 2018. Over the course of four days, there are many exciting activities planned such as an opening and closing gala, talks, motivational speakers and more! PDW provides a unique opportunity to meet pharmacy students from all of the faculties of pharmacy across Canada. We can't wait for PDW - it's especially special this year since we'll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of CAPSI and the 30th anniversary of PDW!

As always, if you have any questions please feel free to contact Nisha (torontosr@capsi.ca) or Rachel (torontojr@ capsi.ca).

We look forward to seeing you around PB!

Nisha and Rachel
Sr. and Jr. CAPSI Representatives