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CPhA has contributed resources to a new preconception health toolkit launched by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC), now available on PregnancyInfo.ca. The comprehensive resource is designed to support women and gender-diverse individuals in planning for a healthy pregnancy or a healthier life at any stage.

The Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada (IPPC), in partnership with the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA), has opened applications for the 2026–2027 Indigenous Pharmacy Scholarship. 

CPhA welcomes this step toward reinforcing an important principle for our health system: if a service is medically necessary, it should be publicly covered, regardless of which qualified health-care professional provides it.

Glenn Rodrigues has been named the 2026 Canadian Pharmacist of the Year by the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA), recognizing his transformative leadership in advancing community pharmacy practice and expanding pharmacists’ role in primary care across Nova Scotia. Rodrigues is being recognized posthumously, honouring a career that helped reshape community pharmacy practice and improve access to care for patients in Nova Scotia and across Canada. 

Q&A with CPhA's Kelsey Skromeda

To mark the start of Pharmacy Appreciation Month (PAM) 2026, CPhA recently launched PharmacistsCAN.ca, a new national advocacy campaign focused on closing the gap between what pharmacists are educated to do and what they are authorized to do in practice.

New initiative enables secure API integration of trusted Canadian drug and therapeutic content into health technology platforms.

CPhA views the wind-down of PrescribeIT and the transition to an open, standards-based model as an opportunity to reset our national approach to e-prescribing and address longstanding sustainability and governance challenges to better support patients, providers and the health-care system as a whole.