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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.

As Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week (February 8–14, 2026) highlights the importance of equitable access to care,CPhA is advancing the next phase of its sexual and reproductive health (SRH) practice supports for pharmacists across Canada.

February marks Black History Month in Canada—an important time to celebrate and recognize the contributions of Black Canadians and reflect on Black health in Canada and the anti-Black racism that continues to impact our pharmacy colleagues and patients.

Effective October 1, 2026, pharmacists will  have the authority to therapeutically substitute one controlled substance for another—where permitted by provincial or territorial regulation—following amendments to the Controlled Substances Regulations (CSR) published in the Canada Gazette, Part II in mid-December.