November 8, 2022

 

CSHP had a busy and extended AGM weekend with a combined joint-symposium with l'Association des pharmaciens des établissements de santé du Québec (A.P.E.S.), multilateral meetings with Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada (I.P.P.C.), and our own Annual General Meeting.  

Here are some of the highlights. 

Thank you to the Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada co-chairs Amy Lamb and Jaris Swidrovich for their presence at multi-lateral meetings as well as for Amy’s address at our Annual General Meeting. 

We held these meetings along with our colleagues from CPhA, NAPRA, AFPC, CPRB and Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada. The goal of these meetings was to introduce IPPC’s mandates then determine ways that we could all support Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals and patients in Canada. The representing organizations also shared their ongoing work relating to Indigenous pharmacy and brainstormed how IPPC fits in to their future plans.  

Your crucial insight on respect, reverence, sustainability, and family strength left us all inspired to inspect our day-to-day approach. We look forward to our ongoing collaboration and we will continue to spread the word about this new community built to support Indigenous pharmacy professionals. 

On Oct. 28 and 29 we held our first-ever joint symposium between A.P.E.S. and CSHP after many years of being strategic allies. The symposium covered a topic that profoundly affected and still affects us all -   both professionally and personally- the COVID-19 Pandemic. The purpose of this event was to reflect, regroup, and reassess how we dealt with this pandemic and how we can best deal with future ones. Thanks to our amazing speakers and guests, we did just that! 

The CSHP 2022 Annual General Meeting was held at the Four Points by Sheraton, Gatineau-Ottawa, this past weekend. The Board of Directors and members alike were provided with a thorough update on CSHP, and were given a year in review presentation and voted on critical issues for the Society. 

At these meetings, the board approved a motion to amend articles 5, 8 and 9 of our Articles of Continuance. In simpler terms, article 5 saw the change to the minimum and maximum number of directors to 13 and 25, respectively. Article 8 clarified that there is only one class of members and eliminated any references to Branches since these are covered in our bylaws. Finally, article 9 touches on if CSHP were to dissolve, the remaining assets would be distributed to like-minded organizations across Canada. 

For CSHP Bylaws, a motion was made to make substantive changes to bylaw 1. Namely, these changes include the number of members required to establish a new branch as well as updating wording, definitions, powers, and rights seen throughout this bylaw.  

We also added some fresh faces to the board and saw some shifting among positions including: