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Learning Objectives:
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Appraise opportunities for sustainability initiatives in healthcare-systems pharmacy
2. Distinguish the tools and references available for sustainable healthcare practices in healthcare-systems pharmacy
3. Prepare for potential challenges to implementing sustainable healthcare practices
4. Apply concepts to mitigate risks and barriers in tackling sustainability practice in healthcare-systems pharmacy
5. Discuss initiatives in place and in-coming for empowering pharmacy students and future pharmacists in a sustainable healthcare-systems pharmacy and healthy planet
6. Justify the importance of participating in sustainability initiatives and knowledge translation in healthcare-systems pharmacy
7. Apply the results of the CHEO-led National Survey on Sustainability Initiatives to inform the development of resources in Canada
About the speakers:
Ariane Blanc
Ariane Blanc is a Canadian bilingual hospital pharmacy leader with more than 20 years of extensive academic, professional, research and mentorship experience in adult and pediatric hospitals and pharmacy community settings in Ottawa, Montreal, and Paris (France).
She is the Director of Pharmacy at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario – Ottawa Children’s Treatment Center (CHEO), CHEO Research Institute research investigator and University of Ottawa School of Pharmaceuticals Science adjunct professor.
She is volunteering at the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP) Ontario Branch as President Elect, at the CSHP sustainability task force and at the Canadian Association of Pharmacy for the Environment (CAPhE), as the Director of Research and Quality Improvement. She is the founder and chair of the Canadian Pediatric Hospital Pharmacy Leadership group (CPHPL).
Ariane also volunteers as a redaction committee member of the Journal de Pharmacie Clinique since 2015, and as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. Ariane has published in various peer-reviewed journals and tertiary literature. She won the CSHP Residency Award in 2003, the CSHP Excellence in Pharmacy Practice Leadership Award, and the CHEO Kick the Carbon Award in 2023 and 2024. She was nominated for the CHEO RI Outstanding Research Mentor Award in 2023.
Ivy Lam
Ivy is the Pharmacy Innovation Lead for CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis) and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy (status-only). She gathered over a decade of experience in perioperative care at Unity Health Toronto before developing the pharmacist role in the Comprehensive Hemophilia Care Centre at St. Michael's Hospital as part of a Canadian Blood Services’ award-winning project. As a board member of the Canadian Association of Pharmacy for the Environment and part of the Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee at Unity Health Toronto, she is a part of initiatives that bridge the gap between healthcare and ecological preservation.
Rob Pammett
Rob Pammett (he/him) is the Research and Development Pharmacist – Primary Care, a partnership between Northern Health and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia, where he holds the rank of Associate Professor (Partner). Rob works as a team-based primary care pharmacist and supports other pharmacists in Primary Care Networks across the beautiful and vast geography of northern British Columbia, along with performing teaching and research activities at the University. He is also the chair of the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada Planetary Health Special Interest Group, and a member of the Canadian Association of Pharmacy for the Environment (CAPhE).