How our pharmacies can play a critical role in helping save lives

Pharmacists say COVID vaccinations are going smoothly

Canadians are beginning to see the light at the end of this year-long pandemic tunnel. And Shivali Sharma and Brian Jones, both pharmacist/owners of Shoppers Drug Mart^® stores in Alberta — the first province to allow pharmacies to administer the vaccine — want to assure everyone that the COVID vaccine has been approved by Health Canada and is safe.

Ian and Shoppers Drug Mart double down to support Black pharmacy students

Ian Stewart, Associate Owner of a Shoppers Drug Mart^® store in Toronto, wants to increase the representation of Black students in pharmacy — and is getting a little help from Shoppers Drug Mart to do just that.

Heba isn’t always OK — and that’s OK

“Stop complaining.” “You’re just weak.” “Why are you so negative?” “Are you crazy?” “You need to toughen up.” These are all things Shoppers Drug Mart^TM Associate Owner Heba Salama was afraid of hearing if she spoke up about how she was feeling.

Terri Anne thinks outside the (Shoe)box

Terri Anne Gibson, Pharmacist at a Shoppers Drug Mart^® location in Chilliwack, B.C., has always had a passion to help others. But The Shoebox Project for Women, which collects and distributes gift-filled boxes to women in shelters across Canada, means so much to her — for different, more personal reasons.