The Playbook provides background information, resources, and considerations for integrating vital Indigenous-led perspectives, values, and wisdom into the guidance for climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience of pharmacy practice. These considerations have been compiled from a review of key literature, Indigenous-led health advocacy movements, and the perspectives, values and experiences of pharmacy and other health professionals with Indigenous ancestry. This Playbook is intended for Canadian pharmacy professionals including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, educators and trainees. Foundational considerations for pharmacy practice can be found in the “Climate Resilient, Low Carbon, Sustainable Pharmacy” Playbook.
Métis pharmacist Amy Lamb, Executive Director of the Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada, shared her experiences supporting pharmacy services to Indigenous communities as a front-line pharmacy professional and systems advocate. This webinar focused on the experiences of community pharmacies building sustainable distribution to rural and remote communities and navigating health access during climate emergencies. It shared stories and lived experiences from pharmacy professionals and Indigenous community members as they navigated pharmacy and broader health access. It also highlighted the importance of land in the holistic healing of Indigenous communities, emphasizing its role in structural determinants of health and the impacts of environmental racism.
In this video, Canadian leaders discuss approaches to environmental sustainability in Pharmacy. Hosted by Fiona Miller, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, speakers include: Shellyza Sajwani, The Ottawa Hospital, Celia Culley, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Terri Drover, Health Products Stewardship Association, Tarek Hussein, Weller Pharmacy.
This video features the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, PEACH Health Ontario, and CASCADES welcoming Dr. Shellyza Moledina Sajwani, who provides an overview of the relevance of climate change to pharmacy practice. It focuses on practical, actionable objectives that can be implemented within hospital pharmacy settings, using the Ottawa Hospital Pharmacy Environmental Stewardship Committee as an example of environmental stewardship in practice.
A quick reference guide for staff and patients, outlining a safe, responsible, and environmentally conscious methods for drug disposal and highlighting local take-back programs.
In this environmental impact, physicians are calling on Ottawa to introduce regulations to replace the potent greenhouse gases contained in metered-dose inhalers.
This playbook focuses on strategies to reduce, reuse and recycle pharmaceuticals and their associated physical waste to lessen their environmental impact. It is intended for Canadian healthcare professionals working with pharmaceutical products for human use, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, nurses, physicians, educators, trainees and environmental services. It can also be a guide for legislators, waste management leads, and industry. Background information, resources, and considerations are included to provide guidance on more climate resilient and environmentally sustainable pharmaceutical waste management processes. The content of this playbook has been compiled from a range of subject matter experts, guidance documents, and resources.
