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What's interesting about nursing is that (in BC as far as I know) there's been a lot of advocacy and barganing work done by the nurses' union. I wonder if a similar organization would be helpful for community and hospital pharmacists (separate organizations for each) to mitigate the current trends with wage reduction/poor job growth/harsh work in BC, Ontario, and other affected provinces. I realise that in order to be successful there would effectively need to be unanimity amongst pharmacists, that's an important discussion on its own. There's also some who hold the opinion that unions promote laziness and "protect the weak". However I am struggling to think of other measures that can be used to protect the pharmacy profession from the trends I just mentioned. It's also possible that this a problem that cannot be addressed through unionization. I've only done preliminary research at this point (based off what some American states have done), but I'm wondering if anyone has any knowledge they'd want to chip in on this idea. I hope this made sense, sorry if anything's unclear.
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1 hour ago, RoosterG said:
Are you planning on moving to Edmonton even with classes being online this fall?
Thanks for asking. Initially I wasn't sure but I think winter subletting might be a better option (if there's a market for it).
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If it's any consolance for people on the waitlist, I will be declining my offer. Best of luck y'all.
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Just got my acceptance this afternoon! Stoked to meet y'all (virtually) in the fall
OOP applicant, mountain lassie from BC. Finished undergrad before applying. Have worked in a handful of pharmacies for roughly five years.2yr oGPA: 3.77
prereq GPA: 2.87. Shit the bed at the start of UG & did pretty trash in MICR, BIOL and PHGY. Took a handful of 300/400 level BCHM and PHAR courses to compensate.For those of you still waiting, I'm sorry if you feel anxious or stressed. I know it's easier said than done, but please don't lose hope. Best of luck to everyone here.
Side note: I am wondering if anyone happens to have any pointers about the rental market for students in Edmonton (specifically, winter sublets or even month to month agreements). If you would like to DM me with any pointers I would be very grateful. Cheers
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On 7/1/2020 at 11:50 AM, hkc said:
Congrats! I got waitlisted and am very anxious. When is the deadline to accept your offer? I kind of want to have an idea of if and when the waitlisted individuals will be notified.
The letter has been put up (apply.usask.ca) and we have until 15th Jul to decide. I hope this helps
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Just got an email this morning from the programs admin about a downloadable letter, not sure how we're meant to access it (through our NSID/Outlook account, maybe?). Does anyone here happen to know? Thanks in advance
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8 hours ago, hkc said:
Congrats! I got waitlisted and am very anxious. When is the deadline to accept your offer? I kind of want to have an idea of if and when the waitlisted individuals will be notified.
I'm sorry to hear about that. Hopefully there will be some movement this year. The initial emails from the dean didn't include an acceptance timeline unfortunately. I have no idea if that info could be elsewhere on the PAWS site though. I'll try to update as soon as I can with the timeline info.
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1 hour ago, boop said:
Hi everyone! Just got my acceptance today, looking forward to meeting ya'll soon
Amazing news, well done!
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1 hour ago, Pharmmmm said:
UBC has already sent offers
UBC's timeline is running a little earlier than ours. Their application portal closed in Dec 2019 or something like that. I know the wait might be anxiety inducing for some, sadly. Trying to stay positive.
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Speculating from the older threads here: there might be four waves of invites to be sent out (one wave per week), starting from roughly the third week of June onwards. This might not be totally correct tho.
9 hours ago, Pharmmmm said:Has anybody heard anything yet?
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4 hours ago, 1738 said:
does anyone else's "final grades" still say "not received"? i sent email on monday and randi said grades will be retrieved this week (for IP) but mine still says not received.
Yup, still says "not received" on my end (for the official transcript), however I'm also an OOP applicant.
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Hey, hope you're all well. I realize that this is late, but I've been told recently by the admissions secretary (Randi) that there's been a backlog with entering the official transcripts onto the PAWS site (in case anyone might still be wondering about theirs).
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21 hours ago, Sun444 said:
So I just did my interview and as I got to question 4, the video stopped loading!! I waited for a bit but then had to refresh the page. It worked after I refreshed but now I am worried coz we are told not to refresh the browser. Has this happened to anyone? I've emailed Angela about it just now.
Sorry to hear ab the situation. Hasn't happened to me, but it sounds like you did the right thing by emailing them (and explaining your scenario). I wouldn't worry
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3 hours ago, PharmDB said:
Hi I’m a first year student! I really don’t know if there’s a benefit or not. I did my interview on the day it was due. I know many students that waited until the last two days to do it. If I were to wager a guess, I’d say it doesn’t matter when you do it. Best of luck!
Thank you for sharing. If you don't mind, what format do you think is better for the written interview questions, point form or paragraph? I'd imagine point form would be easier for the committee to read, so I'd be more inclined towards that.
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On 5/4/2020 at 11:22 AM, needsomehelp said:
Does anyone know if there are practice interview questions I can find? I thought I heard from last year that there r practice q on the uni website? I might be mistaken! Thx in advance :))
Yes
There are many practice questions available through the assessment platform (Kira). You can access the link through your UAlberta email (assigned to you through your CCID). If you're using chrome, make sure any VPN or adblock extensions are switched off. Let me know if anything's unclear. Good luck!
University Of Alberta 2020 Pharmacy Applicants - Class Of 2024
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Is the ACP registration fee a one-off charge? If not, how often does it need to be renewed? Thanks