Vicki Wood

Vicki Wood

Editor, Pharmacy Practice+Business

Author Profile

Vicki Wood is a veteran journalist and editor with almost three decades covering the Canadian pharmacy profession. She started as a news writer for Maclean Hunter's Pharmacist News then moved to various positions on iterations of the publication now comprising Pharmacy Practice + Business and the pharmacists' web portal CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca. Some core memories from her journey with Canadian pharmacists include the fight to keep selling tobacco in pharmacies (!), Days spent at Queens Park covering the pharmacy protests against Ontario's fee cuts and celebrating pharmacy superstars and emerging leaders at the Commitment to Care Awards.

She truly enjoys sharing the stories of Canada's most creative, innovative pharmacy practitioners in the publication's regular Innovators series, and reporting on trending issues discovered at pharmacy professional gatherings. You will find her searching for new ideas and new pharmacists to celebrate at pharmacy events across North America—from Canada's provincial meetings to National conferences and even the American Pharmacists Association or National Community Pharmacists' Association's annual conventions.

Under Vicki's editorship, the publications have earned a number of industry awards including the U.S, FOLIO and Tabbie Awards and Canada's Kenneth R Wilson Awards and many from the National Magazine Awards: B2B. She was also the recipient in 2012 of Rogers' annual CEO Award and 2011 Community Involvement Award for her work as founder of a Toronto food bank, meal and support program for inner-city youth. She currently lives in Picton, Ont. where she spends time outside of work volunteering with the County Food Hub, the Hastings & Prince Edward Learning Foundation and helps out at various local farms and wineries.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

7/7/2025
POLL: Do you have multiple jobs either in or out of the pharmacy?
Many of our bloggers talk about side businesses and entrepreneurship within the world of pharmacy—but how many Canadian pharmacists are actually taking on projects like these?

Vicki Wood
7/6/2025
Ice, ice baby
The second summertime shot in our reader photo contest is a departure from the usual hot and steamy summertime scene.

Vicki Wood
7/3/2025
Sun on the water
Happy July, Canadians! Here is the first of the photos submitted by our readers for this year's summer photo contest!

Vicki Wood
7/1/2025
We have our winners!
We asked pharmacy students to submit essays for our 2025 writing contest and they did not disappoint. Here are the winners.

Vicki Wood
6/29/2025
Who’s afraid of AI?
I am, a little. As someone whose job is to learn about a subject, examine it from many angles, then assess, distill and clearly communicate what’s important about it, artificial intelligence seems threatening. It’s my new competitor, if you will.

Vicki Wood
6/26/2025
Start your cameras—it's our summer photo contest!
Send us your favourite summer photos for a chance to win a gift card (and national publication!).

Vicki Wood
6/15/2025
Editorial: New ideas from surprising sources
Along with April showers and the promise of warm sunshiny days to come, Spring is traditionally pharmacy conference season.

Vicki Wood
6/5/2025
Pharmacy Practice + Business wins Gold!
Recognized as Best Brand in business-to-business publishing at National Magazines Foundation's B2B Awards.

Vicki Wood
5/15/2025
Editorial: It’s not ‘just’ OTC counselliing
As someone who edits and writes for a pharmacy publication, it may seem strange that I am not a pharmacist. Nor do I have experience taking prescription medicines, other than the occasional antibiotic.

Vicki Wood
5/15/2025
Minor ailments two years later—Ontario forum looks back and ahead
A one-day forum marks two years of pharmacist minor ailment assessment in Ontario with recognition awards, a research update and a look at how to better prepare new pharmacists to maximize their role in minor ailments

Vicki Wood