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

1/27/2022
The evolving role of therapeutic nutrition
How pharmacists can support patients using nutrition strategies to manage various diseases

Vicki Wood
1/27/2022
Reader photo: Hawk eyes on the prize
This weeks' reader photo of a hawk on the hunt was submitted by Phil McOrmand of Mill Bay, BC.

Vicki Wood
1/24/2022
VIDEO: Meet new business columnist Amy Oliver
Amy's new back-page column, A Dose of Strategy, premieres in the February print edition of Pharmacy Practice + Business. In this video, she explains her goals.

Vicki Wood
1/20/2022
Reader photo: Lush and lovely Vancouver Island
They don't call it Beautiful British Columbia for nothing, folks. Chris Snyder captures the beauty of Vancouver Island for our reader photo feature.

Vicki Wood
1/13/2022
Reader Photo: Mystical Mahone Bay
Beautiful Nova Scotian scenes like this one from Deb Hawkes have been dominating this reader photo contest. Where are our Western Canadian pharmacist/photographers?

Vicki Wood
1/10/2022
Affordable, patent-free vaccine against COVID-19 starting production in India
Texas researchers give formula for easier, more affordably manufactured vaccine freely to developing countries so they can manufacturer their own supplies.

Vicki Wood
1/6/2022
Breakthrough COVID-19 infection rates higher among those with immune dysfunction
But vaccination still offers protection, study finds

Vicki Wood
1/6/2022
Quebec pharmacies to receive new supply of rapid tests next week
Pharmacy supplies of take-home rapid antigen tets ran out within days of announced distribution date of December 20.

Vicki Wood
1/6/2022
First reader photo of 2022: Snow bird
Check out our first submission of the year; plus, find out who won December's prize!

Vicki Wood
1/3/2022
Things I learned in 2021
As the pandemic drags on into its third (!!!) year, here are a few lessons learned that have helped me to not just cope, but thrive

Vicki Wood