Undergraduate Pharmacy Society (UPS)
The UPS (Undergraduate Pharmacy Society) is an organization run by the students, for the students.
The UPS advocates for pharmacy students, provides social, athletic, and professional events, and promotes a positive community for pharmacy through regular involvement.
As a pharmacy student, you are automatically a member of this society. UPS links all four classes together, as well as the faculty staff.
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UPS Levies
The UPS collects three per-semester fees that go towards improving pharmacy students' campus life.
Society Fee | $18.00
The Society Fee contributes funding towards UPS events and initiatives including: athletics (Curling Bonspiel, OPA Hockey Cup, Ontario Pharmacy Soccer Cup, Faculty vs. Students Basketball Game), social events (Back to School BBQ, Halloween & Christmas Social Events), UPS ticket events (Boat Cruise, Phollies, Semi-Formal), Monograph, Pharmakon, conference subsidies (OPA/PXP, PDW, OPSIS), IPSF exchange subsidies, and the Student Initiatives Fund which directly funds student-run clubs within the faculty.
CAPSI | $9.50
The Canadian Association of Pharmacy Students and Interns (CAPSI) is a national organization that serves to unify and support students from all ten faculties of pharmacy across Canada. When paying the CAPSI fee you become a CAPSI, IPSF, and Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) member, and will have access to the following: CAPSI competitions/awards, Professional Development Week (PDW), Student Exchange Programme, mock OSCEs, free agendas, continuing professional development programs, and textbooks/Staples/PEBC preparatory material discounts.
Graduation Events | $8.50
Each class has a class fund which contributes towards organizing class council events, subsidizing your graduation formal, and graduation gifts for your class.
A .PDF document clearly outlining where your UPS Student Fees go can be found by downloading this hyperlinked document.
Contact Us & Get Involved!
Please contact UPS at ups@uoftpharmacy.com if you have any questions or want to get involved!
Comprehensive lists, board structure, events, schedules, the points system, and more, can all be found on our website at uoftpharmacy.com.