| | All students at the Lesley Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at University of Toronto are automatically members of the Undergraduate Pharmacy Society (UPS).
A membership fee of $57.50 is included in your tuition every year. The members of the UPS central executive, work hard in our various roles to promote activities that ultimately enhance the educational experience for all pharmacy students.
- Membership Info
- Council Members
- Class Councils
- Meetings
- UPS Points
- Contact Us
Here is a list of the things that UPS organizes and contributes to throughout the year:
Athletics
- Intramural teams in basketball, volleyball, hockey, soccer, football, and others
- Tug of war
- Curling bonspiel
- Squash tournaments
Social events
- Phrosh week & banquet
- Boat cruise
- Phollies
- Semi-formal
Events that promote our profession
- Pharmacy Awareness Week
- Health Fair
- Homecoming Float
Charity week
Collaboration with CAPSI local to provide students with subsidies to attend PDW
Funding of student initiatives (new as of 2004!)
Public phone in the lounge at the faculty building
Organising big-sibling pairings for new students
Pharmacy clothing sales
In addition, we also produce a variety of publications that help to keep the students informed of what’s happening and to bring everyone closer together:
- UPS Website – you’re looking at it!
- The Monograph – free newspaper distributed 6 times a year
- The Pharmakon – our yearbook that’s bursting with memories to last a lifetime
- The Key – a handy directory with contact and other information
- Who’s Who – compilation of each class’s mugshots, distributed to the first year class
- Class listservs – mass emails to classes containing important notices — check often!
Participating in UPS events will earn you UPS points. Although they are sadly not redeemable for money or air miles, if you collect enough you’ll receive awards! Starting from getting a Pharmacy “P” at 70 points, if you work your way up to 350 points there will be a Walton award with your name on it waiting for you, collecting also a plaque and the Dean’s Award along the way.
Well, that fairly sums up the benefits of being a member of the Undergraduate Pharmacy Society in a coconut shell. If you want to learn more, feel free to look through our constitution, which has far more information than you can shake a stick at. | |
