English is the official language of Yukon and it is important that health professionals know it well. The National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) has established language proficiency standards that define the level of language proficiency expected of a pharmacist in Canada. Please review these standards at www.pharmacistsgatewaycanada.ca/what-language- proficiency.shtml. The Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada at www.pharmacistsgatewaycanada.ca is the starting point for International Pharmacy Graduates (IPGs) on the path to licensure. The Gateway is a central repository for your original documents and evaluation results, in addition to providing the most up-to-date and accurate information about licensure in Canada. Candidates who obtained their pharmacy education outside of Canada or the United States of America are required to register on the Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada and receive a National Identifier Number before applying to the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) for document evaluation and the Evaluation Examination. The assessment of educational credentials and qualifications is conducted by the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) on behalf of all Canadian pharmacy regulatory authorities. Information about this process can be found on the PEBC website at www.pebc.ca. The Government of Yukon’s Professional Licensing & Regulatory Affairs Branch in the Department of Community Services is the regulatory authority for Pharmacists in Yukon (“the Yukon regulator”). Once you have passed the national entry-to-practice exam please contact their office for further information. Contact information can be found at the end of this pamphlet. If licensure as a pharmacist is not an option, you could pursue a career as a pharmacy assistant. This is an unregulated profession and job offerings may be advertised in the local newspapers or on www.yuwin.ca. For other career options please contact one of the career counsellors in Whitehorse. A contact list is available at www.yukoniehp.ca. Before you can work as a Pharmacist in Yukon, you need to get a licence from the Government of Yukon. The following steps explain the path to licensure. For more information about working and living in Yukon, funding supports and other helpful resources, please visit the Yukon web portal for Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHP) at www.yukoniehp.ca. A bridging program is a program that introduces you to the practice of pharmacy in Canada and helps you prepare for the qualifying exams and for the work as a pharmacist in Canada. Before you can apply to a bridging program you will need to pass the PEBC Evaluating Exam, except if you completed your pharmacy education in the United States of America. There are currently three bridging programs offered in Canada: 1. Canadian Pharmacy Practice Programme (CP3) at the University of British Columbia 2. International Pharmacy Graduate Program at the University of Toronto 3. International Pharmacy Bridging Program at the Bredin Institute in Alberta Please visit their websites for more information. Certification of an applicant’s knowledge, skills and abilities at entry to practice is granted by the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC). Please visit the PEBC website at www.pebc.ca for more information on the PEBC Qualifying Examinations. STEP 1: LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY STEP 2: QUALIFICATION RECOGNITION NATIONAL ENTRY-TO-PRACTICE EXAM STEP 4: LICENSURE STEP 5: RELATED CAREERS STEP 6: FOLLOWING THE STEPS STEP 3: BRIDGING PROGRAMS Information for Internationally Educated Health Professionals on Pharmacists CONTACT INFORMATION Office of the Registrar of Pharmacists Professional Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Branch Department of Community Services Government of Yukon P.O. Box 2703, C-5 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6 Canada Phone: 867-667-5111 Fax: 867-667-3609 Email: [email protected] Website: www.community.gov.yk.ca/pharmacists The development of this pamphlet has been made possible by funding from Health Canada.
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English is the official language of Yukon and it is important that health professionals know it well.The National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) has established language proficiency standards that define the level of language proficiency expected of a pharmacist in Canada. Please review these standards at www.pharmacistsgatewaycanada.ca/what-language-proficiency.shtml.
The Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada at www.pharmacistsgatewaycanada.ca is the starting point for International Pharmacy Graduates (IPGs) on the path to licensure. The Gateway is a central repository for your original documents and evaluation results, in addition to providing the most up-to-date and accurate information about licensure in Canada.Candidates who obtained their pharmacy education outside of Canada or the United States of America are required to register on the Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada and receive a National Identifier Number before applying to the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) for document evaluation and the Evaluation Examination.The assessment of educational credentials and qualifications is conducted by the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) on behalf of all Canadian pharmacy regulatory authorities. Information about this process can be found on the PEBC website at www.pebc.ca.
The Government of Yukon’s Professional Licensing & Regulatory Affairs Branch in the Department of Community Services is the regulatory authority for Pharmacists in Yukon (“the Yukon regulator”). Once you have passed the national entry-to-practice exam please contact their office for further information.Contact information can be found at the end of this pamphlet.
If licensure as a pharmacist is not an option, you could pursue a career as a pharmacy assistant. This is an unregulated profession and job offerings may be advertised in the local newspapers or on www.yuwin.ca.
For other career options please contact one of the career counsellors in Whitehorse. A contact list is available at www.yukoniehp.ca.
Before you can work as a Pharmacist in Yukon, you need to get a licence from the Government of Yukon.The following steps explain the path to licensure.For more information about working and living in Yukon, funding supports and other helpful resources, please visit the Yukon web portal for Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHP) at www.yukoniehp.ca.
A bridging program is a program that introduces you to the practice of pharmacy in Canada and helps you prepare for the qualifying exams and for the work as a pharmacist in Canada.Before you can apply to a bridging program you will need to pass the PEBC Evaluating Exam, except if you completed your pharmacy education in the United States of America.
There are currently three bridging programs offered in Canada:
1. Canadian Pharmacy Practice Programme (CP3) at the University of British Columbia
2. International Pharmacy Graduate Program at the University of Toronto
3. International Pharmacy Bridging Program at the Bredin Institute in Alberta
Please visit their websites for more information.
Certification of an applicant’s knowledge, skills and abilities at entry to practice is granted by the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC).
Please visit the PEBC website at www.pebc.ca for more information on the PEBC Qualifying Examinations.
STEP 1: LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
STEP 2: QUALIFICATION RECOGNITION
NATIONAL ENTRY-TO-PRACTICE EXAMSTEP 4:
LICENSURESTEP 5:
RELATED CAREERSSTEP 6:FOLLOWING THE STEPS STEP 3: BRIDGING PROGRAMSInformation forInternationally Educated
Health Professionals on
Pharmacists
CONTACT INFORMATIONOffice of the Registrar of Pharmacists Professional Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Branch Department of Community Services Government of Yukon P.O. Box 2703, C-5 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6 Canada Phone: 867-667-5111Fax: 867-667-3609Email: [email protected] Website: www.community.gov.yk.ca/pharmacists
The development of this pamphlet has been made possible by funding from Health Canada.
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