Lindsay Zhao
University of Waterloo, Class of 2026
Pronouns: she/her/elle
Education (Prior to pharmacy school): 2 years of biological sciences at the University of Calgary
3 adjectives to describe yourself: diligent, detail-oriented, demure
Why did you join CAPSI?
I was thankful for the sense of community that local CAPSI provided to me and wanted to be able to represent pharmacy students on an international level.
If you were to marry a drug, what would it be and why?
Modafinil because it seems stable, reliable, and supportive.
ipsf@capsi.ca
Duties for IPSF Liaison
- Act as liaison to the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation, and be its link to CAPSI.
- Introduce, implement, promote, and co-ordinate the various IPSF projects for the current year.
- Represent and appropriately arrange adequate representation of CAPSI at the IPSF Annual Congress by Official Delegates of CAPSI, and instruct these delegates fully of their duties at Congress; to attend the IPSF conference.
- Disseminate information regarding IPSF activities (except the Student Exchange Program) via the local and IPSF representatives.
- Provide information and registration forms for the annual IPSF Congress.
- Promote IPSF to students and recent graduates.
- Inform CAPSI National of the application deadlines for IPSF Membership.
- Act as Canadian Coordinator of the various IPSF Projects.
- Develop new ideas to further CAPSI (both nationally and internationally) and implement these ideas with the approval of council.
- Participate as an active member of council.
- Actively participate in the CAPSI IPSF Student Exchange Program Selection Committee (Section 7.9).
- Submit articles of national student interest and an update of activities to the CAPSIL.
- Inform and provide activity reports and year-end reports to IPSF in regards to CAPSI (e.g. PDW, CAPSI Competitions, health campaigns, Symposia, PAM, community outreach programs, etc).
- Recruit and distribute various campaign materials or IPSF resources to all the local IPSF Representatives.
- Along with the Student Exchange Officer (SEO), coordinate and facilitate online meetings with each of the individual local IPSF Liaison at the beginning of the school year and also a general meeting during PDW.
- Attend meetings and prepare and distribute reports at two Meetings: PDW and the TC prior to the CPhA Conference. Reports may be made throughout the year to inform the National Council as needed.
- Organize the IPSF Health Campaign Award.
- Use the checklist approach to keep track of tasks that have been completed, are in progress, and have been completed.
Valuable Skills & Traits
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Time management
- Organization
- Desire to attain a global awareness and perspective