Student Exchange Officer

Farah Hadji

University of Montréal, Class of 2025

Pronouns: She/Her

Education (Prior to pharmacy school): Chemistry bachelor and MBA

3 adjectives to describe yourself: Determined, passionate, creative

Why did you join CAPSI?

Joining a council provides a platform for collaboration and teamwork among pharmacy students from different institutions and around the World. Through joint projects, committees, and events, you can work together with your peers to achieve common goals, share knowledge and experiences, and develop a sense of friendship within the pharmacy community.

What drug are you and why?

Cortisol because I’m the solution to many problems (just like Cortisol is uses in many health problems)

seo@capsi.ca

Duties for IPSF Student Exchange Officer

- Along with IPSF Liaison, 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 Student Exchange Program (SEP) via the IPSF local Senior and Junior Representatives.
- Act as the Chairperson of the CAPSI IPSF SEP Selection Committee, which selects the CAPSI students to participate in SEP (Section 7.9). Student selection should be based on the criteria set by the IPSF SEP Selection Committee.
- Along with the IPSF Liaison, coordinate and facilitate online meetings with each of the individual IPSF local representatives at the beginning of the school year and also a general meeting during PDW.
- Work with SEOs of other countries to find placements for CAPSI students going abroad based on student preference.
- Conduct a thorough search for host sites for the SEP.
- Send application forms of international students to Canadian host sites for selection. Act as a liaison between the host site and the chosen student.
- Arrange appropriate visas for incoming students.
- Contact Local IPSF Representatives, alongside the IPSF Liaison, to arrange accommodations and social events for incoming students.
- Promote SEP to students and recent graduates.
- Promote IPSF and SEP to national organizations such as CPhA, CSHP, CACDS and PSF as well as pharmacists. Promotion can be done via, but not limited to:
  - - Advertisements
    - Articles
    - Newsletters
    - Journals
    - Social Media
- Participate as an active member of the National Council.
- Submit articles of national student interest and an update of activities to the CAPSIL, such as but not limited to other IPSF Member Organizations
- Encourage CAPSI student members who went on exchange to write articles about their experience.
- Develop new ideas to further CAPSI (both nationally and internationally) and implement these ideas with the approval of council.
- 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.
- Use the checklist approach to keep track of tasks that have been completed, are in progress, and have been completed.
- Please note that the mandate of the SEO will start in June, however it will end at the end of August the following year. This is to ensure the continuity of SEP during the summer.