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The '''Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy''' is a [[pharmacy school]] and an academic division of the [[University of Toronto]]. The faculty is located on the northwestern corner of [[College Street (Toronto)|College Street]] and [[University Avenue (Toronto)|University Avenue]], placing it across from the [[Ontario Legislative Building]] and at the entrance to [[Queen's Park (TTC)|Queen's Park]] station. It is also situated 1-2 blocks away from four internationally renowned hospitals — the [[Hospital for Sick Children]], [[Princess Margaret Cancer Centre]], [[Toronto General Hospital]] and [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)|Mount Sinai Hospital]]. It is part of Toronto's [[Discovery District]].
The '''Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy''' is a [[pharmacy school]] and an academic division of the [[University of Toronto]]. The school is located on the northwestern corner of [[College Street (Toronto)|College Street]] and [[University Avenue (Toronto)|University Avenue]], placing it across from the [[Ontario Legislative Building]] and at the entrance to [[Queen's Park (TTC)|Queen's Park]] station. It is also situated near four internationally renowned hospitals—[[The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto|The Hospital for Sick Children]], [[Princess Margaret Cancer Centre]], [[Toronto General Hospital]] and [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)|Mount Sinai Hospital]]. It is part of Toronto's [[Discovery District]].


The Faculty of Pharmacy Building is an award-winning structure and a state-of-the-art facility in terms of both its educational facilities<ref name="Gliding Through Space promo"/><ref name="World Architecture News">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=517 |title=Foster and Partners’ unveil the unique Leslie L. Dan pharmacy building in Toronto |work=World Architecture News .com |date=18 September 2006 |accessdate=19 September 2009}}</ref> and its architectural design.<ref name="PharmConnectNovDec01">{{cite journal |journal=Pharmacy Connection |volume=8 |issue=6 |date=November–December 2001 |editor=Croteau, Della |issn=1198-354X |publisher=[[Ontario College of Pharmacists]] |title=Faculty Facts |last=Lavack |first=Leslie |page=14}}</ref><ref name="MagSpring06">{{cite journal |url=http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/spring-2006/leslie-dan-pharmacy-building-foster-and-partners-architects/ |last=Foss |first=Krista |title=An Esthetic Marvel |date=Spring 2006 |journal=UofT Magazine |accessdate=22 September 2009}}</ref> It is particularly notable for its two orb-shaped classrooms, referred to as the "pods", which are suspended lecture halls. The pods are lit at night with coloured stage lights visible from afar, giving the building a "[[Star Trek]] feel".<ref name="TheStarSept16">{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Louise |newspaper=The [[Toronto Star]] |date=16 September 2006 |accessdate=17 September 2009 |location=[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] |page=R1 |title=Rx for excellence}}</ref> Likened to giant glowing [[pill (pharmacy)|pills]], the pods are reason #113 to love Toronto,<ref name="LoveTO">{{cite news |title=Happy demisemiseptcentennial!; To mark the occasion, here are 175 reasons we love Toronto |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |accessdate=21 September 2009 |date=5 March 2009 |author=Anonymous |page=E6}}</ref> and have been deemed "something of a local landmark."<ref name="Pugs">{{cite news |last=Hume |first=Christopher |accessdate=21 September 2009 |title=We agree Gardiner is belle of the ball |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=7 June 2007 |page=A17}}</ref>
The Faculty of Pharmacy Building is particularly notable for its two orb-shaped classrooms, referred to as the "pods", which are suspended lecture halls. The pods are lit at night with coloured stage lights visible from afar, giving the building a "[[Star Trek]] feel".<ref name="TheStarSept16">{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Louise |newspaper=The [[Toronto Star]] |date=16 September 2006 |location=[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] |page=R1 |title=Rx for excellence}}</ref> Likened to giant glowing [[pill (pharmacy)|pills]], the pods have been deemed "something of a local landmark."<ref name="Pugs">{{cite news |last=Hume |first=Christopher |title=We agree Gardiner is belle of the ball |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=7 June 2007 |page=A17}}</ref> The Pharmacy Building has received international coverage and awards, in part because of its design team, including world-famous [[Sir Norman Foster]] and [[Claude Engle]], as well as its high-profile sponsor [[Leslie Dan]]. It was also featured on the cover of, as well as profiled in, the book ''Detail in Process''.<ref name="Detail in Process">{{cite book |title=Detail in Process |last1=Killory |first1=Christine |last2=Davids |first2=René |publisher=[[Princeton Architectural Press]] |year=2008 |series=AsBuilt series |volume=2 |isbn=978-1-56898-718-7 |pages=Front cover; 68–77}}</ref>

The Pharmacy Building has received international coverage and awards, in part because of its design team, including world-famous [[Sir Norman Foster]] and [[Claude Engle]], as well as its high-profile sponsor [[Leslie Dan]]. It was also featured on the cover of, as well as profiled in, the book ''Detail In Process''.<ref name="Detail in Process">{{cite book |title=Detail In Process |last1=Killory |first1=Christine |last2=Davids |first2=René |publisher=[[Princeton Architectural Press]] |year=2008 |series=AsBuilt series |volume=2 |isbn=1-56898-718-8 |pages=Front cover; 68–77}}</ref>
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==History==
==History==
The Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto began in 1853, when the Ontario College of Pharmacy (now Pharmacists) who first operated at the school had merged into the school curriculum.<ref name="utoronto1">“Our History.” pharmacy.utoronto.ca. Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, n.d. Web.n.d. < {{cite web |url=http://pharmacy.utoronto.ca/about/history.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-10-18 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922084315/http://pharmacy.utoronto.ca/about/history.htm |archivedate=22 September 2010 |df=dmy-all }}></ref> By 1868, the pharmacy program consisted of only a few evenings of voluntary classes, with no practically prerequisite classes. However, the long, tradition apprenticeship of this professional field had pressed a strong emphasis onto the students. Today, the program has evolved into “a compulsory, four-year second-entry scientific and professional university course with a supervised period of professional practice.”<ref name="utoronto1"/> The organization of this program has become significantly more structured. This change in focus strayed away from the predominant emphasis of the practice of training through an apprenticeship to today’s emphasis of a theoretical study and application of those skills in real-life situations. Students are better equipped with the skills which are required to meet the present needs of the profession. The University of Toronto was the only school in Ontario to offer a pharmacy education until the opening of the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy in 2008.
The Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto began in 1853, when the Ontario College of Pharmacy (now Pharmacists) who first operated at the school had merged into the school curriculum.<ref name="Beales">{{cite journal |last1=Beales |first1=Jennifer |last2=Austin |first2=Zubin |title=The Pursuit of Legitimacy and Professionalism: The evolution of pharmacy in Ontario |journal=Pharmaceutical Historian |date=2006 |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=22–27 |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7152/8e409dbbf682622519d486d083fab8e01a03.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802162929/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7152/8e409dbbf682622519d486d083fab8e01a03.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-08-02 |accessdate=2 August 2018|pmid=17153741 |s2cid=5899405}}</ref><ref name="utoronto1">"Our History." pharmacy.utoronto.ca. Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, n.d. Web.n.d. < {{cite web |url=http://pharmacy.utoronto.ca/about/history.htm |title=History |accessdate=2010-10-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922084315/http://pharmacy.utoronto.ca/about/history.htm |archivedate=22 September 2010 |df=dmy-all}}></ref> By 1868, the pharmacy program consisted of only a few evenings of voluntary classes, with no practically prerequisite classes. However, the long, traditional apprenticeship of this professional field had pressed a strong emphasis onto the students. Today, the program has evolved into "a compulsory, four-year second-entry scientific and professional university course with a supervised period of professional practice."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Frankel |first1=Grace |last2=Louizos |first2=Christopher |last3=Austin |first3=Zubin |title=Canadian Educational Approaches for the Advancement of Pharmacy Practice |journal=Am J Pharm Educ |date=2014 |volume=78 |issue=7 |page=143 |pmid=25258448 |doi=10.5688/ajpe787143|pmc=4174385}}</ref><ref name="utoronto1"/> The organisation of this program has become significantly more structured. This change in focus strayed away from the predominant emphasis of the practice of training through an apprenticeship to today's emphasis of a theoretical study and application of those skills in real-life situations. Students are better equipped with the skills which are required to meet the present needs of the profession. The University of Toronto was the only school in Ontario to offer a pharmacy education until the opening of the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy in 2008.


In 1877, the Faculty moved into the University of Toronto campus, and new levels of pharmaceutical education was offered as a PhD degree at the University of Toronto was being arranged.<ref name="utoronto1"/> As the demands for more pharmacists increased, the demands of professional education in this particular field increased as well. As a result, in 1992, the faculty introduced the PharmD-Doctor of Pharmacy- in hopes to accommodate for the growing need for graduates in the field.<ref name="utoronto1"/> Within the past decade, enrolment in the undergraduate and graduate programs and doubled and tripled in size respectively. The Faculty had no choice but to expand their facilities, thus moving to their current location at 144 College Street in 2006.
In 1877, the Faculty moved into the University of Toronto campus, and new levels of pharmaceutical education was offered as a PhD degree at the University of Toronto was being arranged.<ref name="utoronto1" /> As the demands for more pharmacists increased, the demands of professional education in this particular field increased as well. As a result, in 1992, the faculty introduced the PharmD ([[Doctor of Pharmacy]]) in hopes to accommodate for the growing need for graduates in the field.<ref name="utoronto1" /> Within the past decade, enrolment in the undergraduate and graduate programs and doubled and tripled in size respectively. The Faculty had no choice but to expand their facilities, thus moving to their current location at 144 College Street in 2006. The Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Toronto's Arms and Badge were registered with the [[Canadian Heraldic Authority]] on 17 May 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=788 |title=Arms and Badge |access-date=17 May 2010 |archive-date=16 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616051050/http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=788 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Latin motto is "Trutina Penso Doctrinae" which means "I weigh by the balance of learning."
The Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Toronto's Arms and Badge were registered with the [[Canadian Heraldic Authority]] on 17 May 2001.<ref>[http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=788 Arms and Badge]</ref> The Latin motto is “Trutina Penso Doctrinae” which means “I weigh by the balance of learning.”


As the only faculty of pharmacy in Ontario until 2007, the Faculty needed to expand beyond 120 students per year, but could not do so in its limited space. The largest room in the former Pharmacy Building (the [[Norman F. Hughes]] building, now the Anthropology Building, located at Huron St. and Russell St.) held only 30 students, and each year (at the time of the proposal) had 120 students.<ref name="PharmConnectNovDec01"/><ref name="TheStarSept16"/> Thus, none of the pharmacy classes could be held within its own building, a serious problem for any [[professional degree|professional faculty]]. As well, the various pharmacy [[Laboratory|research labs]] were interspersed throughout the campus.<ref name="Detail in Process"/><ref name="MagFall03">{{cite journal |journal=UofT Magazine |date=Autumn 2003 |title=Class Structures: Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building |last=Easton |first=Megan |accessdate=22 September 2009}}</ref>
As the only faculty of pharmacy in Ontario until 2007, the Faculty needed to expand beyond 120 students per year, but could not do so in its limited space. The largest room in the former Pharmacy Building (the [[Norman F. Hughes]] building, now the Anthropology Building, located at Huron St. and Russell St.) held only 30 students, and each year (at the time of the proposal) had 120 students.<ref name="PharmConnectNovDec01">{{cite journal |journal=Pharmacy Connection |volume=8 |issue=6 |date=November–December 2001 |editor=Croteau, Della |issn=1198-354X |publisher=[[Ontario College of Pharmacists]] |title=Faculty Facts |last=Lavack |first=Leslie |page=14}}</ref><ref name="TheStarSept16" /> Thus, none of the pharmacy classes could be held within its own building, a serious problem for any [[professional degree|professional faculty]]. As well, the various pharmacy [[Laboratory|research labs]] were interspersed throughout the campus.<ref name="Detail in Process"/><ref name="MagFall03">{{cite journal |journal=UofT Magazine |date=Autumn 2003 |title=Class Structures: Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building |last=Easton |first=Megan}}</ref>


Construction of a new building enabled the [[Bachelor of Pharmacy|pharmacy programme]] to gradually increase its student intake to 240 new students per year in September 2006, doubling its previous capacity;<ref name="PharmConnectNovDec01"/><ref name="Enrolment report 2005-06">{{cite web |title=Enrolment Report 2005-06: Actual and Projected Enrolments |accessdate=21 September 2009 |work=Office of the Vice-President and [[Provost (education)|Provost]] |url=http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/Assets/Provost+Digital+Assets/Provost/publication/Reports/Enrolment+Report+2008-09.pdf |format=PDF |pages=14, 16 |publisher=[[University of Toronto]]}}</ref><ref name="Enrolment report 2008-09">{{cite web |title=Enrolment Report 2008-09: Actual and Projected Enrolments |accessdate=21 September 2009 |work=Office of the Vice-President and [[Provost (education)|Provost]] |url=http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/Assets/Provost+Digital+Assets/Provost/publication/Reports/rpt.pdf |format=PDF |pages=11, 12 |publisher=[[University of Toronto]]}}</ref> between 2000 and 2008, the total enrolment in the pharmacy program (all 4 years) increased from 499 to 1,011 students.<ref name="Enrolment report 2005-06"/><ref name="Enrolment report 2008-09"/> Other programs administrated by the Faculty, including the [[Graduate school|graduate]]-level advanced [[Pharmacy school#Canada|Pharm.D.]] program (not to be confused with an [[First professional degree|entry-level]] [[Pharm.D.]]), the [[Bachelor of Science]] [[Academic specialization|specialisation]] in [[pharmaceutical chemistry]], the [[M.Sc.]] and [[Ph.D.]] programmes in [[pharmaceutical sciences]] and the International Pharmacy Graduates [[bridging program]]me also experienced significant growth.<ref name="Enrolment reports page">{{cite web |title=Enrolment Reports |work=Office of the Vice-President and [[Provost (education)|Provost]] |publisher=[[University of Toronto]] |accessdate=21 September 2009 |url=http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/public/reports/enrolment.htm}}</ref> On 19 April 2011, the Faculty announced a $1 million donation from [[Walmart Canada]] to create the Walmart Canada International Pharmacy Education Centre. This Centre will feature enhanced facilities including a one hundred seat classroom, and will allow increased enrollment into the programme.<ref name="Walmart Canada International Pharmacy Education Centre">{{cite web |title=Walmart Canada International Pharmacy Education Centre |publisher=[[University of Toronto]] |accessdate=7 May 2011 |url=http://pharmacy.utoronto.ca/about/news-announcements/wcipec.htm |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824091856/http://pharmacy.utoronto.ca/about/news-announcements/wcipec.htm |archivedate=24 August 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Construction of a new building enabled the [[Bachelor of Pharmacy|pharmacy programme]] to gradually increase its student intake to 240 new students per year in September 2006, doubling its previous capacity;<ref name="PharmConnectNovDec01"/><ref name="Enrolment report 2005-06">{{cite web |title=Enrolment Report 2005-06: Actual and Projected Enrolments |accessdate=21 September 2009 |work=Office of the Vice-President and [[Provost (education)|Provost]] |url=http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/Assets/Provost+Digital+Assets/Provost/publication/Reports/Enrolment+Report+2008-09.pdf |pages=14, 16 |publisher=[[University of Toronto]]}}</ref><ref name="Enrolment report 2008-09">{{cite web |title=Enrolment Report 2008-09: Actual and Projected Enrolments |accessdate=21 September 2009 |work=Office of the Vice-President and [[Provost (education)|Provost]] |url=http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/Assets/Provost+Digital+Assets/Provost/publication/Reports/rpt.pdf |pages=11, 12 |publisher=[[University of Toronto]]}}</ref> between 2000 and 2008, the total enrolment in the pharmacy program (all 4 years) increased from 499 to 1,011 students.<ref name="Enrolment report 2005-06"/><ref name="Enrolment report 2008-09"/> Other programs administrated by the Faculty, including the [[Graduate school|graduate]]-level advanced [[Pharmacy school#Canada|Pharm.D.]] program (not to be confused with an [[First professional degree|entry-level]] [[Pharm.D.]]), the [[Bachelor of Science]] [[Academic specialization|specialisation]] in [[pharmaceutical chemistry]], the [[MSc]] and [[PhD]] programmes in [[pharmaceutical sciences]] and the International Pharmacy Graduates [[bridging program]]me also experienced significant growth.<ref name="Enrolment reports page">{{cite web |title=Enrolment Reports |work=Office of the Vice-President and [[Provost (education)|Provost]] |publisher=[[University of Toronto]] |accessdate=21 September 2009 |url=http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/public/reports/enrolment.htm |archive-date=30 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330151325/http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/public/Reports/enrolment.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> On 19 April 2011, the Faculty announced a $1 million donation from [[Walmart Canada]] to create the Walmart Canada International Pharmacy Education Centre. This centre will feature enhanced facilities including a one hundred seat classroom, and will allow increased enrolment into the programme.<ref name="Walmart Canada International Pharmacy Education Centre">{{cite web |title=Walmart Canada International Pharmacy Education Centre |publisher=[[University of Toronto]] |accessdate=7 May 2011 |url=http://pharmacy.utoronto.ca/about/news-announcements/wcipec.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824091856/http://pharmacy.utoronto.ca/about/news-announcements/wcipec.htm |archivedate=24 August 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>


The $75-million (CAD) building was funded by numerous alumni and organisations, along with the [[Government of Ontario]]'s SuperBuild fund. The building was named the Leslie L. Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Building in 2001 in honour of the generous donation made by Leslie Dan, an alumnus of the school and a noted [[pharmacist]], [[philanthropist]], [[entrepreneur]] and [[Order of Canada#Member|Member]] of the [[Order of Canada]], as well as founder of the [[generic drug]] manufacturer [[Teva Canada|Novopharm]] and the [[Canadian Medical Aid Programme]]. Dan donated $8 million earmarked specifically for the building in 2000, at which point the building was named for him; this was followed up with a $7 million donation to his alma mater in 2002, resulting in the Faculty of Pharmacy being renamed to the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy.<ref name="TheStarSept16"/><ref name="GlobeMailRenaming">{{cite news |newspaper=[[Globe and Mail]] |title=Pharmacy school will bear name of donor |date=6 April 2002 |page=A19 |last=Adams |first=James |location=Toronto, Ontario}}</ref>
The $75-million (CAD) building was funded by numerous alumni and organisations, along with the [[Government of Ontario]]'s SuperBuild fund. The building was named the Leslie L. Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Building in 2001 in honour of the generous donation made by Leslie Dan, an alumnus of the school and a noted [[pharmacist]], [[philanthropist]], [[entrepreneur]] and [[Order of Canada#Member|Member]] of the [[Order of Canada]], as well as founder of the [[generic drug]] manufacturer [[Teva Canada|Novopharm]] and the [[Canadian Medical Aid Programme]]. Dan donated $8 million earmarked specifically for the building in 2000, at which point the building was named for him; this was followed up with a $7 million donation to his alma mater in 2002, resulting in the Faculty of Pharmacy being renamed to the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy.<ref name="TheStarSept16"/><ref name="GlobeMailRenaming">{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |title=Pharmacy school will bear name of donor |date=6 April 2002 |page=A19 |last=Adams |first=James |location=Toronto, Ontario}}</ref>

=== COVID-19 pandemic ===
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|COVID-19 pandemic]], the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy received a $554,792 grant from the [[Public Health Agency of Canada]]'s Immunization Partnership Fund to reduce adult [[vaccine hesitancy]] through the CARD (Comfort, Ask, Relax and Distract) system previously developed for children.<ref>{{Cite web |last=[[Public Health Agency of Canada]] |date=2022-10-12 |title=Immunization Partnership Fund |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization-vaccine-priorities/immunization-partnership-fund.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104154209/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization-vaccine-priorities/immunization-partnership-fund.html |archive-date=2022-11-04 |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=[[Government of Canada]]}}</ref> This strategy was implemented to increase uptake of [[COVID-19 vaccine|COVID-19 vaccines]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Taddio |first=Anna |last2=Ilersich |first2=Anthony |last3=McMurtry |first3=C Meghan |last4=Bucci |first4=Lucie M |last5=MacDonald |first5=Noni E |date=2021-01-29 |title=Managing pain and fear: Playing your CARDs to improve the vaccination experience |url=https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v47i01a12 |journal=Canada Communicable Disease Report |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=87–91 |doi=10.14745/ccdr.v47i01a12 |issn=1481-8531 |pmc=7920573 |pmid=33679251}}</ref>


==Academics and curricula==
==Academics and curricula==
The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy administers two specialized degree programs in pharmacy:
The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy offers several degrees:

*Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
*Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) for Pharmacists

The current entry-to-practice PharmD program graduated its first class in 2015, coinciding with the graduation of the last class of traditional post-graduate PharmD students.<ref name="First Class of PharmD Students Graduate">{{cite web |url=http://pharmacy.utoronto.ca/newsfeed/convocation-06-2015 |title=First Class of PharmD Students Graduates |accessdate=3 August 2015}}</ref> This change mirrors that of the pharmacy curriculum in the United States of America: introducing advanced pharmacy practice experiences, increasing program admission requirements, thereby reducing and streamlining the didactic portions of the curriculum. This new entry-to-practice PharmD program replaces the previous entry-to-practice Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BScPhm) program. The traditional post-graduate PharmD program is also no longer available. Practicing pharmacists holding BScPhm may choose to elect to bridge to the current PharmD degree via the PharmD for Pharmacists program. Graduates from this program will hold both the traditional BScPhm and current PharmD degrees.

In addition, the Faculty offers a non-professional undergraduate Bachelor of Science program along with graduate research programs that lead to Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy (MSc and PhD) degrees in pharmaceutical chemistry.

At the University of Toronto, pharmacy students are already being trained for physical assessments and prescribing rights through [[problem-based learning|problem-based]], [[experiential learning|experiential]] and [[student-directed teaching|student-directed]] approaches to common ailments, [[case-based reasoning|case-based]] and [[critical thinking|critical]] reasoning skills and other coursework in [[pathophysiology]], [[clinical biochemistry]] and [[pharmaceutical care]].<ref name="Sibbald1998">{{cite journal |url=http://www.ajpe.org/legacy/pdfs/aj620201.pdf |last=Sibbald |first=Debra |journal=[[American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education]] |volume=62 |date=Summer 1998 |pages=109–119 |title=Innovative, Problem-Based, Pharmaceutical Care Courses for Self-Medication |accessdate=22 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="Curriculum">{{Cite book |title=2009-2010 Calendar |chapter=Curriculum |year=2009 |publisher=Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy |url=http://www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca/undergrad/stulinks/calendar-09-10.pdf |format=PDF |pages=33–46 |postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref> These represent important advances in pharmacy education and the pharmacists' new critical role in [[Health care in Canada|Canada's health care system]], and the use of the new building for Pharmacy is a symbol of the University of Toronto's dedication to health care and pharmaceutical research.<ref name="MagFall03"/>

In Ontario, legislation to allow pharmacists to authorise refills without consulting the prescribing physician, administer the [[Injection (medicine)|injection]] or [[inhalation]] of certain [[drug]]s, alter [[dosage form]]s, be able to prescribe certain [[medication]]s and perform [[subdermal]] procedures is currently in the enactment process, having passed its [[second reading]].<ref name="ON-RHPA-Report">{{cite news |newspaper=Toronto Star |title=Let pharmacists prescribe, Ontario told |date=20 November 2008 |last=Hall |first=Joseph}}</ref><ref name="Bill 179"><!-- Citation style adapted from http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.library.carleton.ca%2FhowdoI%2Funiform_legal_style.pdf&ei=eVy5SpO3NdCM8AbihPGeDw&usg=AFQjCNE_UMtR3X2Z91MfkzMXlJ-Bh_Jo9A&sig2=LGIcGWx6Z349D0xK2hExSQ --> Bill 179, ''[http://www.ontla.on.ca/bills/bills-files/39_Parliament/Session1/b179.pdf An Act to amend various Acts related to regulated health professions and certain other Acts]'', 1st Session, 39th Leg., Ontario, 2009 (2nd Reading 25 May 2009).</ref><ref name="FaskenMartineau">{{cite web |title=Health Law Bulletin: Bill 179–Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 |work=[[Fasken Martineau]] |date=July 2009 |accessdate=22 September 2009 |last=Rosenbaum |first=David C. |last2=Di Domenico |first2=Antonio |url=http://www.fasken.com/files/Publication/84ab0337-58ff-4bbc-9c0c-26804dd0e967/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/7edd6af7-e337-4ff4-bce9-ab8c97b68202/Bulletin_Health_Law_June_2009_Rosenbaum_Di_Domenico.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref>

==Building and environs==
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| name = Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building
| image = Leslie L Dan Pharmacy Building in Toronto.jpg
| building_type = [[Educational institution]]<br />[[Research institution|Research facility]]
| architectural_style = [[Modernism]]<ref name="Emporis"/><br />[[Curtain wall (architecture)|Curtain wall]] [[façade]]
| structural_system =
| cost = $75 million [[Canadian dollar|CAD]]
| location = [[Downtown Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| address = 144 [[College Street (Toronto)|College St.]]
| client = [[University of Toronto]]
| current_tenants = Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
| landlord =
| coordinates = {{Coord|43|39|35.406|N|79|23|28.04|W|region:CA-ON_type:landmark|display=title}}
| start_date = 28 April 2003
| completion_date = 2006
| inauguration_date = 6 September 2006
| height = {{convert|56|m|0}}
| diameter =
| other_dimensions =
| floor_count = 15 (12 aboveground)
| floor_area = {{convert|16836|m2|0}}<ref name="St George campus map pop-up">{{cite web |url=http://rrs.osm.utoronto.ca/map/f?p=110:1:16014665336743581540:pg_R_28026219001425628:NO&pg_min_row=58&pg_max_rows=57&pg_rows_fetched=57 |accessdate=19 September 2009 |title=UofT Campus Map}} (click PB for pop-up)</ref>
| main_contractor = [[PCL Construction|PCL Constructors Canada Inc.]]
| architect = [[Stephen Best]]<br />[[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank]]
| architecture_firm = [[Foster and Partners]]<br />[[Moffat Kinoshita Architects]]<ref name="FosterProfile">{{cite web |accessdate=19 September 2009 |title=Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building, University of Toronto |work=[[Foster + Partners]] |url=http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1183/Default.aspx}}</ref>
| structural_engineer = [[Halcrow Group Limited|Halcrow Yolles]]
| services_engineer =
| civil_engineer =
| other_designers = [[Claude Engle]]<br /><small>([[Lighting]] [[consultant]])</small><br />[[Stantec Consulting Ltd.]]<br /><small>([[Project manager]])</small><br />[[H.H. Angus & Associates]]<br /><small>([[Mechanical engineering|mechanical]]/[[electrical]] consultants)</small>
| quantity_surveyor = [[Vermeulens Cost Consultant]]
| awards =
| references =<ref name="Emporis"/><ref name="FosterProfile"/><ref name="UrbanDB">{{cite web |work=[[UrbanDB]] |url=http://www.urbandb.com/canada/ontario/toronto/leslie_dan_pharmacy_building/ |title=Leslie Dan Pharmacy Building |accessdate=17 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="Great Spaces">{{cite web |accessdate=17 September 2009 |url=http://www.greatspaces.utoronto.ca/projects/pharmacy.htm |title=The Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building |work=UofT Great Spaces |date=30 October 2006 |publisher= Strategic Communications, University of Toronto |location=[[Toronto]]}}</ref><ref name="DailyConstNews Sept2005">{{cite journal |title=Reflections of Pharmacy School |date=27 September 2005 |page=1 |author=Anonymous |journal=Daily Commercial News and Construction Record |volume=78 |issue=186 |accessdate=21 September 2009}}</ref>
}}

Because the Faculty of Pharmacy Building represents an entrance to the University of Toronto campus, the university sought an exceptional design that would "turn heads".<ref name="StarApril2006"/><ref name="DCNCR">{{cite web |title=Innovative space-age pod design houses lecture halls, lounge area |work=Daily Commercial News and Construction Record |url=http://dcnonl.com/article/2006steel200 |date=24 May 2007 |accessdate=21 September 2009 |last=O'Reilley |first=Dan |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207225337/http://dcnonl.com/article/2006steel200 |archivedate=7 February 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> An international [[Architectural design competition|design competition]] was held, ending in 2002 with the partnership of [[Moffat Kinoshita Architects]], a Toronto-based [[architecture firm]], and [[Foster and Partners]], headed by [[Sir Norman Foster]], [[Pritzker Prize]] winner and [[Tony Blair]]'s personal architectural adviser.<ref name="StarApril2006"/> The project was Foster's first [[foray]] into Canada, and served as a stepping-stone into numerous endeavours across the country.

===Overall design===
The entire building is constructed with simple, "ordinary" materials (Despite the [[Luxembourg]]-imported glass [[curtain wall (architecture)|curtain wall]] [[façade]] and [[black granite]] [[window frames]])."intricately engineered to be extraordinary.<ref name="StarApril2006"/> It is described as a "box atop a box".<ref name="StarApril2006">{{cite news |title=Brit design good medicine |last=Hume |first=Christopher |newspaper=The [[Toronto Star]] |date=27 April 2006 |page=R08 |location=Toronto, Ontario |issn=0319-0781 }}</ref> Externally, it appears as a large, seven-storey cube supported by a smaller five-storey box and twelve 19-metre tall concrete columns. These structures are unique in that they were built from the bottom up using [[self compacting concrete]], which had never before been done in Canada.<ref name="Concrete Awards">{{cite web |title=Specialty Concrete Applications |url=http://www.ontarioconcreteawards.ca/pdfs/07lesliedan.pdf |format=PDF |work=Ontario Concrete Awards |accessdate=19 September 2009 |year=2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706192606/http://www.ontarioconcreteawards.ca/pdfs/07lesliedan.pdf |archivedate=6 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The building is surrounded by the [[Luxembourg]]-imported glass [[curtain wall (architecture)|curtain wall]] [[façade]] and [[black granite]] [[window frames]].<ref name="Emporis">{{cite web |work=[[Emporis]] |url=http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=leslieldanpharmacybuilding-toronto-canada |title=Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building |accessdate=17 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="Kiwi">{{cite journal|journal=LUX (Luxury Lifestyles Magazine) |title=Power Structures |accessdate=22 September 2009 |last=Gostelow |first=Mary |date=Summer 2008 |issue=27 |publisher=[[The Stein Group]] |location=[[Mallorca]], [[Spain]]}}</ref>

[[File:Pharmacy and hydro buildings Toronto.jpg|thumb|left|The Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building as seen from [[Queen's Park (Toronto)|Queen's Park]] (facing southwest). To the south is the modern, all-glass Toronto Hydro building, and the campus-style Tanz Neuroscience Centre (c. 1932) is visible to the north.]]The building's unique design serves multiple purposes. The surrounding structures are mainly low-rise historical campus and government buildings, but with the bustling modernized city on the south side, including the glass [[Ontario Power Building]]. Thus, the desired design had to fit in well with all these aspects, while still managing to "turn heads".<ref name="DCNCR"/> Of course, the building also had to accommodate the entire Faculty of Pharmacy (Canada's largest [[pharmacy]] faculty) within limited space. The result was the 5-storey + 7-storey design, where the platform aligns exactly with the [[cornice]]s of the Fitzgerald and Tanz buildings.<ref name="Detail in Process"/> The picture to the right demonstrates how the glass architecture and height blends in with the southern buildings, while the atrium is the same height as the adjacent campus building. The open atrium also allows the older varsity buildings to shine through, aiding in the visual integration with the surrounding structures.<ref name="DCNCR"/> The Pharmacy Building has been called the "anchor" of the intersection that was once an architectural contradiction.<ref name="ReasonsCollege"/> The glass architecture is also a tribute to the lot's former residents, the University of Toronto greenhouses (now relocated to [[Allan Gardens]]).<ref name="ReasonsCollege">{{cite news |newspaper=Toronto Star |last=Hume |first=Christopher |title=4 reasons why you should go to College |date=28 November 2004 |accessdate=21 September 2009 |page=A7}}</ref>

Before its completion, the building was featured in an [[architecture exhibition]], "Gliding Through Space", an exhibition of [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Lord Norman Foster's]] works, a fusion of his passion for [[flight|flying]] and [[aeronautics]] with his [[engineering]] and [[architecture]] expertise. The show, hosted by the [[University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design]] and the [[Eric Arthur|Eric Arthur Gallery]], gave the Pharmacy Building top billing, featuring 61 pages of working drawings, samples of the glass used and photographic sequences of the pods being constructed and attached.<ref name="Gliding Through Space promo">{{cite web |url=http://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news_events/2007/06/1298 |accessdate=17 September 2009 |date=June 2007 |title=*Norman Foster: Gliding Through Space* opens in the Eric Arthur Gallery April 10 |work=[[John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design]] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930223502/http://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news_events/2007/06/1298 |archivedate=30 September 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Gliding Through Space info">{{cite web |title=Norman Foster: Gliding Through Space |accessdate=17 September 2009 |date=June 2007 |work=[[John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design]] |url=http://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news_events/eric_arthur/exhibitions/164 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930150305/http://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news_events/eric_arthur/exhibitions/164 |archivedate=30 September 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Site context===
Standing gracefully with its glass façade on the university campus, this building stands out from its adjacent traditional, brick, historical buildings. The building itself is pushed back from the street slightly, separated by a grassy area and paved sidewalk. Marking the boundaries of its site, a paved area (equivalent to the base area of the larger box) is also marked directly around the base of the building.
Looking at the relationship between the Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building and its greater urban context, it is evident that this building plays a key role in the overall composition of its immediate landscape. Its stately concrete columns along with the elegant, fritted curtain wall glass, creates a strong relation between the Ontario Hydro Building to the south and the MaRS Centre diagonally opposite.<ref name="Richards, Larry Wayne 2009">Richards, Larry Wayne. University of Toronto. New York: 2009.</ref> The materials used throughout these three buildings are very similar and they complement each other very well in the greater scheme of things. This building serves an important role at this junction, as its ties together other buildings found on and outside of the campus, forming a harmonious composition in its downtown urban context; while gracefully establishes its presence and importance on the school campus, standing as a tall elegant, state-of-the-art facility for the Pharmacy Faculty of the University of Toronto.

===Geometry===
The overall forms of this structure can be simply described as a larger box sitting on top a smaller box with a central void (the atrium) connecting the two forms together. Looking at the profile of this building from afar, it seems like the large seven-story block is held up solely by the series of columns. The lower block is completely transparent, thus the definition of that space is lost when the building is viewed from a distance. The facades of this building are very planar, and its overall form is very geometrical and rectilinear. Stretching along the vertical axis, this building is bi-laterally symmetrical. Made almost entirely of glass, the building facades are very planar yet sophisticated. The only contrast to its smooth, sleek, glass façade is the soft, round, colossal columns which the larger box sits atop of and the large organic orbs which float inside the atrium.

This planar geometry and rectilinear nature are also echoed and scaled down in nearly every individual member of the structure’s interior and exterior façade. Metal paneling, glazing, exterior ornamentation are all representative of the buildings overall dimension. Furthermore, it is evident from any elevation, that rectilinear overlap has been transferred from plan to section. This relentless linearity is broken only by the two abstract pod shapes and the cylindrical columns, in what appears to be an intentional play by the architect to create interest and tension.

===Materials===
There are several types of different materials that are used throughout this building. The main materials used in the building envelope consist of concrete, glass, granite and steel. The curtain wall facade of this building uses large glass panels, framed with black granite framing. While the glass used for the lower box is completely transparent, the curtain wall for the upper seven floors uses fritted glass with a series of light gray circles, each approximately the size of a CD. This creates a protective screen that hinders view out from the building, but provides privacy to its users while reducing heat gain, and maintaining a certain level of sophistication is its aesthetics at the same time. Each of the twelve [[hypostyle]] columns are made of reinforced concrete.<ref name="Richards, Larry Wayne 2009"/> The columns supporting the tower are Agilia Concrete, which is more enhanced in design effect and construction process compared to traditional concretes: it can be placed 50% faster than the traditional concrete, and form complex shapes that would have been impossible in previous years. Each colossal column spans spanning one meter in diameter and 19 meters high; each one was constructed in a single pour in order to achieve the highest quality and a sense of grace and elegance.<ref name="ReferenceA">Carter, Brian. “Pod Mod.” AZURE July/August 2006: 71-74. Print.</ref> A striking urban colonnade is created through this series of columns; asserting its presence on campus while setting distinct boundaries between the street, public space of the campus and the privacy of the pharmacy faculty. Self-compacting concrete is used as the structural support system throughout the rest of the structure. The pods were constructed as “steel baskets” suspended by steel rods. The shells of these pods are constructed of structural steel and plaster and silver reflective paint are used for the finishes of these pods.

===Atrium===
The Pharmacy Building's most prominent feature is its five-[[storey]] open [[Atrium (architecture)|atrium]], complete with two suspended "pods". At night, these massive, orb-shaped, [[Opacity (optics)|opaque]] structures are illumimnated with [[colour]]ed [[stage light]]s.

The lighting effects are the work of [[Claude Engle]], world-renowned [[engineer]] and [[theatrical lighting]] [[consultant]], notable for his [[Architectural lighting design|lighting schemes]] in [[The Louvre]] and the [[Reichstag building|Reichstag]].<ref name="BusinessWeek">{{cite news |title=Let There Be Light |work=[[BusinessWeek]] |location=[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] |accessdate=17 September 2009 |date=15 December 2006 |url=http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/dec2006/id20061215_222556.htm |last=Hume |first=Christopher}}</ref> The colours slowly cycle through the [[colour spectrum]], and come alive as sun sets. Every 15 minutes, the pods change to different colours: red, green, blue, purple, and orange. Also, a reflection from the inside with different lights illuminating the pods causes mirror images over panes of glass, creating 6 more pods. The lighting is [[computer]]-controlled and uses simple [[PAR can]] [[Stage lighting instrument#Spotlights|spotlights]] and [[Colour gel|gels]].

The windows for these floors are two-metre tall [[glass panel]]s that allow an essentially uninterrupted view into the building. The enormous panels had to be imported from [[Belgium]] because only one supplier in the world would create panes of those proportions.<ref name="MagSpring06"/>

The "pods" are two [[lecture hall]]s suspended in mid-air. They are both "steel baskets" or "cages" constructed with a special [[structural steel]] known as "architecturally exposed structural steel".<ref name="Walters">{{cite web |url=http://www.waltersinc.com/projectshow.asp?int_id=8&category=100068 |title=Leslie Dan School of Pharmacy, University of Toronto |accessdate=19 September 2009 |work=Walters Inc. |location=[[Hamilton, Ontario]]}}</ref><ref name="DesignLine">{{cite web |url=http://www.designlinesmagazine.com/guide/guide_detail.php?id=910 |accessdate=20 September 2009 |work=Design Lines |title=Design Guide: Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building, U of T |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709014537/http://www.designlinesmagazine.com/guide/guide_detail.php?id=910 |archivedate=9 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> For each pod, six steel arches were welded together, mounted with ball-and-socket rods and reinforced with steel bridges connecting each to a building floor, eliminating the need for shoring.<ref name="Walters"/><ref name="DesignLine"/> They are both suspended with [[Suspension bridge|steel hangers]] (10 in total) held in place with a ring [[truss]] system.<ref name="DCNCR"/><ref name="Waterloo"/> The truss system is integrated into the physical sixth floor, which was made of structural steel to provide the necessary support and is also supported by the steel framing integrated into the windows.<ref name="Detail in Process"/><ref name="DCNCR"/> Finally, a 19.2&nbsp;metre, 50 tonne transfer truss was integrated between the 6th and 7th floors to provide maximal support.<ref name="DCNCR"/>

The pods are coated with smoothed [[plaster]] and coated with opaque silver [[reflective paint]] to amplify the lighting effects.<ref name="World Architecture News"/><ref name="Detail in Process"/> Each pod also has a flat surface on which a lounge is situated. To enter the classrooms or a lounge, a [[Footbridge#Catwalk|catwalk]] must be crossed. These four bridges serve not only as an entrance and support, but also house all the electrical wires and other mechanical services that are necessary in each room.<ref name="DCNCR"/>

{{quote box|quote=Is there anything more poetic than those colourfully-lit orbs? |source=Kelvin Browne, National Post<ref name="Best 2006">{{cite news |title=Best New Buildings of 2006 |newspaper=The [[National Post]] |location=[[Don Mills]], [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] |accessdate=17 September 2009 |date=20 December 2006 |last=Browne |first=Kelvin |page=A20 |url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/toronto/story.html?id=94eb8f8e-04f1-4379-a493-9d93d6eeacd8~}}</ref> |width=150px |align=left}}
The larger pod is a 60-seat lecture hall accessible from the 2nd floor. It is 3.5 metres from ground level.<ref name="Waterloo">{{cite web |url=http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/faculty_projects/terri/steel/lesliedan.html |title=Leslie Dan Pharmacy Building, University of Toronto |accessdate=19 September 2009 |location=[[Waterloo, Ontario]] |date=12 March 2005}}</ref> Atop this pod, accessible from the 3rd floor, is the private student reading lounge.

[[File:Uoft pharmacy building-01.jpg|thumb|Catwalks lead into and onto the larger pod.]]
[[File:Uoft pharmacy.jpg|thumb|upright|Interior of the atrium]]
The smaller pod, accessible from the 4th floor, is a 24-seat classroom. The small faculty lounge is found atop this pod, accessible from the 5th floor.

The purpose of the pods is not merely aesthetic. While the atrium was specifically designed so openly to allow the older varsity buildings to show through, this resulted in a considerable cut in usable space. By creating these floating classrooms, the original effect is still maintained while still allowing this space to be functional.<ref name="DCNCR"/>

===Floors===
The first five above-ground floors of the 12-storey building are designed as an open-concept atrium, as described above. These floors are designated for study spaces and administrative offices. The remaining seven top floors, seen from the outside as a larger square atop the atrium with [[patterned glass]] windows, is home to the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy's [[researcher]]s, [[graduate student]]s, [[Postdoctoral research|post-doctoral]] [[Research fellow|fellows]] and [[professor]]s, along with numerous [[Laboratory|research labs]], the Professional Practice Laboratory, and the Patheon Pharmaceutics Teaching Laboratory. The sixth through eighth floors are mainly used for student laboratories, tutorial and meeting rooms, as well as the faculty and research staff studying the social, [[Pharmacoeconomics|economical]], [[Pharmacoepidemiology|epidemiological]] and practical aspects of pharmacy and pharmaceutics, along with [[clinical research]]. The remaining floors are reserved for the [[pharmaceutical science]] "[[wet lab]]s" (though many primary faculty members are located in the new [[Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research]] and the [[MaRS Centre]]).

===Architectural intentions===
The void which cuts through the entire height of the building, and this was intentionally done by the architect to visually connect the upper and lower spaces. This longitudinal void opens to a rooftop skylight, bringing in natural daylight into the atrium below. The typical dependence of artificial lighting for a building of this size would typically account for more than 13% of its electricity use.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> However, with the installation of this void, a great portion of that cost is reduced. This spatial device was intended as a sustainable element of the design, as seen in many of Foster’s projects, it is an effective solution to reducing electricity consumption which is vital to a structure of this scale. The most important aspect that this vertical void contributes to the building is that is creates a distinctive social space for its users. Norman Foster has been experimenting and studying with the reconfiguration of spaces and the natural lighting conditions to redefine institutions. This void creates a vast, open, daylight space for the students to gather and relax in between classes.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Also, the 23 research laboratories and teaching laboratories are intentionally planned and organized in such a manner where they are fully integrated into other programs- service spaces for faculty members, students and administrators. These programs are connected by bridges which cross the void at the upper floors. As for the pods which are suspended in the middle of the atrium, these mysterious pods were intentionally designed to give the illusion of defying gravity due to their size and weight. One architectural detail that most be noted, the bottom of the glass-clad cube of the larger volume was specifically designed to line up with the cornices of its adjacent historic buildings.<ref name="Richards, Larry Wayne 2009"/> Furthermore, the bottom of the new building will be transparent so that the older buildings will be visible through the lobby, says David Nelson of Foster and Partners.<ref>Easton, Megan. “Class Structures: Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building.” UofTMagazine Autumn 2003. Web. < http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/feature/plan-for-leslie-l-dan-pharmacy-building/></ref>

=== Energy and Sustainability ===
According to the University website the building uses a prodigious amount of energy, 775 kWh/m<sup>2</sup> in 2009. This is more than twice the energy use per floor area of normal commercial buildings and ranks it as one of the most energy intensive buildings on the U of T campus. The energy consumption has since lowered to 263kWh/m<sup>2</sup> in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sustain.fs.utoronto.ca/campus-footprint |title=Environmental Footprint |publisher=University of Toronto |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402111320/http://sustain.fs.utoronto.ca/campus-footprint/ |archivedate=2 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


* Master of Science in Pharmacy (MScPhm)
===Reception===
*Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)<ref name="Commonwealth">{{cite web |url=https://commonwealthpharmacy.org/pharmd-for-pharmacists/ |website=Commonwealth Pharmacist Association |accessdate=2 August 2018 |title=PharmD for Pharmacists |date=23 June 2015 |archive-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822052238/http://www.commonwealthpharmacy.org/pharmd-for-pharmacists/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[Image:LeslieLDanPharmacyBuilding.JPG|thumb|Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Building]]
*Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)<ref name="AACP" />
* Award of Merit, 2009 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards, [[Structural Engineers Association of Illinois]] (SEAOI)<ref name="SEAOI2009">{{cite web |format=PDF |url=http://www.seaoi.org/documents/awards/09-seaoi-awards-winner.pdf |title=SEAOI Announces Winners in its 2009 Excellence in Structural Engineering Competition |work=Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards |location=[[Chicago, Illinois]] |accessdate=19 September 2009 |year=2009 |publisher=[[Structural Engineers Association of Illinois]] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002072410/http://www.seaoi.org/documents/awards/09-seaoi-awards-winner.pdf |archivedate=2 October 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Master of Science in [[Pharmacy#Pharmaceutical sciences|Pharmaceutical Sciences]] (MSc)<ref name="AACP">{{cite web |title=Graduate Degree Programs for Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in North America |url=https://www.aacp.org/resource/graduate-degree-programs-pharmacy-and-pharmaceutical-sciences-north-america |website=AACP |accessdate=2 August 2018 |archive-date=2 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802162703/https://www.aacp.org/resource/graduate-degree-programs-pharmacy-and-pharmaceutical-sciences-north-america |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Specialty Concrete Applications Award, 2007 Ontario Concrete Awards<ref name="Concrete Awards"/>
* Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSc)<ref name="Noott">{{cite news |last1=Noott |first1=Anne |title=A glimpse of the pharmacy undergraduate course at the University of Toronto |url=https://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/publications/tomorrows-pharmacist/a-glimpse-of-the-pharmacy-undergraduate-course-at-the-university-of-toronto/11084787.article?firstPass=false |accessdate=2 August 2018 |agency=Tomorrow's Pharmacist |date=2011 |archive-date=2 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802162755/https://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/publications/tomorrows-pharmacist/a-glimpse-of-the-pharmacy-undergraduate-course-at-the-university-of-toronto/11084787.article?firstPass=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2nd place, 2007 Pug Awards - The People's Choice Awards for Architecture, Toronto<ref name="Puglies">{{cite web |url=http://www.pugawards.com/about/2007.php |title=Best In Show 2007 |year=2007 |accessdate=19 September 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715131627/http://www.pugawards.com/about/2007.php |archivedate=15 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* 2006 Ontario Region Steel Design Award (Engineering category), [[Canadian Institute of Steel Construction]]<ref name="CISC2006">{{cite web |url=http://www.cisc-icca.ca/awards/Ontario/2006/ |accessdate=19 September 2009 |title=Ontario Region Steel Design Awards 2006 |work=[[Canadian Institute of Steel Construction]]}}</ref>
However, pharmacy at the University of Toronto is a [[deregulated]] program, meaning that the administration can set tuition fees free of the government restrictions placed on most undergraduate programs.<ref name="Dereg1998">{{cite news |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |accessdate=21 September 2009 |title=Students facing big hikes in tuition |page=A1 |last=Talaga |first=Tanya |date=7 May 1998}}</ref> In September 2006, when the Pharmacy Building opened, the tuition and ancillary fees for domestic students had just increased from $10,653.48 to $11,117.98, over 4%.<ref name="Fees2005">{{cite web |url=http://www.fees.utoronto.ca/archive/fall06/schedules/pharmacy/domestic.htm |title=Bachelor of Pharmacy Program Domestic Students |accessdate=21 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="Fees2006">{{cite web |url=http://www.fees.utoronto.ca/archive/y07/fees/pharmacy/Fees_-_Domestic.htm |title=Fees Payable - Domestic Students|accessdate=21 September 2009}}</ref> This left students wondering why they were experiencing significant tuition increases when the Faculty had money for fancy lighting systems, pods, Belgian glass windows and famous architects.<ref name="TheStarSept16"/> Only 5 years later, in 2011, tuition fees were almost $15,000.


The current entry-to-practice PharmD program graduated its first class in 2015, coinciding with the graduation of the last class of traditional post-graduate PharmD students.<ref name="First Class of PharmD Students Graduate">{{cite web |url=http://pharmacy.utoronto.ca/newsfeed/convocation-06-2015 |title=First Class of PharmD Students Graduates |accessdate=3 August 2015 |archive-date=1 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801150143/http://www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca/newsfeed/convocation-06-2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> This change mirrors that of the pharmacy curriculum in the [[United States of America]]: introducing advanced pharmacy practice experiences, increasing program admission requirements, thereby reducing and streamlining the didactic portions of the curriculum. This new entry-to-practice PharmD program replaces the previous entry-to-practice Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BScPhm) program. Practicing pharmacists holding BScPhm may choose to elect to bridge to the current PharmD degree via the PharmD for Pharmacists program. Graduates from this program will hold both the traditional BScPhm and current PharmD degrees.<ref name="Beales" /> Since the traditional post-graduate PharmD program is also no longer available, a new post-graduate degree in the form of MScPhm has been established to further the clinical and research skills of practicing pharmacists.
The pods may sometimes feel [[claustrophobic]],<ref name="StarApril2006"/> and their floating appearance deters [[Acrophobia|acrophobes]]. Inner walls of the pods are lined with soundproof panels, which prevent echo and maximize audibility.


At the University of Toronto, pharmacy students are already being trained for physical assessments and prescribing rights through [[problem-based learning|problem-based]], [[experiential learning|experiential]] and [[student-directed teaching|student-directed]] approaches to common ailments, [[case-based reasoning|case-based]] and [[critical thinking|critical]] reasoning skills and other coursework in [[pathophysiology]], [[clinical biochemistry]] and [[pharmaceutical care]].<ref name="Sibbald1998">{{cite journal |url=http://www.ajpe.org/legacy/pdfs/aj620201.pdf |last=Sibbald |first=Debra |journal=[[American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education]] |volume=62 |date=Summer 1998 |pages=109–119 |title=Innovative, Problem-Based, Pharmaceutical Care Courses for Self-Medication |accessdate=22 September 2009 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5t57TzHdB?url=http://www.ajpe.org/legacy/pdfs/aj620201.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Curriculum">{{Cite book |title=2009-2010 Calendar |chapter=Curriculum |year=2009 |publisher=Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy |chapter-url=http://www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca/undergrad/stulinks/calendar-09-10.pdf |pages=33–46 |access-date=23 September 2009 |archive-date=30 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930072818/http://www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca/undergrad/stulinks/calendar-09-10.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> These represent important advances in pharmacy education and the pharmacists' new critical role in [[Health care in Canada|Canada's health care system]], and the use of the new building for Pharmacy is a symbol of the University of Toronto's dedication to health care and pharmaceutical research.<ref name="MagFall03" />
==Popular culture==


In addition, the Faculty offers a non-professional undergraduate Bachelor of Science in [[Pharmacy#Pharmaceutical sciences|Pharmaceutical Science]] program along with graduate research programs that lead to Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy (MSc and PhD) degrees in pharmaceutical science.<ref name="Commonwealth" /><ref name="Noott" /><ref name="AACP" />
The building was used as the setting for the Umbrella Corporation's underground Tokyo headquarters in the 2010 film [[Resident Evil: Afterlife]].


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Evening view of the Faculty of Pharmacy Building's southeastern corner

The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy is a pharmacy school and an academic division of the University of Toronto. The school is located on the northwestern corner of College Street and University Avenue, placing it across from the Ontario Legislative Building and at the entrance to Queen's Park station. It is also situated near four internationally renowned hospitals—The Hospital for Sick Children, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto General Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital. It is part of Toronto's Discovery District.

The Faculty of Pharmacy Building is particularly notable for its two orb-shaped classrooms, referred to as the "pods", which are suspended lecture halls. The pods are lit at night with coloured stage lights visible from afar, giving the building a "Star Trek feel".[1] Likened to giant glowing pills, the pods have been deemed "something of a local landmark."[2] The Pharmacy Building has received international coverage and awards, in part because of its design team, including world-famous Sir Norman Foster and Claude Engle, as well as its high-profile sponsor Leslie Dan. It was also featured on the cover of, as well as profiled in, the book Detail in Process.[3]

History

The Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto began in 1853, when the Ontario College of Pharmacy (now Pharmacists) who first operated at the school had merged into the school curriculum.[4][5] By 1868, the pharmacy program consisted of only a few evenings of voluntary classes, with no practically prerequisite classes. However, the long, traditional apprenticeship of this professional field had pressed a strong emphasis onto the students. Today, the program has evolved into "a compulsory, four-year second-entry scientific and professional university course with a supervised period of professional practice."[6][5] The organisation of this program has become significantly more structured. This change in focus strayed away from the predominant emphasis of the practice of training through an apprenticeship to today's emphasis of a theoretical study and application of those skills in real-life situations. Students are better equipped with the skills which are required to meet the present needs of the profession. The University of Toronto was the only school in Ontario to offer a pharmacy education until the opening of the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy in 2008.

In 1877, the Faculty moved into the University of Toronto campus, and new levels of pharmaceutical education was offered as a PhD degree at the University of Toronto was being arranged.[5] As the demands for more pharmacists increased, the demands of professional education in this particular field increased as well. As a result, in 1992, the faculty introduced the PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy) in hopes to accommodate for the growing need for graduates in the field.[5] Within the past decade, enrolment in the undergraduate and graduate programs and doubled and tripled in size respectively. The Faculty had no choice but to expand their facilities, thus moving to their current location at 144 College Street in 2006. The Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Toronto's Arms and Badge were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on 17 May 2001.[7] The Latin motto is "Trutina Penso Doctrinae" which means "I weigh by the balance of learning."

As the only faculty of pharmacy in Ontario until 2007, the Faculty needed to expand beyond 120 students per year, but could not do so in its limited space. The largest room in the former Pharmacy Building (the Norman F. Hughes building, now the Anthropology Building, located at Huron St. and Russell St.) held only 30 students, and each year (at the time of the proposal) had 120 students.[8][1] Thus, none of the pharmacy classes could be held within its own building, a serious problem for any professional faculty. As well, the various pharmacy research labs were interspersed throughout the campus.[3][9]

Construction of a new building enabled the pharmacy programme to gradually increase its student intake to 240 new students per year in September 2006, doubling its previous capacity;[8][10][11] between 2000 and 2008, the total enrolment in the pharmacy program (all 4 years) increased from 499 to 1,011 students.[10][11] Other programs administrated by the Faculty, including the graduate-level advanced Pharm.D. program (not to be confused with an entry-level Pharm.D.), the Bachelor of Science specialisation in pharmaceutical chemistry, the MSc and PhD programmes in pharmaceutical sciences and the International Pharmacy Graduates bridging programme also experienced significant growth.[12] On 19 April 2011, the Faculty announced a $1 million donation from Walmart Canada to create the Walmart Canada International Pharmacy Education Centre. This centre will feature enhanced facilities including a one hundred seat classroom, and will allow increased enrolment into the programme.[13]

The $75-million (CAD) building was funded by numerous alumni and organisations, along with the Government of Ontario's SuperBuild fund. The building was named the Leslie L. Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Building in 2001 in honour of the generous donation made by Leslie Dan, an alumnus of the school and a noted pharmacist, philanthropist, entrepreneur and Member of the Order of Canada, as well as founder of the generic drug manufacturer Novopharm and the Canadian Medical Aid Programme. Dan donated $8 million earmarked specifically for the building in 2000, at which point the building was named for him; this was followed up with a $7 million donation to his alma mater in 2002, resulting in the Faculty of Pharmacy being renamed to the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy.[1][14]

COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy received a $554,792 grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund to reduce adult vaccine hesitancy through the CARD (Comfort, Ask, Relax and Distract) system previously developed for children.[15] This strategy was implemented to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccines.[16]

Academics and curricula

The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy offers several degrees:

  • Master of Science in Pharmacy (MScPhm)
  • Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)[17]
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)[18]
  • Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (MSc)[18]
  • Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSc)[19]

The current entry-to-practice PharmD program graduated its first class in 2015, coinciding with the graduation of the last class of traditional post-graduate PharmD students.[20] This change mirrors that of the pharmacy curriculum in the United States of America: introducing advanced pharmacy practice experiences, increasing program admission requirements, thereby reducing and streamlining the didactic portions of the curriculum. This new entry-to-practice PharmD program replaces the previous entry-to-practice Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BScPhm) program. Practicing pharmacists holding BScPhm may choose to elect to bridge to the current PharmD degree via the PharmD for Pharmacists program. Graduates from this program will hold both the traditional BScPhm and current PharmD degrees.[4] Since the traditional post-graduate PharmD program is also no longer available, a new post-graduate degree in the form of MScPhm has been established to further the clinical and research skills of practicing pharmacists.

At the University of Toronto, pharmacy students are already being trained for physical assessments and prescribing rights through problem-based, experiential and student-directed approaches to common ailments, case-based and critical reasoning skills and other coursework in pathophysiology, clinical biochemistry and pharmaceutical care.[21][22] These represent important advances in pharmacy education and the pharmacists' new critical role in Canada's health care system, and the use of the new building for Pharmacy is a symbol of the University of Toronto's dedication to health care and pharmaceutical research.[9]

In addition, the Faculty offers a non-professional undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Science program along with graduate research programs that lead to Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy (MSc and PhD) degrees in pharmaceutical science.[17][19][18]

References

  1. ^ a b c Brown, Louise (16 September 2006). "Rx for excellence". The Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario. p. R1.
  2. ^ Hume, Christopher (7 June 2007). "We agree Gardiner is belle of the ball". Toronto Star. p. A17.
  3. ^ a b Killory, Christine; Davids, René (2008). Detail in Process. AsBuilt series. Vol. 2. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. Front cover, 68–77. ISBN 978-1-56898-718-7.
  4. ^ a b Beales, Jennifer; Austin, Zubin (2006). "The Pursuit of Legitimacy and Professionalism: The evolution of pharmacy in Ontario" (PDF). Pharmaceutical Historian. 36 (2): 22–27. PMID 17153741. S2CID 5899405. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d "Our History." pharmacy.utoronto.ca. Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, n.d. Web.n.d. < "History". Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.>
  6. ^ Frankel, Grace; Louizos, Christopher; Austin, Zubin (2014). "Canadian Educational Approaches for the Advancement of Pharmacy Practice". Am J Pharm Educ. 78 (7): 143. doi:10.5688/ajpe787143. PMC 4174385. PMID 25258448.
  7. ^ "Arms and Badge". Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  8. ^ a b Lavack, Leslie (November–December 2001). Croteau, Della (ed.). "Faculty Facts". Pharmacy Connection. 8 (6). Ontario College of Pharmacists: 14. ISSN 1198-354X.
  9. ^ a b Easton, Megan (Autumn 2003). "Class Structures: Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building". UofT Magazine.
  10. ^ a b "Enrolment Report 2005-06: Actual and Projected Enrolments" (PDF). Office of the Vice-President and Provost. University of Toronto. pp. 14, 16. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  11. ^ a b "Enrolment Report 2008-09: Actual and Projected Enrolments" (PDF). Office of the Vice-President and Provost. University of Toronto. pp. 11, 12. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  12. ^ "Enrolment Reports". Office of the Vice-President and Provost. University of Toronto. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  13. ^ "Walmart Canada International Pharmacy Education Centre". University of Toronto. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  14. ^ Adams, James (6 April 2002). "Pharmacy school will bear name of donor". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario. p. A19.
  15. ^ Public Health Agency of Canada (12 October 2022). "Immunization Partnership Fund". Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  16. ^ Taddio, Anna; Ilersich, Anthony; McMurtry, C Meghan; Bucci, Lucie M; MacDonald, Noni E (29 January 2021). "Managing pain and fear: Playing your CARDs to improve the vaccination experience". Canada Communicable Disease Report. 47 (1): 87–91. doi:10.14745/ccdr.v47i01a12. ISSN 1481-8531. PMC 7920573. PMID 33679251.
  17. ^ a b "PharmD for Pharmacists". Commonwealth Pharmacist Association. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  18. ^ a b c "Graduate Degree Programs for Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in North America". AACP. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  19. ^ a b Noott, Anne (2011). "A glimpse of the pharmacy undergraduate course at the University of Toronto". Tomorrow's Pharmacist. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  20. ^ "First Class of PharmD Students Graduates". Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  21. ^ Sibbald, Debra (Summer 1998). "Innovative, Problem-Based, Pharmaceutical Care Courses for Self-Medication" (PDF). American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 62: 109–119. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  22. ^ "Curriculum" (PDF). 2009-2010 Calendar. Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. 2009. pp. 33–46. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009.

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