2019 Events
November 22 2019
Grandview Lanes Bowling
Another great night of PharGS bowling, and the pins didn't stand a chance! Aces in our grad student society unveiled their hidden talents, as balls were rolling, spinning, curving and bouncing fast and furiously.
It got fast, maybe too fast, as the game transitioned from regular 10-pin play to a notorious 'speed bowling' which heated up tempers and the alley likewise. The only thing more bumpin' than the pins was the afterparty! All in all, a night to remember!
Social Directors
Lukas Hohenwarter & Griffin Pauli
Spooktober 31 2019
Halloween Party
Halloween may have been the best attended PharGS event of 2019! Thank you to everybody who got dressed up, brought something to share and made the night amazing! Congratulations to Adria, Sonia, & Jen for winning the baking, Fall photo and costume contest, respectively.
It was a great, late night of celebration and we're already looking forward to next year! Thank you to our resident Halloween Queen, Shireen Anbardan (VP Finance) for organizing!
PharGS Executive 2019
October 11 2019
CAMBIE NIGHT
PharGS took on the annual tradition of heading to the Cambie Bar for a night of festivities! The night started off at Lukas and Griffins house with some good times and fun games. The group then transitioned to the Cambie where, after a long wait, some students were able to make it inside. However, in solidarity with those still in line, the Cambie group left the bar to meet up with the rest of the students who had relocated to the Bourbon room. Once the group was happily reunited, a night full of dancing and good times followed. After all the Cambie isn’t even closing after all so it was an easy decision! Special shout out to Yao for some awesome break dancing.
Social Directors
Griffin Pauli & Lukas Hohenwarter
September 17 2019
BOARD GAME NIGHT
September was flying by and we thought it would be great to relax and spend a laid back afternoon playing board games! This event was so hoppin' that no photos were captured, and it will live on only in the memories of those lucky enough to have attended this historic evening in person.
Cheers to the mystery.
Social Directors
Griffin Pauli & Lukas Hohenwarter
September 6 2019
New Student Orientation
This year PharmSci welcomed over 15 new Graduate students! PharGS hosted a great welcome BBQ to get to know everybody. Thank you to everyone who came out and enjoyed a hamburger and/or hotdog while getting to know all the new faces. With such a fantastic group of people the upcoming academic year is sure to be a success!
Welcome to the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences!
Social Directors
Griffin Pauli & Lukas Hohenwarter
August 16 2019
KARAOKE NIGHT
PharGS went to Richmond for a Karaoke party to sing (and scream) the night away- and so we did. Hidden in a mall in Richmond, K-Fever was the place where we unleashed our musical talents. From rock classics like Linkin Park and Evanescence's "Bring me back to life" (ABSOLUTE crowd favourite) to pop legends like Britney Spears, Beyoncé, and The Backstreet Boys, and even some catchy J-Pop, we covered them all! A few rockstars and vocal wonders revealed themselves that night and fired up the cheering crowd. Thanks again to all who joined last week, we hope to bring back the beat soon!
Social Directors
Griffin Pauli & Lukas Hohenwarter
August 4 2019
VANCOUVER PRIDE PARADE
PharGS took a trip downtown this August long weekend to celebrate with the Vancouver Pride Parade! It was quite the spectacle on a beautiful sunny day with hundreds of organizations taking part in the festivities! Lots of laughs and some free items were given out! Thanks to PhasedIN for the financial support in buying PharGS some snacks and drinks to keep us hydrated and energized through all the dancing in the sun! We certainly can’t wait till the 2020 parade :)
Social Directors
Griffin Pauli & Lennart Bohrmann
JULY 18 2019
SUMMER PAINT NIGHT
PharGS' third paint night was a massive success, with another huge turnout. We painted a pretty beach scene with guidance from Artemis (insta: @artbyartemis) and by the end of the night everybody had produced a beautiful, original version! Thank you for coming out, and getting creative!
VP External
Ariana Saatchi
July 13 2019
Bowen Island Hike
PharGS took to the sea to travel to Bowen island in hopes of summiting mount Gardener trail. The 9.8KM hike offered beautiful views at the 700M north summit which overlooked the sunshine coast. It was a great day filled with laughs and some losing ourselves in nature (both literally and figuratively). Shout out to Lennart for taking over as interim social director and mountain explorer. Until the next hike!
Social Directors
Griffin Pauli & Lennart Bohrmann
June 28 2019
MONTHLY CELEBRATION
PharGS was able to celebrate our first softball win (hopefully not the last!) for the summer! Other winners of the month include Nevena (Rheumatology Award), Shahrzad (AFPC/CFP Grad Student Award), Nirma (ID Week Travel Award), and Ariana (ID Week Travel Award) for winning travel awards to present their research. This month we also welcomed our newest PhD Candidate Tanya Saxena, who passed her comprehensive exam with flying colors! Happy birthday went to Canada as we also celebrated Canada Day ahead of the Long Weekend!
President
Louis Lin
June 20 2019
TRIViA NIGHT
PharGS Trivia Night took place in the atrium. This event is held every year and hosted by the Quiz Mistress. Seven teams battled it out for 3 rounds of trivia, but in the end Tedothy's Angels + Not Scott (Ariana, Ted, Shireen, Hayley, Nevena, and Brandon) took the win! Our very own bartenders Louis and Alex served the classic trivia night mojitos all night.
See you at next years Trivia Night!
VP Internal
Hayley Price
JUNE 11TH 2019
DRUGGERS & SLUGGERS
Season Update!
On Wednesday night, the PharGS Softball team was embattled in an intense match against Psychology. In the top of the first inning, PharGS jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on two solo home runs by bash brothers Lukas and Griffin. In the bottom of the first, the bats came alive for the Psych squad as they erupted for a 7 run mercy inning. PharGS answered back in the third inning with 4 big runs! Psych and PharGS exchanged single run innings moving late in the game as the sunlight began to fade and defensive prowess was on display. Diving catches and double plays by Psych’s 2nd basemen a 32 year GSS softball league veteran, were not to be outdone by an impressive double play from PharGS third basemen Kate. The infielding was immaculate for PharGS, with shortstop Looooouis and 2nd basemen Ariana making several put-outs, Roland played solid at first base and Sam and Captain Nevena were working hard behind the dish! Nothing was dropping into the outfield either due to the stellar efforts of Yao, Griffin, Lukas and Jasmin. With bases loaded in the 6th, PharGS lead off batter Sam was robbed of a hit as Psych made the questionable call to invoke the ‘not past the pitcher’ foul ball rule, on a ball that was played well-beyond the pitchers mound, resulting in a ‘do-over’ which ended the inning. Down two runs in the final inning, top of the 7th, the brothers bash (Lukas and Griffin) again pulled the team back tied with two solo home runs! It was not to be for PharGS however, 3 consecutive hits by the Psych sluggers ended the game with a walk-off single that scored the final run. Final score 11-10. Amateur video caught footage of Griffin’s 7 inning solo homer.
MAY 31 2019
Monthly Celebration
May began with the return of happy hours and a BBQ to kick off the start of summer. Also a busy month for conferences, including our own Pharm Sci Research Symposium, in which we got to showcase the exciting research happening in our faculty. Congratulations to the presenters for their awards: Kate Johnson, Anne Nguyen, and Griffin Pauli for podium presentations and Zeynab Nosrati, Sumreen Javed, Jessica Nahrstedt, and Lovelyn Charles for their poster presentations. Happy birthdays of the month go to Ross, Rui, Roland, Sonia, Tarique, and Louis.
President
Louis Lin
MAY 9TH 2019
SUMMER BBQ
What better way to celebrate all of your achievements and the
end of term than with a BBQ! Thanks to everyone who showed
up and brought some good vibes along, we definitely all had a
blast that day. A good looking crowd, frisbee acrobats and two
mad talented BBQ chefs provided a blank canvas for our photo
crew Marta and Louis.
Social Directors
Lukas Hohenwarter & Griffin Pauli
April 26 2019
Monthly Celebration
In April we had some exciting announcements coming up for PharGS, including the start of the summer softball league and a weekly summer yoga series! We also celebrated Kate Johnson, who received a CIHR travel award for the Canadian Respiratory Conference in Ottawa. Shahrzad also had a hot month with the AFPC award for best original research paper, which she’ll be presenting at the AFPC conference in June, an award for best mentor for undergrad researchers, and a publication! Happy birthdays of the month go to Tanya and Lukas!
President
Louis Lin
APRIL 17 2019
Spring Egg Hunt
The first PharGS Egg hunt is in the books and was a success!
Thanks to everyone who came out and went on a mystical quest
for the treats hidden around our faculty. We certainly enjoyed
setting up this scavenge hunt, but even more so seeing some
happy faces after successfully returning with bags full of sweets!
After the hunt owe got creative with egg decorating, in which
Egglisabeth Taylor and Ben Eggington were born.
Social Directors
Lukas Hohenwarter & Griffin Pauli
March 28 2019
Monthly Celebration
March was full of struggles, but also full of victories. A committee of devoted and determined grad students put together an exceptional professional development event, CPiPS 2019. It brought students together with professionals from government, industry, and academia under the theme of "The Future of Pharmaceutical Sciences: Research, Development, and Policy." Another big event this month was the Pharmaceutical Sciences 3 Minute Thesis Heat. Griffin and Ross took first and second place, and advanced to the next round of competition. On a sad note, we had to say goodbye to Debbie, who was always a bright spot in the faculty.
VP Finance
Shireen Anbardan
March 17 2019
St. Patrick's Day Celebration
Is there anything better than Sushi at St. Patty's day? I don't think so, even though not all of our Irish friends might fully agree.
St. Patrick's Day 2019 is in the books and we had a great time in the grad lounge with snacks, drinks, and games. Looking forward to more events like this!
Social Director
Lukas Hohenwarter
The 2019 Career Pathways in Pharmaceutical Sciences symposium was presented by PharGS and AAPS. A great afternoon of discussion, with a wonderful closing panel! Thank you to our speakers from Zymeworks Inc and AbCelleraBio, as well as Dr. Bubela, Dr. Lynd & Dr. Helen Burt! We hope everybody left feeling more confident in their potential career paths.
February 22 2019
MONTHLY CELEBRATION
February was a short month with big celebrations! Lots of snow and lots of success, such as big awards won by Shahrzad, Nevena, Hayley, Nirma, Jafar, and Kate. There were also publications by Alyssa, Shahrzad, and Zeynab! Also a very happy birthday to both Marta and Zeynab! Finally, congratulations to Jialin for defending her PhD thesis!
February 19 2019
Summarize Your Research Workshop
Summarize your Research” provided a conceptual framework for graduate students to approach summary in various aspects of their work including: building an ‘elevator pitch’, conferences, and paper writing. Over lunch, participants also had the opportunity to present a preliminary summary of their work to small peer groups. Peers then provided feedback and helped the presenter improve their “pitch”, with each group member rotating through the presentation role. Though some were nervous at first, this became a favourite part of the workshop! Common themes or lessons from each group were then compiled for some great discussion.
PDW Director
Ross Duncan
February 14 2019
Valentine's Day
Thanks again to everyone who took out a few minutes of their day at this busy time of the year, and joined us last week for our little Valentine's day special. We laid down our pipettes, pens, and laptops for a while to get together and share our love over coffee and treats. The highlight of the afternoon was the valentine's card that we collectively personalized with affectionate messages in various languages represented by our grad student community.
Love was in the air!
Social Directors
Lukas Hohenwarter & Griffin Pauli
February 2 2019
Chinese New Year Celebration
This year PharGS celebrated the lunar new year with some delicious treats, and an impromptu lesson in Mandarin. Thank you to everybody who came out and joined in the festivities! Wishing you all the best in the year to come.
January 31, 2019
PAINT NIGHT
A group of PharGS artists attended our second, annual Paint Night event to re-create the event’s featured painting in a super fun atmosphere. The instructor, Artemis Saatchi gave easy to follow instructions. Everyone was able to interpret the selected painting in their own way. GREAT JOB!
VP External
Ariana Saatchi
January 25 2019
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Thank you to the 2018 PharGS Executive, and best of luck to the incoming council members!