Every pharmacy can help save lives. Join this webinar to strengthen your knowledge of naloxone, enhance client counselling, and learn practical ways to embed B.C.’s Take-Home Naloxone Program into everyday pharmacy practice. Gain actionable strategies to normalize naloxone access, reduce stigma, and support clients and communities affected by the ongoing toxic drug crisis.
Learning Objective
- Explain key clinical principles of naloxone and its role in reversing opioid-induced respiratory depression and restoring breathing.
- Compare intranasal and intramuscular naloxone, including administration, dosing, and practical considerations for use.
- Identify opportunities to routinely offer naloxone to those at risk of experiencing or witnessing an opioid poisoning, while normalizing access and reducing stigma.
- Counsel clients on recognizing and responding to an opioid poisoning, including naloxone administration, rescue breathing and when to seek emergency assistance.
- Integrate BC’s Take-Home Naloxone (THN) program into routine pharmacy practice through effective workflows, team training and client engagement.
Date and Time
November 17, 2026, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (PST)
Delivery
Virtual – Zoom
Accreditation Information
This program is non-accredited. Total learning hours is estimated at 1.0 hours. Participants will receive a letter of participation after completing the survey at the end of the webinar. This learning program received financial support from Emergent. This event will be moderated by a member of our Pharmacy Practice Support team at the BC Pharmacy Association.
About the Speaker: Aaron Sihota, BSc, BSc (Pharm), RPh
Aaron Sihota is a Primary Care Pharmacist and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He is actively involved in advancing pharmacist-led care, clinical education, and innovative models of healthcare delivery across Canada.
Aaron has engaged provincial government and opposition stakeholders to advance discussions on expanding access to harm-reduction services, including the role of community pharmacists in improving naloxone accessibility, reducing barriers to care, and supporting overdose prevention initiatives.
In addition to his work in pharmacy practice and health policy, Aaron collaborates with multidisciplinary teams of specialist physicians and nurses to optimize patient care in inflammatory skin and joint diseases. He is also co-founder of Pharmacy Leaders of Tomorrow (PLoT), an initiative focused on fostering leadership, innovation, and professional development within the pharmacy profession, and co-created a dermatology elective course at UBC’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Aaron has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals, developed accredited healthcare education programs, and regularly contributes to national and North American forums exploring clinical innovation, healthcare policy, and the expanding role of pharmacists in patient care.
Registration Information
A BCPhA account is required to register for this event. If you do not have a login account or if you are unsure if you have a login, please fill out the Account Creation Form and a member of the BCPhA team will contact you. Accounts can be created free of charge with valid College registration.
Registration closes an hour prior to the start of the webinar, at 5 p.m. On the day of the webinar, you will receive a link to the webinar by email. The email will come from noreply@zoom.us and could be in your junk folder.