Steveston Medicine Shoppe: A Personal Approach to Wellness Story by Sarah Gordon
Photos by Sandra Steier
Visiting Steveston Medicine Shoppe is like stepping back to a simpler time. Customers are greeted with a warm hello when they enter the store that specializes in compounding and dispensing medication in addition to a variety of other services. Steven Chang is the charismatic pharmacist and owner of Steveston Medicine Shoppe located at the corner of Chatham Street and No. 1 Road. He says, “This intersection is the gateway to Steveston village.”
Steven feels rooted in this community where he has lived most of his life, and it was a natural fit to establish his business here. 16
His family moved from Taiwan to Richmond when Steven began high school. Although his father dreamt of having his son follow in his footsteps as a shoe manufacturer, he opted to study Pharmacy at UBC. After graduating, Steven worked at an independent pharmacy in White Rock for five years, and then moved to a Richmond pharmacy for two more years. In 2011 Steven established Steveston Medicine Shoppe. He says, “My inspiration to open my own business was to execute a vision of seeing pharmacists as a part of disease prevention, not just someone you see when you're sick. Pharmacists are in a great position with our accessibility and training to provide information and services that help people prevent chronic diseases.”
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October - November 2019
