CAN AMS! is a new webinar series focused on antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions. Leaders in AMS from across Canada share examples of what has been done to implement evidence-based interventions, with the goal to inspire what CAN be done to help slow the rise and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
The series aims to:
CAN AMS! events promote a One Health frame for AMS to raise awareness for the interconnected drivers and consequences of AMR, and the need for shared solutions across human, animal, and environmental health domains.
Date:
Moderator:
Carsten Krueger, MD FRCPC
Medical Lead, Pediatric ASP, Southern Alberta
Pediatric ID Consultant,
Alberta Children’s Hospital
Alastair McAlpine, MBChB, FRCPC
Director, PHSA ASP;
ID Pediatrician,
BC Children’s Hospital
Date:
Friday, February 13, 2026
Moderator:
Sarah Neil-Sztramko, PhD
Co-Scientific Director, National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools
Speakers:
Kevin Schwartz, MD
MSc Division Head, Infectious Diseases; ASP Co-Director, Unity Health Toronto
Noah Ivers, MD, PhD
Senior Scientist,Women’s College Hospital; Canada Research Chair (Implementation Science)
No Stewardship without Stewards:
Resourcing your Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Date:
Moderator:
Bradley J. Langford PharmD, BCIDP, MPH
Pharmacist Specialist, Antimicrobial
Stewardship Program
Public Health Ontario
Join us for a review of the challenges, successes, and best
practices in resourcing antimicrobial stewardship programs.
Presenter:
Valerie Leung, BScPhm, MBA
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Program Lead
Public Health Ontario
Turning the Tide on Resistance:
Local Leaders, National Goals for Antimicrobial Stewardship
Date:
October 20, 2025
Moderator:
Join us for a panel discussion among provincial leads working to implement priority antimicrobial stewardship actions in their regions. These efforts align with goals laid out in the Pan-Canadian Action Plan for Antimicrobial Resistance (PCAP-AMR), but work with the regions’ realities. The discussion will highlight different starting points, priorities, approaches, opportunities, and any shareable lessons.
Panelists:
David Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc,
Robert Strang, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Health,
James Turner, Assistant Deputy Minister
Small but Mighty:
Promoting Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities in Rural Locations
Date:
June 18, 2025
Moderator:
Jason R. Vanstone, PhD
Research Scientist – Stewardship and Clinical Appropriateness
Regina General Hospital, Saskatchewan Health Authority
Speakers:
Katherine Neil, BSP, ACPR,
Senior Pharmacist
Lloydminster Hospital,
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Drop the Label:
Penicillin Allergy de-Labelling is for Everyone!
Date:
Moderator:
Nick Smith, MPH
Project Manager,
Community Antimicrobial Stewardship
BC Centre for Disease Control,
Provincial Health Services Authority
Speakers:
Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC
Pediatric Allergist,
BC Children’s Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor,
University of British Columbia
Chelsea Elwood, BMScH, MSc, MD, FRCSC
Obstetrician, BC Women’s Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor,
University of British Columbia
Haneen Albayati, BHSc, MPH Candidate
Spread Quality Improvement Lead,
Provincial Health Services Authority
What CAN Antibiograms Tell us?
Microbiological insights for antimicrobial stewardship
Date:
February 24, 2025
Chair/
Moderator:
Harpa Isfeld-Kiely,
National Collaborating Centre
for Infectious Diseases
Speakers:
Terence Wuerz, MD, FRCPC, MSc (Epi)
Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine (Section of Infectious Diseases) and Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Philippe Lagacé-Wiens, MD, DTM&H, FRCPC
Assistant Professor in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba;
Medical Microbiologist, Saint-Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg.
Optimizing Antimicrobial Use through the Respiratory Season in Children
Date:
Chair:
Cora Constantinescu, BSc, MD, FRCPC, MSc
Paediatric Infectious Disease
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Calgary
Speaker:
Michelle Science, MD, MSc
Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician
Division of Infectious Diseases
The Hospital for Sick Children
Antimicrobial Stewardship in Acute Care – What CAN be done?
Date:
Chair:
Cora Constantinescu, BSc, MD, FRCPC, MSc
Paediatric Infectious Disease
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Calgary
Panelists:
Timothy MacLaggan, BScPharm, PharmD, ACPR
Pharmacy Program Manager,
Infectious Diseases and
Antimicrobial Stewardship,
Horizon Health Network, New Brunswick
Gerald McDonald, BSc. (Pharm)
Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, NLHS Eastern-Urban Zone
St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador
Thomas Warren, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Physician lead, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Halton Healthcare
Oakville Ontario
Building an Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee in Long-term Care
Date:
June 10, 2024
Chair:
Jason Vanstone, PhD
Research Scientist, Stewardship and Clinical Appropriateness,
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Speakers:
Kaitlyn Sterner, RN, BSN, MHA, CHE
Director of Continuing Care,
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Kim Dhand, BSP
Clinical Pharmacist, Parkridge Centre,
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Three Can-Do Outlooks on AMS:
A One Health Opener for the CANadian Antimicrobial Stewardship Series
Date:
Chair:
Yoav Keynan, MD, PhD
National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases
Speakers:
Kanchana Amaratunga, MD, MPH, FRCPC
AMR Task Force, PHAC
Panelists:
Human Health – Lynora Saxinger, MD, FRCPC, CTropMed
Environmental Health – Ed Topp, PhD
Animal Health – J. Scott Weese, DVM DVSc DACVIM FCAHS
