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The Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Network, CAN-AMR-Net, is a Health Research Training Platform funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) from 2024 to 2030.

Encompassing over 30 institutions, CAN-AMR-Net focuses on addressing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) from a One Health approach and leverages diverse expertise to train the next generation of researchers, practitioners, and leaders in AMR and One Health to tackle the wicked problem of AMR.

CAN-AMR-Net operates under a central platform management team based at the University of Calgary and five hubs across Canada under four thematic areas:

Theme 1:
Development of OH AMR
translational competencies for trainees

Theme 2:
Transdisciplinary Training
and Career Readiness

Theme 3
Excellence in Knowledge
Translation and Communication

Theme 4:
Indigenous Knowledge and
Engagement

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  • Train the next generation of researchers, practitioners, and leaders in the application of transdisciplinary methodologies and communication skills across One Health sectors to tackle the wicked problem of AMR
  • Offer research trainees and early career researchers translational OH AMR research skills in a transdisciplinary and cross-training environment

Our platform supports the pan-canadian action plan on aMR

by increasing domestic capacity to work on AMR with a OH lens and a heightened appreciation of the multifaceted solutions needed to address AMR

We also support 3 of the 6 action tracks of the quadripartite organizations OH joint plan of action:

enhance OH capacities to strenghten health systems, curb the silent pandemic of AMR and integrate the enviroment into OH

  • Provide transdisciplinary competencies for effective engagement, collaboration, knowledge transfer, and exchange across OH sectors
  • Build cutting-edge technical, professional, and leadership skills in OH approaches to AMR for the development and implementation of effective strategies to mitigate AMR
  • Enable a pan-Canadian OH AMR network for mentorship, research, and collaboration
  • Promote EDIA and Indigenous knowledge and engagement in efforts to tackle AMR at local, regional, and national levels.
  • Develop a self-sustaining trainee development program
  • Train and mentor high qualified personnel (HQP) and Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in the OH and AMR fields
  • Equip participants with transdisciplinary, cutting-edge technical, professional, and leadership skills in AMR and OH
  • Increase the likelihood of participants' employability and career advancement in these fields
CAN-AMR-Net is a collaborative initiative and a multidisciplinary network of members from universities, research institutions, and organizations across Canada.
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Year 1, 2024-2025 Annual Report
Year 2, 2025-2026 Annual Reporte

Our collaborators

Atlantic Canada

Québec

Ontario

Prairies

British Columbia

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