Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board

Address 1:
Cross Cancer Institute
11560 University Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1Z2

Address 2:
Arthur Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre
3395 Hospital Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1

Director:
Mary Gunther, BSc Pharm, ACPR
Clinical Practice Manager
Phone: 780-407-6023

Coordinator/Contact:
Frances Folkman, BScPharm, ACPR
Arthur Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre
Clinical Practice Leader
Phone: 587-231-6019
Fax: 587-231-6030

Program

Type: General

Focus: Oncology

Established In: 2005

Number of Positions: 2

Application Deadline: As per PRAMS

Starting date: July 2026

PRAMS Additional Requirements: (Additional PRAMS requirements to complete the Pharmacy Residency Application and Matching Service (PRAMS) application should be sent through PRAMS when applying by the application deadline): 

• Please submit s cover letter (500 words maximum) in PDF format that outlines the following:
   
  1. What is your motivation for applying to the Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and/or Cancer Care Year 1 program(s), and how do the opportunities within these programs align with your professional goals?
  2. In what ways have you demonstrated excellence during previous clinical rotations and how has this shaped your growth as a pharmacist?
• Please include your name in the document naming of your cover letter.
• Applications without the cover letter will be considered INCOMPLETE and will NOT be considered.

Estimated Stipend: $51,074 

Benefits: Yes

Vacation/holiday leave: 10 paid days

Education/conference leave: Time provided to support residents to attend conferences

Minimum required credentials: Entry to Practice PharmD or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree

 

Program highlights: General residency program involving rotations in drug information, medication use systems, leadership and administration and clinical rotations. Core and elective clinical rotations include internal medicine, acute care oncology/hematology, blood and marrow transplant, pain and palliative care, gyne oncology, lung cancer, pediatric oncology, breast cancer and regional cancer centre ambulatory oncology. As this is a provincial program, rotations may be offered at either the Cross Cancer Institute (CCI), the Arthur Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre (ACCC) or other AHS hospital sites. Residents must also complete a research project during the year.

Core Rotations: (duration; site choices): Rotations offer the residents experience in the cancer centres and hospitals in Edmonton and Calgary:

• Drug Information: 1 week virtual experience
• Medication Use Systems: 1 week; CCI
• Leadership and Management: 3 weeks; CCI
• Acute Care Adult Oncology: 4-5 weeks; CCI, ACCC
• Pain and Palliative Care: 4-5 weeks; CCI, ACCC
• Ambulatory Hematology: 4-5 weeks; CCI, ACCC
• Internal Medicine: 6 weeks; Calgary or Edmonton Acute Care Centres
• Undergraduate Clinical Precepting: 4 weeks; CCI, ACCC
• Residency Research Project: 8-9 weeks

Elective Rotations (2): Chosen based on interests of the resident and the availability of the rotations. There is time allotted to allow for two elective rotations of 4-5 weeks’ duration. The rotations listed below are a summary of available rotation sites at the present time. There is a possibility that additional rotation sites may open up with the addition of new practice areas.

• Lung cancer ambulatory rotation (ACCC)
• Breast cancer ambulatory rotation (CCI)
• Gyne oncology ambulatory rotation (ACCC)
• Pediatric oncology acute care rotation: (Stollery Children's Hospital, Alberta Children's Hospital)
• Blood and marrow transplant ambulatory rotation (ACCC)
• Regional cancer centre solid tumour ambulatory oncology (Central Alberta Cancer Centre, Jack Ady Cancer Centre)
• Pharmacist led ambulatory oncology clinic rotation

Organization

Type: Alberta Pharmacy Practice Residency Program (Cancer Care)

Number of beds:

• 56 (Cross Cancer Institute) in addition to ambulatory oncology clinics. 
• Approximately 100 (Arthur Child Comprehensive Cancer) in addition to ambulatory oncology clinics.

Sites: Cross Cancer Institute (CCI), Arthur Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre (ACCC), as well as other hospitals within Alberta Health Services.

Graduates

2024-2025	Meagan Kielo Jayde Richards
2023-2024	Adrian de Boer
2022-2023	Christina Watts Julian Hopwood-Raja
2021-2022	Melissa Chan Lisa Zhang
2020-2021	Kosha Kantharia Alex Kwan
2019-2020	Tina Chen-En Ma Alisha Shivji
2018-2019	Kyia Hynes Kevin Thai
2017-2018	Helen Marin Phoebe Hsu
2016-2017	Humirah Sultani Grace Wong
2015-2016	Bianca Au Katherine Fung