Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board

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

Address 2:
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 1331 29 St NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N2

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

Coordinator/Contact:
Tom Baker Cancer Centre: Frances Folkman, BScPharm, ACPR
Clinical Practice Leader
Phone: 403-521-3365
Fax: 403-521-3326

Program

Type: General

Focus: Oncology

Established In: 2005

Number of Positions: 2

Application Deadline: As per PRAMS

Starting date: July 2025

PRAMS Additional Requirements: (No additional requirements to complete the Alberta Health Services (Cancer Control) Pharmacy Residency Application and Matching Service (PRAMS) application)

Est. stipend: $49,577 per year for year 1

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)

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

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