CIPARS: Working with others

A key to the success of the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS^{Footnote 1}) is the relationships and engagements with federal, provincial, territorial and private industry partners, as well as international governments, academia, and health professionals.

CIPARS interactions

CIPARS currently engages annually with over 950 people and/or organizations. These engagements allow CIPARS to support measures to contain the emergence and spread of resistant bacteria between animals, food, and people, with the aim of prolonging the effectiveness of antimicrobials.

The number of people and/or organizations broken down by type of organizations^{Footnote 2}:

• Government agencies: more than 350 people and/or organizations
• Veterinary and food animal producing sectors and international agencies: 100 to 150 people and/or organizations
• Academia: 90 to 100 people and/or organizations

For a full list of who we engage with, please visit our web page.

Veterinary and food animal producing sectors

CIPARS engages with national, provincial, and territorial industry partners across Canada including meat and poultry processors, veterinary associations and practitioners, producers and producer organizations from different commodities (including chickens, eggs, turkeys, pigs, and beef and dairy cattle), and pharmaceutical companies.

Academia

CIPARS engages with researchers at universities and veterinary colleges across Canada and around the world.

CIPARS is helping to train the next generation of researchers. Members of CIPARS have cross-appointments with universities, sitting as graduate advisors and committee members or supervisors for practicum, field placements, and student employees.

Government

CIPARS engages with federal, provincial, and territorial governments across Canada from areas including public health, animal health, agriculture, and other areas.

International

CIPARS engages with over 27 countries, including more than 46 governmental and non-governmental agencies and organizations in areas such as:

• integrated surveillance
• measurement of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance
• risk assessment
• food safety
• animal health
• human health

CIPARS is active on international groups including Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) and Quadripartite Technical Group on Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Integrated Surveillance (QTG-AIS). CIPARS provides data to international organizations including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and is engaging with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) In-Farm and does pre-testing for that group.