CALL FOR RESEARCH / EDUCATION ABSTRACTS
Deadline: January 31, 2026​

 

CPERC Abstracts (June 17-18, 2026)

Abstracts can be submitted for oral presentations (during concurrent mini-sessions or AFPC Special Interest Group [SIG] education sessions) or poster presentations, under three categories: 1) pharmacy education initiative, 2) teaching and learning research / scholarship and 3) pharmaceutical science. 

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​Abstract System

CPERC and the Symposium will be using the same abstract online system used in previous years to submit, peer review and manage abstracts - MyAbstract: [2026 link coming soon]. You can edit your online abstract until the January 31, 2026 submission deadline. Only abstracts that conform to the prescribed format will be considered.

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Abstract Deadlines

• Submission: January 31, 2026

• Acceptance: April 15, 2026

• Registration: May 15, 2026 (CPERC registration is mandatory for all students, researchers and educators whose abstracts are accepted for presentation.)

 

Oral and Poster Presentations

• Presentations for oral and poster sessions will occur on June 17 and 18.

• The specific timeslot for each presentation will be dependent upon the number of abstracts accepted. Presenters will be advised of their presentation time and location when the schedule is finalized (at least two weeks in advance of the conference). 

• CPERC Concurrent Mini-Sessions will be 20 minutes in duration (15-minute presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A). Topics applicable to contemporary pharmacy education and research are of interest, including curricular development; innovations in teaching; learning and assessment; educational scholarship; experiential education; admissions; scholarly inquiries; faculty-led pharmacy practice innovations; equity, diversity and inclusion; and cultural safety and Indigenous health.

• CPERC Concurrent Special Interest Group (SIG) Education Sessions will be 20 minutes in duration (15-minute presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A).

• Oral presentations: up to two people can co-present. If there is a second presenter, this person should be listed as a co-presenting author. Changes to the presenting author(s) can be made before May 10, 2026 by emailing admin@afpc.info.

• Oral session presenters will be required to upload their slide decks to the online portal at least 48 hours in advance of their presentation. It is also recommended that presenters bring their presentations with them on a USB drive as a back-up. 

• Poster boards will be available in horizontal orientation. Poster boards measure 8ft wide by 4ft high. Velcro will be provided. Presenters competing for an award will be required to upload a PDF of their poster to the conference portal.

 

Awards for CPERC Presentations: 

• AFPC Educational Scholarship Poster Award (ESPA): This faculty award for 2026 will recognize the best innovative and effective educational scholarship poster presented at CPERC. To be eligible, authors (Canadian pharmacy faculty members) must indicate that their abstract is to be considered for the ESPA when submitting and check off submission requirements. If the submission is an oral abstract, but it is accepted for a poster presentation, it will be included in the ESPA competition.

• Whit Matthews Student Poster Awards: The student must present their poster at CPERC to be eligible for this award and must be listed as the presenting author at time of submission (only one presenter is permitted). If multiple posters have been submitted, the student must choose one poster for the competition. Note that winners of the study poster and graduate student research paper awards are not eligible to compete for the Whit Matthews award. 

 

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