Winners of Explain It Like I’m 6: An Antimicrobial Resistance Education Contest

Presented in partnership by University of Toronto’s Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC), the Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Network (CAN-AMR-Net) and bioMérieux Canada, the second Explain It Like I’m 6: An Antimicrobial Resistance Education Contest asked students or recent graduates at Canadian universities to get creative and explain an aspect of antimicrobial resistance science that is crucial and/or often misunderstood in a way that a 6-year-old would be able to understand.

We received more than 30 submissions from students across Canada. Submissions were judged on creativity, relevance, clarity, out-of-the-box thinking and above all accuracy. The winners were determined by a panel of judges from CAN-AMR-Net, EPIC and bioMérieux, while the Kids’ Choice Award winner was selected by voting from five classes of first graders. The winners were announced at the One Health: Antimicrobial Resistance and Emerging Zoonoses Conference in Calgary, Alberta, on March 11th, 2026.