
Events
Welcome to our Events Calendar! Stay up-to-date with the latest happenings in the rare disease community in Canada and beyond. From webinar and conferences to workshops and other events, our calendar is your one-stop destination for all rare disease-related happenings. Explore upcoming events, mark your calendar, and join as we work together to make a difference in the lives of those affected by rare diseases.
Watch our walkthrough videos in English and French for guidance navigating the calendar HERE.
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Ehlers-Danlos Society ECHO Summit: Mental Health
The Ehlers-Danlos Society is delighted to welcome you to register for the EDS ECHO Summit: Mental Health, a virtual event held on November 1, 2025. This event is suitable for community members, their friends, families, and caregivers, as well as healthcare professionals. This event will feature presentations, case studies, and panel discussions around the latest […]
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Canadian Caregiving Summit 2025
A brighter future of care is possible. Following the release of A National Caregiving Strategy for Canada, the Canadian Caregiving Summit, hosted by the Azrieli Foundation’s Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence, will mobilize caregivers, care providers, systems leaders, policy makers and researchers across the aging, disability and healthcare communities to work together to make caregiving […]
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Screen4Rare: Making AI Diagnosis Understandable
A co-creation workshop inviting non-AI experts to help design communication tools such as videos and brochures that make AI-supported diagnosis more understandable, trustworthy and human.
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Webinar: Health Financing & Social Health Protection for Rare Diseases
Rare Diseases International (RDI) and the P4H Network have partnered to enable global advocacy and collaboration to influence and support innovation in health financing arrangement and social health protection that concretely promote effective health coverage, increased access and adequate financial protection for people living with rare diseases.
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IPIC 2025
IPIC is one of the leading international congresses on primary immunodeficiency (PID) diagnosis and clinical care with a unique approach to its scientific programme underpinned by its focus on patient-centredness. With a truly international impact, the congress has earned its definite place and role in the PID clinical landscape.
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Bridging Gaps: A Patient-Oriented Neuroscience Research Symposium
Bringing together neuroscience researchers, patients, advocates and caregivers to highlight brain health research in an accessible format.
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Hope on the Horizon: Trials, Treatments and Therapies for DMD, DM1 & MG
Muscular Dystrophy Canada in partnership with the Neuromuscular Disease Network for Canada (NMD4C)’s Clinical Trial Network is excited to host three Hope on the Horizon events! These webinars are geared towards family members and people living with NMDs. Join us from November 26th – 29th to learn more about the treatment and clinical trial landscape […]
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Introduction to the Disability Tax Credit
A presentation about the gateway tax credit and the benefits it unlocks: Learn how the credit works and who qualifies Learn how the credit unlocks other federal benefits Discover practical tips for your application
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Can-Child Webinar: F-words Foundations Workshop
Interactive 3-hour F-words Foundations Workshop to explore how to bring the F-words for Child Development—Functioning, Family, Fitness, Fun, Friends, and Future—into everyday practice and life!
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SMA Together: Learn. Share. Connect. A Mini-Regional Conference – Toronto
The SMA Together: Learn. Share. Connect. Mini-regional conference in Toronto is less than three weeks away! Join them, in-person on December 13 to learn about the latest updates in spinal muscular atrophy, including:
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