RQMO: 5th Zebinary of the Month of Zebra 2026
Speakers: - Christine Yergeau, Msc, RARE Network Manager. QC - Lilit Antonyan, Research Pillars Coordinator at RARe.qc

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Speakers: - Christine Yergeau, Msc, RARE Network Manager. QC - Lilit Antonyan, Research Pillars Coordinator at RARe.qc
Held during Rare Disease Month, this annual virtual event brings together families, youth, and the broader childhood rheumatic disease community to make rare experiences visible—and to remind families that they are […]
Speaker: - Josée Chénard, TS, PH.d, Professor, Department of Social Work, Université du Québec en Outaouais
HTAi’s Rare Disease Interest Group will celebrate 2026 Rare Disease Day with a conversation on how global policy changes are reshaping HTA processes for rare disease technologies. The webinar aims […]
Speakers: - Kim Auclair, consultant, speaker and blogger - Elsie Côté, Founder and President of Sirote-moi
Matchmaking for Rare Disease Diagnosis is a panel discussion and interactive Q&A with patient matchmaking pioneers, Dr. Nara Sobreira, Matthew Osmond, CGC, and Dr. Orion Buske.
Speaker: - François Bernier, entrepreneur, strategist, co-founder of Horizon b2b
ACCELERATED ACCESS TODAY, DEMONSTRATING VALUE FOR 2026 AND BEYOND This Rare Disease Day, join CORD for a 1-hour webinar marking the first 1.5 years of Canada’s Rare Disease Drug Strategy […]
On February 28th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., we invite you to participate in the RQMO 2026 International Rare Disease Day. The event will be held in hybrid mode, […]
Stem Cell Network and BioCanRx are pleased to present this webinar on clinical translation, offering trainees, early-career investigators, and researchers a high-level introduction to how cell and gene therapies (including regenerative medicine […]
Join this in-person workshop focused on how to measure and evaluate the impacts of engaging people with lived and living experience in health research, systems, and policy. The session will […]
Are you a rare disease methodologist, investigator or trainee? Join RareKids-CAN and speaker Arlene Jiang for a Rare Methods Workshop on expert elicitation in rare disease research on March 11. […]
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