Canadian Rare Disease Network

IMPaCT Webinar: Lessons Learned from the Innovative Pediatric Clinical Trials (iPCT) Network
2025-09-10 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Edmonton)
Speakers: Tannis Erickson & Naveen Poonai Title: Lessons Learned from the Innovative Pediatric Clinical Trials (iPCT) Network

2025 NMD4C Annual Meeting
2025-09-11 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
Registration is now open for the 2025 NMD4C Annual Meeting!
Join NMD4C in Ottawa on Thursday, September 11, for a full day of dynamic discussions, research updates, and networking opportunities—just ahead of the 7th Ottawa International Conference on Neuromuscular Disease & Biology.

PHA-Medical Think Tank
2025-09-11 08:00 - 2025-09-12 17:00 (America/Toronto)
Join Canada’s premier CPD event on pulmonary hypertension, co-developed by PHA Canada and the Canadian Thoracic Society, including:
· Keynote presentations by Dr. Steven Kawut (University of Pennsylvania) and Athénaïs Boucly (University of Paris-Saclay)
· Presentations on pulmonary hypertension topics from diagnosis through treatment
· Updates on pulmonary hypertension research.
September 11 & 12 in Toronto or via Zoom. For more information and to register: https://www.phacanada.ca/thinktank

2025 Pulmonary Hypertension Community Conference
2025-09-11 08:00 - 2025-09-13 17:00 (America/Toronto)
​Join PHA Canada’s 2025 PH Community Conference to explore how they can drive meaningful change and inspire hope across the PH community. This year’s event will feature powerful keynote speakers, interactive workshops, and engaging panel discussions—all designed to empower you with new strategies, the latest research, and stories of resilience and innovation.

Ottawa NMD 2025 Conference
2025-09-11 08:00 - 2025-09-13 17:00 (America/Toronto)
7th Ottawa International Conference on Neuromuscular Disease and Biology will take place at the Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa, Canada on September 11-13, 2025.
The Ottawa NMD 2025 conference will offer an outstanding program emphasizing recent breakthroughs in basic and translational research and clinical discoveries in neuromuscular disease.

2nd Edition of the Symposium on Genetic Medicine
2025-09-12 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
This year, the symposium will be dedicated to rare diseases, a major topic in genetics.

Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Conference
2025-09-17 08:00 - 2025-09-19 17:00 (America/Edmonton)
Join CFC September 17 –19, 2025 for Cystic Fibrosis Canada’s first Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Conference, hosted in Calgary, Alberta.
The conference will spotlight the development of Canadian consensus and national standards for CF care, explore early implementation strategies, and highlight hot topics in healthcare and research and knowledge gaps that future research and clinical trials can address.

Undiagnosed Hackathon 2025
2025-09-21 08:00 - 2025-09-24 17:00 (America/Chicago)
350 million people live with an undiagnosed disease worldwide. Genome sequencing can provide answers for 40% of the People Living With Undiagnosed Disease (PLWUD) but around 60% still don’t receive a diagnosis. The purpose of the Undiagnosed Hackathon is trying to find new ways and collaborations to solve the undiagnosed diseases, that can’t be solved today. In this unique event multidisciplinary teams of clinicians, bioinformaticians/molecular biologists, scientists, developers, AI specialists and brilliant minds will work together to tackle the most difficult diseases.

Advancing Rare Disease Healthcare: Spotlighting the Economic and Health System Burden of Disease
2025-09-23 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Edmonton)
Please join this 1.5-hour live virtual meeting to hear esteemed faculty describe the global economic impact of rare diseases on patients and healthcare systems. Expert community advocates will also share their practical experience of advancing patients’ needs with key stakeholders. Panel discussion and audience questions will consider how to have meaningful impact in your country or region with patient healthcare experience data and insights to drive change in practice and better health outcomes for people living with rare disease. The live virtual meeting is further supplemented with published studies and content.

Connected in Care Conference
2025-09-24 08:00 - 2025-09-26 17:00 (America/Toronto)
As part of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network’s long-term vision, Connected in Care are hosting their second biennial educational conference at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Suites in Richmond Hill on Wednesday, September 24 – Friday, September 26, 2025.

6th Western Canadian Neuromuscular Conference
2025-09-25 08:00 - 2025-09-27 17:00 (America/Edmonton)
The 6th Western Canadian Neuromuscular
Conference is confirmed for 2026! Don’t miss
the opportunity to network with leading experts
and stay at the forefront of medical
advancements in the field of neuromuscular
diseases.

Biennial National Conference
2025-09-26 08:00 - 2025-09-28 17:00 (America/Edmonton)
Registration information coming soon.

Canadian Rare Disease Symposium: Preparing for Clinical Trials – International Regulatory Insights, and cGMP Gene Therapy Manufacturing capabilities in Canada
2025-10-01 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto)
The Stem Cell Network (SCN) and the National Research Council Canada (NRC) are excited to contribute to the national conversation on cell and gene therapy for rare diseases. Building on the 2024 event titled “Canadian Rare Disease Ecosystem Symposium: Genetic Therapies for Rare Disease”, SCN and NRC are pleased to invite you to the Canadian Rare Disease Symposium: Preparing for Clinical Trials – International Regulatory Insights, and cGMP Gene Therapy Manufacturing Capabilities in Canada–a focused half-day event dedicated to advancing gene and cell therapy development in Canada through regulatory alignment and manufacturing readiness.
This virtual symposium will convene international regulatory authorities, Canadian manufacturing experts, and rare disease developers to explore two critical enablers of translational success: clinical trial readiness and cGMP manufacturing capacity.

CAGC & CCMG Joint Conference
2025-10-05 08:00 - 2025-10-08 17:00 (America/Edmonton)
The CAGC & CCMG Joint Conference will be a unique gathering of medical and laboratory geneticists and genetic counsellors with diverse expertise, all sharing a common interest in education and advocating for best practices in clinical and laboratory genetics. Through presentations, workshops, breakout sessions, abstract sessions, and engagement with industry partners, the event propels forward clinical practice, scientific advancements, and excellence across all aspects of genetics in Canada.

Connected Minds: Exploring the Intersection of Brains, Machines & Society
2025-10-06 08:00 - 2025-10-08 17:00 (America/Toronto)
Explore the future of tech, health & society at the Connected Minds Conference 2025, where ideas ignite and innovation thrives!

30th Annual International Congress of the World Muscle Society
2025-10-07 08:00 - 2025-10-11 17:00 (Europe/Vienna)
The World Muscle Society is a dynamic community that aims to promote, disseminate, and share all aspects of neuromuscular physiology and diseases, from basic science to patient care. It encompasses a broad range of scientists and healthcare professionals who share the common interest for neuromuscular disorders.

2nd Canadian Symposium on Neurofibromatosis
2025-10-16 08:00 - 2025-10-17 17:00 (America/Edmonton)
This Symposium is aimed at the patients and families, as well as clinicians and health professionals (doctors, nurses, researchers).

Building Bridges: Advancing Collaborative Pediatric Palliative Care
2025-10-22 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
This pediatric palliative care symposium is for health care professionals interested in increasing their knowledge and skill in working with children with serious illness and their families.
The goal is to share research and clinical experiences that broaden the perspectives and collaborative efforts to enhance the care delivery in hospital, home and hospice.
Pediatric-focused clinician’s and adult palliative care clinicians most welcome

The World Orphan Drug Congress
2025-10-27 08:00 - 2025-10-29 17:00 (Europe/Amsterdam)
The World Orphan Drug Congress is the largest and most established orphan drug & rare disease meeting of its kind across the globe.
From cell and gene therapy, genetic testing, and market access, to real world evidence, this one meeting covers the whole orphan drugs value chain where science, government and manufacturers all come together to create groundbreaking progress.

The 5th Annual Canadian Children, Youth and Communities (CCYC) In | Equity Conference
2025-10-29 08:00 - 2025-10-30 17:00 (America/Toronto)
This conference reaches a national, interdisciplinary audience and is a collaborative space where ideas are put into practice. Together, you’ll explore how sustainable solutions and community partnerships can improve child and youth health equity.

Cardiac Precision Medicine in the 21st Century
2025-10-29 08:00 - 2025-10-31 17:00 (America/Toronto)
The 10th International Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine & SickKids Cardiac Precision Medicine Conference is making its debut in North America! This year’s theme, “Cardiac Precision Medicine in the 21st Century,” delves into cardiovascular genomics and precision medicine in the era of ‘Omics’, AI and digital medicine. Join us as we bring together international experts and innovators to explore transformative research and collaborative opportunities that can shape the future of cardiovascular medicine.
This event will feature the 4th William Harvey Oration delivered by Dr. Sharlene Day and the Dr. Michael Braudo Lectureship delivered by Dr. Ma’n H. Zawati.

2025 Canadian Fragile X Conference
2025-11-07 08:00 - 2025-11-08 17:00 (America/Toronto)
November 7–8, 2025 | Toronto, Ontario Canada’s first national Fragile X conference

ISCT North America Regional Virtual Town Hall
2025-11-10 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto)
Join ISCT on November 10 for an engaging Town Hall discussion on the real-world implementation of gene therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD). The session will be led by Dr. Hemalatha Rangarajan, leader of the gene therapy program for non-malignant disorders, who has also launched multiple clinical trials in transplant for SCD at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH).

Pan-Canadian OMOP Common Data Model Engagement Event
2025-11-17 08:00 - 2025-11-18 17:00 (America/Toronto)
This pan-Canadian event brings together teams using the OMOP common data model to advance research collaboration across Canada and beyond.

ITINERARE Symposium 2025
2025-11-18 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
The programme features experts from a variety of fields, ranging from basic and translational research to clinical application and the ethical, social and legal aspects of rare disease research.

CORD: Rare Disease Conference Fall 2025
2025-11-25 08:00 - 2025-11-26 17:00 (America/Toronto)

Introduction to the Disability Tax Credit
2025-12-02 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto)
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

CARELeuko Symposium 2025
2025-12-05 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
The Canadian Association for Research Excellence in Leukodystrophy (CARELeuko) is excited to welcome you to the 2025 CARELeuko Symposium: Uniting Canada’s Leukodystrophy Community to Drive Collaboration and Accelerate Research and Care!
The 2025 CARELeuko Symposium is taking place on Friday, December 5, 2025, at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

36th International Symposium on ALS/MND
2025-12-05 08:00 - 2025-12-07 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The International Symposium is the biggest annual conference dedicated to ALS and MND research. Each year they bring together researchers from around the world to share new understanding of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and motor neurone disease.

FA Together: Learn. Share. Connect. mini-regional conference in Calgary
2025-12-08 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Edmonton)
