Speakers: - Kim Auclair, consultant, speaker and blogger - Elsie Côté, Founder and President of Sirote-moi

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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Speakers: - Kim Auclair, consultant, speaker and blogger - Elsie Côté, Founder and President of Sirote-moi |
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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. |
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Speaker: - François Bernier, entrepreneur, strategist, co-founder of Horizon b2b |
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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 (RDDS). The session celebrates progress in accelerated access while focusing on what comes next: demonstrating value. |
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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 and cancer biotherapeutics) move from the lab to clinical trials. |
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The Rare Kidney Disease Foundation presents: RKDF 5th International ADTKD Summit - A Time For Action Friday, March 6, 10AM - 1:00PM EST - Science Program Saturday, March 7, 10AM - 1:00PM EST - Patient Program |
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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. Learn what expert elicitation is, how it can support rare disease clinical design and how expert input can be used to construct a prior distribution. |
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Join CAN-Child's interactive 3-hour F-words Foundations Workshop and 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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Educational webinars on rare neurological, neuromuscular and movement disorders jointly organized by the European Reference Networks for Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND) and Neuromuscular Diseases (ERN-EuroNMD) and the European Academy of Neurology (EAN). |
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Join RDI for a public webinar exploring how rare disease centers are organized and how they function in practice across different countries and health system contexts. Rare disease centers play a critical role in improving diagnosis, care coordination, research, and access to treatment for people living with rare diseases. Yet, their structures, levels of recognition, […]
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Join on Zoom for a free CIHR Café Scientifique! | March 18 @ 6:00 pm MST Together you’ll explore what chronic pain looks like for young people and their families, how pain can occur across generations, and why quality care in our communities matters. |
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Save the date on *March 25th 2026* for a dynamic session entitled "Patient Partners in Learning Health Systems: The Centre for Digital Health Evaluation Experience". |
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