[IN PERSON]

Registration now open !

 

Registration deadline: 5PM, Feb 24, 2026

Abstract submission deadline: 5PM, Feb 6, 2026

 

This year’s theme will be “The lifelong impacts of neonatal genomic medicine“.

Rare Disease Day at SickKids
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research & Learning
686 Bay St

 

Agenda

(Agenda times subject to change. Full agenda details can be found: Agenda – 2026 SickKids Rare Disease Day)

 

10am Poster Session
1:30pm Welcoming Remarks
  Keynote
Dr. Monica Wojcik
Medical Director, Manton Center Gene Discovery Core;
Newborn Medicine Medical Director​, Fetal Care and Surgery Center; A
Physician, Divisions of Newborn Medicine and Genetics and Genomics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical
   

Spotlight Speakers

Lena Dolman, MD, MSC
PGY-4 Pediatrics Resident University of Toronto

&
Tamorah Lewis, MD, PhD
Division Head, Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology Staff Physician, Division of Neonatology The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario Senior Associate Scientist, Translational Medicine, SickKids

 
3:30pm Reception and Award Announcements

 

Trainee Oral Presentations – Thursday Feb 19, 2026
To launch Rare Disease Week, Can-GARD invites you to attend Can-GARD Trainee Oral presentation which will be held at 12:30pm, Feb 19, 2026 at the PGCRL.
Further details will be shared in an upcoming email – no registration required for this event