2026 Symposium | Long COVID Web

Long COVID Web is pleased to announce the 4th Canadian Symposium on Long COVID.

The Symposium will bring together people with lived experience of Long COVID, clinicians, trainees, allied health professionals, researchers and others to discuss the latest innovations and scientific developments in Long COVID.

The 4th Canadian Symposium on Long COVID will be held on October 15–16, 2026, at The Nest, 6133 University Blvd, University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, BC

The overall learning objectives of the 4th Canadian Symposium on Long COVID are:

Engage in sharing research, discussing challenges, and exploring solutions with clinicians, researchers, and persons with lived experience regarding Long COVID conditions.
Evaluate recent advancements in basic science and clinical studies related to Long COVID, including epidemiology, pathophysiology, and potential therapeutic targets.
Examine emerging research in health services and population health, including population and economic modeling, to better understand care delivery, access, and system-level impacts of Long COVID.

In-person registration has now closed. We look forward to welcoming everyone to Vancouver, both in person and virtually.

Accreditation Statements

College of Family Physicians of Canada Mainpro+® Certified Activity (CERT ID#: 304697-001)
This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto for up to 13.0 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – Section 1
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. You may claim up to a maximum of 13.0 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

Please note that you would have to attend the Pacific Healthcare Provider Meetup (free hybrid session) on Oct 14 from 3:00 - 4:00 PM PT to receive the full 13 hours/credits. Otherwise, it will be 12 hours/credits to attend the Symposium. Please register for the Meetup separately here.

If you have questions about accreditation or need a certificate of participation, please contact us at info@longcovidweb.ca.

Financial Assistance for People With Lived Experience

Financial assistance is now closed, as we have reached capacity and are no longer accepting new requests. Thank you for your understanding.

Your support helps make the Symposium possible and contributes to the ongoing activities of Long COVID Web and the broader Long COVID research community. Make a donation today to help support these efforts.

Symposium Local Organizing Committee

Symposium Co-Chairs: Drs. Naveed Janjua, Viet Vu, Hiten Naik

Scientific Committee: Drs. Hind Sbihi, Scott Tebbutt, Theone Paterson, Prince Adu

Family Physicians: Drs. Lucia Ma, Lana Dyment

Patient/Community Partners: Michelle Roy, Candace Latham

Trainees: Estefania Espin, Himani Boury, Marie-Therese Ma

Post-COVID-19 Interdisciplinary Clinical Care Network Collaborators (PC-ICCN): Claire Wilson, Asuka Sugiyama

LCW Operations Team: Dr. Caren Cao, Yalda Mehran, Vishaka Kumar, Nicholas Cagna, Farwa Naqvi

Media and Recording Policy:

To protect the privacy of our speakers and attendees, it is our policy that filming, recording, or approaching healthcare providers, researchers, speakers, or attendees for media interviews by anyone outside the planning committee or LCW operations team is not permitted at the Symposium.

This restriction is intended to respect the privacy as well as the professional and ethical obligations of our speakers and attendees. We ask all attendees and media representatives to respect this policy throughout the event.

Only media interviews arranged and conducted by Long COVID Web with pre-identified speakers will take place at the Symposium.

Note on Community Materials

We welcome Long COVID advocacy and support group resources at the Symposium. All brochures, pamphlets, and other printed materials were required to be submitted in advance for review. The submission deadline was September 30, 2026, and the submission period is now closed.

Ventilation and Air Quality:

*The Great Hall at The Nest is served by an air handling unit (AHU-10) with a CO2 sensor. This sensor monitors CO2 levels, and when levels rise, the system brings in more outdoor (fresh) air by opening the damper to improve air quality.

Masking for Attendees
In line with our commitment to the health and safety of all participants, we highly recommend that all attendees wear masks during the Symposium. Masks will be provided at registration for those who need them. While masking is not currently mandated, this policy is part of our event safety measures. We also ask that anyone experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or other respiratory illness consider staying home if unwell. Thank you for helping us maintain a safe environment for all.

To access the official Symposium event page, download the Whova app or follow this link.

Jae Ryu, Keynote Speaker

3rd Canadian Symposium on Long COVID

Drs. Iram Anees and Mike Hall, Co-Chairs

3rd Canadian Symposium on Long COVID

Trainee Session

3rd Canadian Symposium on Long COVID

Jae Ryu, Keynote Speaker

3rd Canadian Symposium on Long COVID

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Dr. Michelle Lavoie (she/her) is a professional artist and curator, researcher, educator, and program developer. Her artmaking, curatorial practice, and arts-based, narrative, and community-based research is driven by her commitment to engage communities in creative, compelling and accessible ways to create dialogue and foster public understanding of complex issues. Her award-winning community art programs aim to support emerging artists and build resources and community resilience. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Queen’s) and Master of Fine Arts (Alberta), and Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies (Alberta). Michelle is a professional artist with 35+ years of international, national and regional exhibitions. Between 2015 and 2024, Michelle has curated several important public arts exhibitions to hold open safe, accessible, and engaging public spaces for previously silent stories to be seen and heard. A few significant exhibitions include: the Edmonton Queer History Project , Art Gallery of Alberta 2015: TREX Re-Imaging Normal for Alberta Foundation for the Arts that travelled to 22 venues (2018-20), viewership recorded at 51K; The 2SLGBTQ+ Intergenerational Art Project (2023-24), viewership estimated at 90K; Seeking Care: Imagining Alongside Youth Mental Health Stories (2024) viewership estimated at 60K. Michelle’s innovative work as a curator ties visual and narrative ways of thinking and knowing to mobilize community and research knowledge to support communities and educate publics.

Michelle Lavoie

Currator

4th Canadian Symposium on Long COVID Art Gallery

Chantal Bassett

I had so much fun creating the masks and descriptions that I combined them into videos, bringing the masks to life.

Vanessa Marshall

Long COVID: Every Heartbeat Matters

Long COVID Physio, For International Long COVID Awareness Day 2026, we created a short film exploring the theme “Long COVID: Every Heartbeat Matters.” Members submitted before-and-after images showing life before COVID and life with Long COVID. A specially commissioned soundtrack featuring an irregular heartbeat accompanies the images, symbolizing the impact of Long COVID and the distance between our old and new lives.

PWLE Contributions

We are grateful to everyone who shared their lived experience and contributed to the 4th Canadian Symposium on Long COVID. These contributions were submitted as part of the Symposium’s Art Gallery, and we are pleased to showcase them online, celebrating the voices, perspectives, creativity, and experiences of people living with Long COVID.

The 4th Canadian Symposium on Long COVID will be held on October 15–16, 2026, in the Great Hall on the second floor of The Nest, located at 6133 University Blvd, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

Parking

Parking is available at the University Blvd Lot (6131 University Boulevard) at a rate of $4.50/hour with no maximum, as well as the North Parade Lot (6155 Student Union Boulevard), which offers a daily rate. Attendees are responsible for paying for parking. For current rates, maps and additional information, please visit UBC Parking.

Available Travel Discounts

Air Canada

Promotion Code: CNJK8T71
The travel period begins Thursday, October 08, 2026 and ends Friday, October 23, 2026.

WestJet

5N8H5CH
Valid for travel between October 8-23, 2026

Porter

CSLC26

Via Rail

Valid for travel between October 7-25, 2026
In the 'Add a discount code' field, select Conference Fares and enter the code 16015.

Hotel Accommodation

The discounted group rate for Symposium participants at West Coast Suites at UBC has now ended. West Coast Suites are located at 5959 Student Union Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1.

Booking Link

Reserve your stay online.

By Phone or Email

Call the Reservations Office at (604)-822-1000, Ext. 3 or toll-free at 1-888-822-1030
Email: reservations@housing.ubc.ca

Extended Stay Options

The group rate discount has now ended. Any extended stay can still be booked through the above link and is subject to availability.

We are also pleased to partner with the UBC Centre for Disease Control and thank them for their support of the 4th Canadian Symposium on Long COVID.

This collaboration plays a vital role in both the organizational and scientific success of the program.

To show your commitment to this important initiative, please get in touch with us to discuss a tailored support package:

Long COVID Web
Email: info@longcovidweb.ca

In-Kind Support:

Orca – $1000 to $4,999

Support Our Initiative

Financial backing for the 4th Canadian Symposium on Long COVID helps us deliver an impactful meeting experience for healthcare professionals, researchers, and community representatives.

We also gratefully welcome donations to help offset the costs of hosting the symposium, including venue, technology, and program expenses, while supporting an accessible and inclusive event for all participants.

As part of our sponsorship opportunities, partners and community members may also choose to support equitable access by sponsoring or gifting registration to persons with lived experience who may otherwise be unable to attend. Please check the 'Registration' page to purchase a gift ticket.

Please note: Gift sponsors must register under their own name. Access will be assigned separately to an individual in need through the sponsorship request form.

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Financial Assistance for People With Lived Experience

At this time, financial assistance is only available for virtual attendance.

Would you like to help make the Symposium more accessible? You can support someone’s attendance by making a donation to sponsor a participant.

Please note: Gift tickets are available for $10. Gift sponsors must register using their own name. Sponsored access will be assigned separately to an individual in need through the sponsorship request form.

Attendee	Researchers/ Clinicians/ Policymakers	Trainees	People with Lived Experience
In-Person	$300	$250	$100
Virtual	$100	$50	$10

Explore the ticket options available to help you participate in the 4th Canadian Symposium on Long COVID. In-person registration has now closed. We look forward to welcoming everyone to Vancouver, both in person and virtually.

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Please note that the Symposium will be hosted through Whova.

To get the most out of your experience, we encourage all attendees to download the Whova app on your mobile device. The app provides convenient mobile access to Symposium schedules, session details, and live announcements.

For In-Person Attendees: We highly recommend downloading the app prior to arriving. It will serve as your primary hub for real-time updates, schedule shifts, and important announcements throughout the event.
On desktop or laptop? Click here to join your event in a browser.

Pacific Healthcare Provider Meetup

The Pacific Healthcare Provider Meetup will bring together healthcare providers from across British Columbia to address Long COVID care through shared learning and facilitated conversation. Hosted in a hybrid format, with the in-person gathering at the Life Sciences Centre at the University of British Columbia, the session will feature a panel of experts who will provide brief presentations on current Long COVID research, clinical insights, and emerging evidence, followed by discussion shaped by questions from attendees. The session will bring forward practice and system-level topics relevant to the British Columbia context, such as care pathways, gaps in research and practice, diagnostics, therapeutics, and access to credible resources, while creating an opportunity for providers to share learnings, experiences, and perspectives related to Long COVID care across the province.

Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 (virtual and in-person)

Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM PT

Address: Room 1003, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A1

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