UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

November 28 - 29, 2025

This two-day course is designed to provide and enhance a basic working knowledge of sleep medicine. It is designed for neurology residents and fellows from across Canada as well as general practitioners, community neurologists,  and specialists who are interested in further enhancing their understanding of the current principles and practices in dealing with patients with sleep disorders.

Where: Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, The Neuro, 3801 University Street

$100 for residents and students, $250 for neurologists, specialists, GPs, psychiatrists, & other professionals

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Contact: Debbie Rashcovsky

You're invited to a free educational event about sleep, insomnia, sleeping pills, and how to get a good night’s sleep without medication. You can attend in person or online. The event is for everyone - members of the public, healthcare professionals, policy makers, and researchers. Events are scheduled for November in Halifax, Fredericton, and St. John’s.  

November 13, 2025 - HALIFAX, Nova Scotia

2:00 to 3:15 pm AST

Venue: Canada Games Centre, 26 Thomas Raddall Drive Halifax, NS

REGISTER - HALIFAX SESSION

November 20, 2025 - FREDERICTON, New Brunswick

7:00 to 8:15 pm AST

Venue: Wu Conference Centre, 6 Duffie Drive Fredericton, NB

REGISTER - FREDERICTON SESSION

November 27, 2025 - ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland

7:00 to 8:15 pm NST

Venue: Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, Health Sciences Centre, Room 1M101, Prince Philip Drive, St. John’s, NFLD

REGISTER - ST. JOHN'S SESSION

Presented by Dalhousie University’s Sleepwell research and knowledge mobilization program

Sleep Webinar Series Recordings

  • Sleep, Insomnia and Emotion Regulation

    Professor Chiara Baglioni, University Guglielmo Marconi of Rome

    October 7, 2025

    PLAY

  • Mieux vivre avec les horaires atypiques

    Dr Diane Boivin, McGill University
    Dr Annie Vallières, Laval University

    25 mai 2025

    Jouer la vidéo

  • Why Daylight Saving Time should be abolished

    Professor Roelof Hut
    University of Groningen

    May 25, 2025

    PLAY

  • CBT-I mapping & implementation process in Australia

    Dr. Alexander Sweetman, Australasian Sleep Society

    February 24, 2025

    PLAY

  • Understanding the underpinnings of teen sleep: implications for school start times

    Professor Mary Carskadon, Brown University

    October 10, 2024

    PLAY

  • Sleep Health: What works well for your family?

    Dr. Marie-Hélène Pennestri, McGill University

    March 14, 2024

    PLAY

  • Parlons de l'heure avancée

    Dr. Ashley Nixon, Conseil national de recherches Canada

    Équipe de recherche sur l’insomnie et santé mentale

    Mars 2024

    Jouer la vidéo

  • Let's Talk about Daylight Saving Time.

    Dr. Michael Antle, University of Calgary

    February 28, 2024

    PLAY

  • Sleep, Health and Society

    Dr. Michael Grandner, University of Arizona

    January 22, 2024

    PLAY

  • Sleep and Multimorbidity: A Public Health Perspective

    Dr. Saverio Stranges, Western University

    Sleep Health Equity Research Team

    December 14, 2023

    PLAY

  • Sleep Indigenous Knowledge

    Dr. Amy Shawanda, McGill University

    Sleep Heath Equity Research Team

    November 9, 2023

    PLAY

  • Insomnia Phenotypes

    Dr. Julio Fernandez-Mendoza

    Pennsylvania State University

    October 12, 2023

    PLAY

Canadian Sleep Society Public Lectures

hosted by the Consortium on April 29, 2023

  • Long COVID and Sleep - Not a topic to snooze on

    Elliott K. Lee

    University of Ottawa

    Play Video

  • Navigating parenting experiences of sleep during early childhood

    Elizabeth Keys

    University of British Columbia - Okanagan

    Play Video

  • Daylight Saving Time and Sleep: What Science Tells Us for Canada

    Joseph De Koninck & Ashley Nixon

    University of Ottawa

    L’heure avancée et le sommeil: Qu’est-ce que la science nous enseigne pour le Canada

    JOUER LE VIDEO

    Play Video

  • I'll Sleep On It! Tips to Improve Sleep and Minimize Insomnia

    Michael Mak

    University of Toronto

    Play Video

  • Le sommeil, un allié de poids pour la santé mentale

    Rébecca Robillard

    Université Ottawa

    Jouer le vidéo

  • Pourquoi et comment traiter l'insomnie?

    Thanh Dang-Vu

    Université Concordia

    Jouer le vidéo

  • Les rêves lucides et leur utilisation pour les cauchemars et l'insomnie

    Célyne Bastien

    Université Laval

    Jouer le vidéo

  • Projet web « Apprendre à dormir comme à marcher : connaissances et conditions gagnantes entourant le sommeil de l’enfant appuyées sur la science

    Evelyne Touchette

    Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

    Jouer le vidéo

Understanding the mechanisms of sleep to facilitate nights that are more restful.

Presented to the Canadian Innovation Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace on March 15, 2023.

by Dr. Rébecca Robillard, Co-Chair of the Canadian Sleep Research Consortium.

ENTER Passcode: Mhc2022-23

Recording