Atlantic MeetUp (FREE & HYBRID) at the 3rd Canadian Symposium on Long COVID

Atlantic MeetUp (Free Session)

at the 3rd Canadian Symposium on Long COVID (2025)

📅 Date: October 21, 2025

🕣 Time: 8:30–9:30 a.m. Newfoundland Time / 8:00–9:00 a.m. Atlantic Time

📌 Location: Online via Zoom, and In-person at Emera Innovation Exchange, Signal Hill Campus, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Calling all Atlantic Canada health professionals, researchers, Long COVID Web members, public health workers, policy makers, caregivers, and people with lived experience!

This is our year! Long COVID Web is coming to St. John’s, NL on October 21–22, 2025- and we’re hosting a dedicated Atlantic MeetUp to connect, share, and collaborate across our region.

Whether you’re involved in clinical care, research, policy, or advocacy — or navigating Long COVID firsthand- this is your space to connect with others doing this work in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Please note that all attendees (in-person or virtual) who have registered for the symposium and plan to attend the Atlantic meet-up must also register separately via Eventbrite. This is a free session, and space is limited for in-person participation.

Speakers

• Moderator: Iram Anees, MD, FRCPC, Co-chair, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Memorial University
• Stacey Alexander, B.PE, BEd, MEd (IT), Educator, Person With Lived Experience, Admin Team for Long COVID Canada Collaborative, CAN-PCC Guideline Team Member
• Doug Gross, PhD, BScPT, Professor and Chair​, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta

What to Expect

• Learn more about and its mission

• Hear updates on research and clinical care initiatives

• Centre the lived experience of people managing Long COVID

• Build connections with Atlantic peers

Additional Details

• All registrants will receive a unique Zoom link by email (separate from the main Symposium link).
• As the meet-up is one hour long and we want to make the most of our time, please submit all questions for the speaker and the event in advance here: https://airtable.com/applU5j4gdQXj7bSh/shreSK0i7VJeHVTN9
• The in-person MeetUp will be a masked space for the comfort and safety of all participants.

Please Note: Registering for the Atlantic MeetUp via Eventbrite does not register you for the 3rd Canadian Symposium on Long COVID. To attend the Symposium (virtually or in person), you must complete the separate registration using the link provided.

Also check out other Meetups in St. John's, Health & Wellness events in St. John's.