Canada's Premier Virtual Event on Celiac Disease - Open to All!
✔️ Virtual event – $25 minimum donation
✔️ Saturday, November 15, 2025
✔️ 11:45 – 17:30 ET
✔️ Connect with researchers, clinicians, and patients
✔️ Discover the latest in gluten-free science and treatment
✔️ Attendees will get exclusive access to full conference recordings
Registration Now Open!
Who Should Attend?
🧪 Academics and researchers
🧍♀️ People with celiac, non-celiac gluten sensitivity, or dermatitis herpetiformis (and their families/caregivers)
👩⚕️ Family doctors, dietitians, dentists, and allied health professionals (continuing education certificates available)
🩺 Gastroenterologists and specialists
🥫 Food manufacturers, brokers, and distributors
🌐 Anyone interested in celiac disease or gluten-related disorders
"I really enjoy that participants are able to connect with such knowledgeable scientists and medical professionals! Kudos to the CCA for getting such amazing speakers. Thank-you!"
2024 Conference Participant
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Having attended, participants will be better prepared to:
- Articulate the current status of the latest research and disease management
- Identify celiac disease challenges and related solutions, trends, emerging issues and gaps
- Learn new nutrition management skills and the latest in nutritional science as it relates to celiac disease
- Assess nutrition in celiac disease, and be able to identify when the gluten-free diet isn’t enough.
FOR HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS
If you work in the healthcare field, sign up here to ensure you get exclusive access to:
✔️ Earn a Continuing Education Certificate
✔️ Connect with researchers, clinicians, and patients.
✔️ Discover the latest in gluten-free science and treatment.
✔️ Exclusive access to Conference recordings for 30 days.
✔️ Opportunity to ask questions.
✔️ Receive speaker materials.
✔️ Win Prizes!
CONFERENCE AGENDA
| Time | Agenda Item | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 11:45 – 12:10 | Mark chats with Ari Weinberg, O’Doughs | Brunch with O’Doughs: Sourcing ingredients, testing products, and more |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Conference opening remarks | Melissa Secord, Executive Director, Celiac Canada |
| 12:40 – 13:30 | Dr. Amelie Therrien | The latest research in celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. |
| 13:40 – 14:15 | Mark Wulczynski, PhD Student | Microbial fibre metabolism and its therapeutic potential for gluten-free patients. |
| 14:25 – 15:00 | Patient Panel, hosted by Dr. Sarah Ahola Kohut | Gluten-Free at Different Stages of Life |
| 15:10 – 15:45 | Dr. Diana Mager, PhD MSc RD | Gluten-Free Food Guide for Children & Youth |
| 15:55 – 16:20 | Q&A | With Celiac Canada’s Medical & Scientific Advisory Board |
| 16:30 – 17:15 | Keynote: Dr. Jason Tye-Din | A new IL-2 blood test for gluten exposure: The future of celiac testing and diagnosis. |
| 17:15 – 17:20 | Closing Remarks |