New Home on NMD4C Website for Community of Practice

Check out the new home for the NMD4C community of practice (CoP), now live on the NMD4C website! Here you can find all of the latest updates and upcoming events for each neuromuscular CoP:

If you are interested in joining one of the three groups to attend training events, exchange resources and strategies, and find solutions to common challenges, please contact community of practice manager Maria Masnata to register your interest and join a CoP today!

Announcement poster reading: New home online for NMD4C community of practice

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Advancing Neuromuscular Research and Care: Highlights from the 2025 NMD4C Annual Meeting

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2025 Clinical Summer School

NMD4C Hosts Inaugural Clinical Summer School to Empower Canada’s Future Neuromuscular Leaders

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2026 Neuromuscular Postdoc Research Fellowship Competition

2026 Neuromuscular Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Funding Competition is Now Open!

Apply Or Share this opportunity with the trainees in your network — Deadline: October 14, 2025. Hosted by Neuromuscular Disease Network for Canada (NMD4C) and Muscular Dystrophy Canada (MDC)

Clinical Fellowship Awardees

Announcing the 2026 Neuromuscular Clinical Fellowship Award Recipients

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