2026 ANNUAL MEETING
The 44th annual SONA meeting will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at McMaster University.
Registration and abstract submission are now open!
Please click here to register.
Please click here to submit abstracts.
Deadline for regular registration and abstract submission: April 20, noon.
Deadline for late registration (online only, no onsite registration): April 27, noon.
On the day of the event, registration check-in/breakfast will begin at 8 am, and the formal program will start at 9 am and end at 6pm. There will be talks and poster sessions from Southern Ontario neuroscientists, and a keynote lecture. The registration fee covers breakfast, lunch, and coffee/tea, and also SONA membership for the year.
Poster prizes will be awarded in postdoc, graduate student, and undergraduate student categories. We encourage attendees to submit abstracts describing research at various stages of completion. To encourage participants to share ongoing research progress within our community, abstracts submitted to SONA will be shared only among registrants.
Registration at the annual meeting includes SONA membership for the year.
Poster prizes will be awarded in postdoc, graduate student, and undergraduate student categories. We encourage attendees to submit abstracts describing research at various stages of completion. To encourage participants to share ongoing research progress within our community, abstracts submitted to SONA will be shared only among registrants.
REGISTRATION:
| PIs/Faculty members | $80 |
| Postdocs/Staff | $60 |
| Students (grad/undergrad) | $40 |
LATE REGISTRATION:
| PIs/Faculty members | $100 |
| Postdocs/Staff | $80 |
| Students (grad/undergrad) | $60 |
Additional information will be posted here as it becomes available.
Previous Meetings
- 2025, May 2 - 43rd meeting - Western University
- 2024, May 3 - 42nd meeting - Wilfrid Laurier University - Info | Program and abstracts
- 2023, May 5 - 41st meeting - University of Toronto Scarborough - Program and abstracts
- 2022, May 27 - 40th meeting - University of Toronto - Program and abstracts
- 2019, May 2 - 39th meeting - University of Windsor - Program and abstracts
- 2018, May 4 - 38th meeting - University of Guelph - Program and abstracts
- 2017, May 5 - 37th meeting - Brock University - Program and abstracts
- 2016, May 6 - 36th meeting - University of Waterloo
- 2015, May 1 - 35th meeting - McMaster University
- 2014, May 5 - 34th meeting - Western University - Program and abstracts
- 2013, May 13 - 33rd meeting - Wilfrid Laurier University - Program and abstracts
- 2012, April 30 - 32nd meeting - University of Toronto - Itinerary | Posters
- 2011, May 9 - 31st meeting - University of Guelph - Program and abstracts
- 2010, May 7 - 30th meeting - Brock University
- 2009, May 8 - 29th meeting - McMaster University
- 2008, May 9 - 28th meeting - University of Western Ontario
- 2007, May 24 - 27th meeting - University of Toronto
Future Meetings
- 2026: McMaster University, Saturday May 2, 2026
- 2027 [tentative]: Guelph (hosted by the University of Guelph)
- 2028 [tentative]: Windsor (hosted by the University of Windsor)
- 2029 [tentative]: Toronto (hosted by the University of Toronto; to be held on St. George or UTM campus)
- 2030 [tentative]: Scarborough (co-hosted by Queen's University and the University of Toronto Scarborough)
- 2031 [tentative]: Waterloo (co-hosted by the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University; location TBD)
