Individual Oral, Poster, and Brag N Steal Submission Guidelines
To submit a proposal, please read and adhere to the submission guidelines below and submit via the online submission portal. You will be required to create an account if you do not have one already.
It is recommended that submitters do not wait until the last day to submit and that submitters ensure they have access in advance. Submitters are able to start their submission and leave it in draft mode before submitting to ensure access.
Deadline: February 12, 2026
Submission Directions
- Prepare to provide/answer the following:
- Your contact name, affiliation/institution name and email address
- Title of the submission (max 255 characters). Please use sentence case only for the title (capitalize the first letter of the title and lower case for all other letters unless required) and do not include a period (.) at the end of the title.
- Desired presentation format (Oral, Poster, Oral and/or Poster, Brag N Steal Oral, Brag N Steal Poster, Brag N Steal Oral and/or Poster) – Highest ranked submissions will be invited to present orally in addition to their poster.
- All approved submissions will be offered a poster, with some selected to do an oral presentation.
- All Brag N Steal submissions will be considered for an oral presentation, only a select group will be approved. All others will be offered a poster.
- For Brag N Steal
- Please describe why your team should be selected to present at the Brag and Steal session (max 3000 characters).
- Include details of a specific toolkit, process, assessment, or clinical/research innovation or improvement that has positively impacted outcomes at your site.
- Explain how this approach is effective, adaptable, and ready to be shared with other teams, and how it could benefit attendees by being implemented at their own sites.
- What makes your innovation worth « bragging » about, and why should others « steal » it for their own practice or research?
- Please describe why your team should be selected to present at the Brag and Steal session (max 3000 characters).
- For Oral & Posters:
- A structured abstract that includes background, methodology, results and conclusion (max 3000 characters).
- Background: This section should briefly describe relevant background information and the purpose of the study.
- Methods: This section should briefly describe what research was done, how it was completed and who was involved.
- Results: This section should describe what findings resulted from the study with relevant details (e.g., statistics), as appropriate.
- Conclusion: This section should briefly summarize the implications of the results and why it is important.
- The names, affiliation/institution name, and email address for each of the corresponding authors
- Name of the presenting author
- A structured abstract that includes background, methodology, results and conclusion (max 3000 characters).
The submitting author will be asked to confirm:
- that all co-authors are aware of the content of the abstract and agree to its submission as submitted;
- that all authors consent to publications of the submitted abstract related to the Canadian Stroke Congress 2026 (e.g., on the website, program materials, etc.);
- that all authors consent to the publication of the abstract in a scientific journal (if publication of the abstract is approved)
The submitting author will be asked the following questions:
- have you read the submission guidelines?
- confirm that the material has not been presented at another national or international conference in the past
- indicate the current position for the presenting author (a drop down list will be provided)
Please note, presenting authors must be registered participants and all abstracts must be submitted and presented in English.
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