Canola Week 2026 Program
Below is an overview of what to expect at Canola Week 2026. The full program, including speakers, will be released in the coming weeks.
Canola Week 2026 attendees (virtual or in-person) can earn Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) credits.
Day 1
Tuesday, November 24, 2026
Day 2
Wednesday, November 25, 2026
Day 3
Thursday, November 26, 2026
7:30 a.m.
— 8:30 a.m.
Continental breakfast
8:30 a.m.
— 9:00 a.m.
Conference welcome and introduction
Introduction to canola yield – what are the trends? What are the factors influencing canola yield on the Prairies? How can we address them?
9:00 a.m.
— 9:20 a.m.
Year in review
9:20 a.m.
— 9:30 a.m.
Presentation with David Dzisiak
9:20 a.m.
— 9:30 a.m.
Oilseed rapeseed yield competition and yield challenges/emerging threats in Sweden; international perspective.
10:00 a.m.
— 10:30 a.m.
Networking Break and Poster Session
10:30 a.m.
— 11:10 a.m.
PANEL: Seed company perspective on canola yield trends – challenges to improve yields on the Prairies
11:10 a.m.
— 12:00 p.m.
PANEL: Farmer perspective on canola yield trends
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11:50 a.m.
— 12:30 p.m.
Canola yield gap analysis from Virginia Tech
12:30 p.m.
— 1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Poster Session
Threats and Emerging Threats - Insects
1:30 p.m.
— 2:00 p.m.
Insect overview: The changing landscape for insect pests on the Prairies, including a few new ones to watch for.
2:00 p.m.
— 2:30 p.m.
Increased pesticide tolerance (flea beetles)
2:30 p.m.
— 3:00 p.m.
Genetic resources for improving insect resistance in canola
3:00 p.m.
— 3:30 p.m.
Networking Break and Poster Session
3:30 p.m.
— 3:45 p.m.
Update on cabbage seedpod weevil
3:45 p.m.
— 4:00 p.m.
Update on verticillium stripe
4:00 p.m.
— 4:15 p.m.
Primer for Thursday morning: Australian experience with canola production under high temperature stress
4:15 p.m.
— 4:30 p.m.
Recap: Day 1
5:00 p.m.
— 6:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception presented by BASF
7:30 a.m.
— 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Poster Session
Emerging Threats and Opportunities
8:30 a.m.
— 9:00 a.m.
The canola market landscape: What are we up against?
9:00 a.m.
— 9:45 a.m.
Panel: Emissions as they related to carbon intensity, nitrous oxide, and how to improve them
9:45 a.m.
— 10:15 a.m.
Nitrogen fertilizer geopolitics, policy, supply and price drivers
10:15 a.m.
— 10:45 a.m.
Networking Break and Poster Session
10:45 a.m.
— 11:00 a.m.
The soil microbiome: How it influences nitrogen use and carbon acquisition and deposition in the soil
11:00 a.m.
— 11:30 a.m.
A roadmap for the canola meal bioeconomy
11:30 a.m.
— 11:50 a.m.
Improving Canola Oil and Stress Tolerance through Lipid Genes
12:00 p.m.
— 1:00 p.m.
Lunch and Poster Session
Commercializing science: Let's bring our science to market
1:00 p.m.
— 2:25 p.m.
Opportunities for employing emerging technologies and new businesses ventures to increase the overall value of Canada's canola
Featuring start-up ventures from:
Kinneret Shefer, GeneNeer
Darrent Anderson, Vice Crop Protection
Kristine White, Spornado
2:25 p.m.
— 2:55 p.m.
Networking Break and Poster Session
2:55 p.m.
— 3:30 p.m.
Continued: Opportunities for employing emerging technologies and new businesses ventures to increase the overall value of Canada's canola
Featuring start-up ventures from:
Kinneret Shefer, GeneNeer
Darrent Anderson, Vice Crop Protection
Kristine White, Spornado
3:30 p.m.
— 3:40 p.m.
Recap: Day 2
7:00 a.m.
— 8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Emerging threats: Policy, access (or not), to gene-editing, RNAi
8:10 a.m.
— 9:00 a.m.
Policy actions in Canada and around the world that could pose a threat to canola productivity and market access
Emerging threats: Abiotic and climate
9:00 a.m.
— 9:30 a.m.
Climate: Evidence of Change and its effect on crops on the Canadian Prairies
D
9:30 a.m.
— 10:00 a.m.
Climate: Modeling the future on the Canadian Prairies
10:00 a.m.
— 10:30 a.m.
Networking Break
10:30 a.m.
— 11:00 a.m.
Heat Stress in Canola: Mechanisms of Yield Loss and Paths to Improvement
Treatment to improve heat tolerance
11:00 a.m.
— 11:10 a.m.
InVigor Gold
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11:10 a.m.
— 11:20 a.m.
Iron (through genetics or supplements) as a potential tool to increase drought tolerance in canola
11:20 a.m.
— 11:30 a.m.
Coming soon
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11:40 a.m.
— 12:10 p.m.
Recap: Day 3
12:15 p.m.
— 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
Breakout Session Workshops
1:15 p.m.
— 3:30 p.m.
Verticillium Stripe Workshop
Agenda:
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Introduction
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Disease Status Update
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Research Updates
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Panel Discussion - Public Researchers' Perspectives
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Coffee Break
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Panel Discussion - Industry and Growers' Perspectives
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Closing Remarks