Hi Coming Soon: Pain Atlas - The Canadian Pain Researcher Database | The Chronic Pain Network is building a national Pain Atlas - a searchable database of pain researchers across Canada. The goal? To make it easier to - Connect researchers, trainees, and collaborators
- Identify who is working on what and where
- Highlight expertise across disciplines, methods, and regions
- Strengthen grant teams and cross-country partnerships
- Increase visibility of pain research nationally
To ensure your profile is part of the Pain Atlas, please submit your details using the form below.
🔗 Submit your information here | | This database will support stronger collaboration, clearer mapping of expertise, and a more connected national pain research community. Help us build a complete picture of pain research in Canada. Visit us at our booth at the Canadian Pain Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Quebec City April 29-May 2 to learn more. | MPaCT presented to Parliamentary Friends of Pain Management in Australia Charmaine Jones Director of My Flare Up (formerly Dragon Claw) and Co-Chair of the Pain Assessment tool working group shares a brief update and photos from the Parliamentary event where MPaCT was launched in Australia. Many of CPN's Patient Partners have been involved in the MPaCT project and the Pain Assessment tool working group. See more here. | | CPN is updating our Instragram page regularly. If you are on the app please check us out. Follow for updates from CPN and our partners. Click here to follow us @cpn_rdc | | Action on Pain Podcast in the News Open Access Government features an article on the Action on Pain Podcast. Read full article here. | | Scientific Writing and Generative AI: Increasing Productivity Without Compromising Integrity
April 9, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET Join Maxime Sasseville, associate professor in the Faculty of Nursing at Université Laval and regular researcher at the VITAM Research Center, for a webinar on scientific writing in the age of generative artificial intelligence. This presentation will begin with a review of the principles of rigorous and effective scientific writing (conciseness, active voice, precise vocabulary), before examining the role that AI can play in this process. Drawing on a framework that distinguishes acceptable uses from problematic practices, it will address the safeguards needed to leverage these tools while preserving scientific integrity and author responsibility. A French translation will be available during the webinar. Register here | | Heath Data For All of Us Forum
April 21, 2026 Health Data Research Network Canada is once again hosting its annual Heath Data For All of Us Forum on April 21, 2026 in Ottawa. The theme of this year's Forum is Our Health Data Journey.
The Forum is open to researchers, policy makers, patients, members of the public and community groups. It can be attended online or in person. Register Here | | Canada’s Drug Agency Symposium:
Evidence, Engagement, and Systems
April 22 - 24, 2026 One of Canada’s premier events on health care and health policy, Symposium 2026 will take place with both in-person and virtual attendance options. Join leading voices from across the health landscape for conversations on building future-ready systems amid uncertainty, innovation, and change. Click here for more information. | | CIHR is recruiting members for their Institute Advisory Boards
Deadline to Apply is April 24, 2026 Let's ensure that the 'pain voice' is included on the Advisory Boards. These Boards include people with lived experience, researchers, representatives from the non-profit, public and private sectors. They help shape the plans and priorities of the 13 institutes. For more information and application process click here. | | 46th Annual Scientific Meeting:
Shaping the Future of Pain Science
April 29 — May 2, 2026
Québec City Convention For full ASM infornation click here. | | Borrowed Lenses: Partnership in Practice, a People with Lived Experience and Trainee Lunch at the CPS ASM
April 30, 2026 Facilitated by CPN's Training & Capacity Building and CPS's Patient Engagement Committees, this interactive lunch brings together trainees and people with lived and living experience of pain. The session is designed to move from connection and conversation toward practical ideas for improving partnership in research and shared initiatives. For full ASM infornation click here. | | Improving Pain Research Through Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Science Submission Deadline Extended
April 30, 2026 An article collection in the Canadian Journal of Pain, led by Dr. Katie Birnie in partnership with the Chronic Pain Network (CPN) and Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) is seeking submissions. Make your submissions here. | | Call for Submissions: PAIN Cover Art
Deadline: May 1, 2026 Do you have lived experience with pain and a passion for creative expression? In collaboration with the Global Alliance of Partners for Pain Advocacy (GAPPA), PAIN invites artists to submit original artwork that reflects your personal experience of pain for a chance to be featured on the cover of our September 2026 issue, in conjunction with Pain Awareness Month. A shortlist of exceptional projects will also be highlighted by GAPPA and the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). Your story matters to us. We are honored to amplify lived experience voices through art in this issue! Click here to submit your art. | | BRIC NS Primary Care Research Day
May 4, 2026 Plan to join us for a one-day conference at Dalhousie University. This interactive event will feature insightful keynote and oral presentations, a poster session, and invaluable networking opportunities, and will bring together primary care researchers, health professionals, decision-makers, students, and community partners. See here for more information | | QPRN Lunch and Talk Series
May 15, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET Theme: From the Science of Movement to Access to Healthcare with Michaël Bertrand-Charette and Véronique Lowry. For Zoom link click here. | | Action on Pain Podcast The CPN is proud to support the Action On Pain podcast, which takes a closer look at the implementation of An Action Plan for Pain in Canada. Catch all the latest episodes today. | | Do you want to submit content to this newsletter? The Network Update newsletter is published monthly and is sent out to Chronic Pain Network members, supporters, and those interested in the topic of chronic pain. Send your content, including any photos and links to cpn@mcmaster.ca by the 28th of the month to be included in the following month's newsletter. | | | | |
