Planning to Submit a CIHR Project Grant?

 

Hi ,

The Chronic Pain Network is here to help.  CPN is offering strategic support to help build a strong, integrated Knowledge Mobilization (KM) section into your grant submission.

CPN’s Knowledge Broker, working in collaboration with CPN patient partners, will offer tailored, co-designed KM planning to ensure your application includes actionable and aligned strategies to move research evidence to the right audiences, in the right ways, at the right time.

This offering is available to CPN-affiliated research teams preparing submissions for the Fall 2025 CIHR Project Grant competition.

Reach out early to ensure time for a collaborative process - contact CPN Knowledge Broker, Rachel Roy today to set up a meeting.

 

Click here to set up a meeting

Action on Pain Podcast

The Chronic Pain Network is proud to announce the upcoming launch of the Action on Pain podcast on September 2nd, during International Pain Awareness Month.

Created by pain advocates Jennifer Daly-Cyr, Virginia McIntyre, and Keith Meldrum, this podcast is unique in being hosted by individuals with lived experience, and focuses on Health Canada’s Action Plan for Pain in Canada, highlighting progress on its six national goals.

Supported by the Chronic Pain Network, this podcast aims to mobilize knowledge and raise awareness of advocacy efforts and chronic pain research across Canada.

Stay tuned.
CPN Patient Partner Therese Lane

The Role of People With Lived Experience At Pain Conferences:  Progress and Ongoing Challenges

Click here to read the full story from Therese Lane.

 

Co-Creating Better Care: Developing the CARING Framework at the CPN Hackathon

Click here to read the full story from Swapnil Shah.  

 
CPN Patient Partner Jennifer Daly-Cyr

2025-2026 Winners of Mayday Pain and Society Fellowship Announced

Congratulations to CPN patient partner Jennifer Daly-Cyr, Clinical Research Network member Gabrielle Pagé, as well as fellow Canadians, Tori Etheridge, and Justina Marianayagam who have been named Mayday Fellows.

The Fellows were selected from 43 applicants by a multi-disciplinary Advisory Committee, comprising leaders working on pain-related issues in the U.S. and Canada. 

Read more here.
Dr. Norm Buckley

CBC BC Today with Dr. Norm Buckley

On Tuesday, July 8, Dr. Norm Buckley joined Amy Bell the host for BC Today, CBC’s noon hour radio and TV program, along with Jennifer Honey, a Vancouver-based nurse who lives with chronic pain to discuss what it’s like living with chronic pain.

Watch the interview here.

 
Power Over Pain Portal

Power Over Pain Portal
August Workshop

The Neuroscience Behind Chronic Pain: What We Know Now                                   August 26 at 12:00 p.m. EDT

 
Sickids Pain Centre

2025 Annual Pain Centre Conference -        Advancing pediatric pain care equity:        Addressing challenges and opportunities in low- and middle-income countries

Join global experts Nov 5-6, 2025 for this year's virtual conference to explore practical, culturally informed, and equity-driven strategies to improve children pain care in low- and middle-income countries.

The conference will feature speakers from various parts of the world.

Register here.
PxP2025  Virtual Conference

PxP2025  Virtual Conference

 The PxP (For Patients, By Patients) conference takes place September 9-12, 2025.

This free, virtual event aims to bring you a wealth of knowledge, skills and resources on Patient Engagement in health research.

Register here.
The Canadian Pain Society

Educational  Opportunities

CALiPER - Critical Appraisal of Literature in Pain Evaluation Rounds, September 8, 2025

National Pain Rounds - A discussion between scientists, health professionals, educators, and pain advocates on a myriad of topics related to chronic pain, September 26, 2025

Register for free here.
Canadian Journal of Pain

Improving Pain Research Through Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Science

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.

Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026.
Quebec Network of Junior Pain Investigators PAINtalks

Quebec Network of Junior Pain Investigators (QNJPI) presents PAINtalks

The Quebec Network of Junior Pain Investigators is proud to present the 10th edition of PAINtalks, an evening of popularized conferences on the theme of pain on November 13, 2025. 

Inspired by the “TED” presentation formula, this is a bilingual hybrid event presented both in-person in Montreal and online, and is free and open to all.

Click Here to Register
Pain Connect Webinar: Why is this platform so important?

Pain Connect: How can it help you?

Pain Connect offers resources to support your research. Whether you are new to engaging people with lived experience or looking for tools to improve your process, you'll find everything you need to get started.

Learn more about Pain Connect in this instructional video. 

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