From coast to coast, we’re passing the phone. 📱

See how CPS members across Canada are taking part in National Pain Awareness Week.

#NPAW2025 #PrioritizePain

𝗖𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻
by Earl K Miller, Scott L Brincat, Jefferson E Roy
This promises to be a must read
One day we should create an online journal club to just read these kinds of papers!
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

Celebrate artists who have shared their work by viewing our Art Awards submissions at canadianpainsociety.ca/artaward

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Enjoy 🥰🎉

First #napainschool selfie of the week, with @saheljahan.bsky.social (& HélèneBeaudry) - to send to our mutual friend & my #paintalks 2024 co-presenter, @zohadeldar.bsky.social 🤗
Lots of fabulous #painresearch conversations with all the others around our table at dinner at @napainschool.bsky.social

Congratulations to our 2nd Place recipient of the 2025 Art Awards!⁠
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Celebrate artists who have shared their work by viewing our Art Awards submissions at canadianpainsociety.ca/artawards

RimaAliceSocial

In the latest episode of the IASP-PRF Podcast, Rima El-Sayed speaks with Alice Wagenaar about engaging patient partners as storytellers of the pain experience. bit.ly/43aJ3ty How do you incorporate stories of the lived pain experience into your practice or research? #PRF

𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻-𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲

Looks like an interesting paper about brain-wide processes.
Sure to generate discussion.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence

Congratulations to Dr. Gabrielle Pagé, our 2025 Early Career Award Recipient.

Anna Hood presents @iasp.bsky.social John J Bonica Trainee Fellow’s work on anti-immigration attitudes and pain in immigrants in European countries at @canadianpain.bsky.social ASM 2025

#pain #racism

New guidelines at JPain (@usasp.bsky.social journal) sample reporting requirements. This level of transparency will reveal who is served by research, and who is being left out

Dr Anna Hood talks about DEI and pain research at @canadianpain.bsky.social ASM 2025

DEI basically capture true variability in society, and not being inclusive in recruitment for research samples suffers from not having applicability - and is effectively incomplete.

#pain

This year's theme for the 2025 Art Awards is "Shared Horizons: What do I do for pain?"

Journey through the intertwined narratives of individuals with lived experiences of persistent pain, researchers, clinicians, trainees, policymakers, and caregivers.

#CanadianPain25
#DouleurCanadienne25

Dr Anna Hood presents her restorative model of structural and racism based trauma and pain at the @canadianpain.bsky.social ASM 2025 #pain

Everyone can name an erectile dysfunction medication but very few can name an endometriosis medication. - Tania di Renna

Including woman in clinical trials is essential 🇨🇦 #canadianpain25 @canadianpain.bsky.social

Just in time for the @canadianpain.bsky.social ASM 2025, we published a paper showing how little federal health research funding goes to pain.

Pain affects 1 in 5 (!) Canadians, and poses the *largest* health-related burden on the economy. But research funding pales in comparison.

2025 Art Awards | The Canadian Pain Society Created to better understand pain through an artistic lens. With a new theme each year, we showcase submitted artwork from a variety of mediums to promote scientific curiosity and build a gallery of ...

Hey Canadian Pain Society @canadianpain.bsky.social members 💥
While you're waiting to vote after work/school, why not log in to the CPS website & VOTE for your fave artwork in the 2025 CPS Art Awards! 🗳
www.canadianpainsociety.ca/artawards

2025 Art Awards | The Canadian Pain Society Created to better understand pain through an artistic lens. With a new theme each year, we showcase submitted artwork from a variety of mediums to promote scientific curiosity and build a gallery of ...

Wish I could join you at #CanadianPain25, but I have patient stuff tomorrow & Monday 🙄
But I CAN remind you to vote for the 2025 CPS Art Awards, by Thursday May 2! 🗳
Just log in to the CPS website, then vote for your fave artwork 🎨
Winner to be revealed Sunday!
www.canadianpainsociety.ca/artawards

Our team is ready to welcome you — stop by the desk, grab your welcome package, and get ready for an incredible few days of learning, networking, and discovery.

#CanadianPain25
#DouleurCanadienne25

The wait is over — registration is officially OPEN for #CanadianPain25.

Never miss a moment — visit the Conference Hub for updates, events, and more at 🔗 canadianpainsociety.ca/asm

Missing you all so much, Enjoy the ASM #CanadianPain2025

The 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting is set to be the largest pain-centered gathering in Canada! 🍁

🔗 Registration is now open at www.canadianpainsociety.ca/asm⁠

📍 May 1st-4th, 2025⁠
Victoria College at the University of Toronto, ON.⁠

The @canadianpain.bsky.social Art Show 2025 is open to EVERYONE—artists & non-artists alike!
🌟 Express your experiences with #Pain & #Healing through any creative medium.
🗓️This Friday, March 14! Free to enter!
👉 canadianpainsociety.ca/artawards
@sandrawoodsmtl.bsky.social @iasp.bsky.social

Of course! It was an amazing experience co-presenting at PAINtalks 2024! @rqrd-qprn.bsky.social @napainschool.bsky.social

What a beautiful story, @sandrawoodsmtl.bsky.social. Your passion really shines through! 🎨🧠

Soumettez vos créations artistiques au concours de la Société canadienne de la douleur!

I am looking forward to seeing some these on display at the @canadianpain.bsky.social ASM in May. The talent is impressive #art #HealingThroughART

🎨✨ @canadianpain.bsky.social Art Show 2025 – Free & open to all!
🎨✨Express the experience of pain & healing through art. Your work can inspire & spark change.
🖌️ Submit by March 14 canadianpainsociety.ca/artawards
@rqrd-qprn.bsky.social, @iasp.bsky.social, @sandrawoodsmtl.bsky.social,

Dissecting Bayes: Using influence measures to test normative use of probability density information derived from a sample Author summary Bayesian decision theory (BDT) is used to model human performance in tasks where the decision maker must compensate for uncertainty in order to gain rewards and avoid losses. BDT prescr...

An exciting idea in cognitive neuroscience is the brain approximates the Bayesian computations. Is it enough to ask if we follow Bayesian?
Our new paper
@PLOSCompBiol
developed a novel measure to examine patterned deviations from Bayesian Decision Theory
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

@qubec

The @canadianpain.bsky.social Art Awards 2025 is now open! 🖌️🎨
Pain is more than a sensation—it’s a story waiting to be told. Through art, we give it a voice.
🏆 Showcase your creativity & be part of a movement where art meets science.
📅 March 14, 2025
🔗 canadianpainsociety.ca/artawards
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