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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 9h

Closing out our research day, we are deeply grateful to our presenters and attendees for a great day and look forward to transforming today’s learning into further progress in chronic pain scholarship. #PeprPartnership

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 9h

The final presentation of the day is an overview of PEPR’s relational synthesis project lead by PEPR Co-Director Academic, Kate Rice of McGill University. Kate’s project asks, how is knowledge synthesized within the context of networks and partnerships?

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 9h

Next, we learn about PEPR’s EMPOWER Committee (Engaging Marginalized POWer, Expertise, and Representation) with Co-Chairs Desmond Williams and Emerald Asuncion of Western University.

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 10h

Rounding out our second round of presentations we have “Engaging precarious status populations in pain research: A decolonial analysis” with Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha of University of Victoria and Susana Caxaj of Western University, along with Laura Connoy of Western University.

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 11h

Next, Fiona Webster discusses the CAPS Research Network (Critical Approaches to Pain Scholarship). CAPS is an international research network consisting of sociologists, anthropologists, physiotherapists, and others taking a critical approach to (chronic) pain scholarship.

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 11h

The next presentation is “The making of patient engagement in research: a look at its history” presented by Karime Mescouto. This work is a historical exploration of the discourses through which #patientengagement has been formed, consolidated, challenged, and transformed over time. #PeprPartnership

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 11h

Our second round of presentations begins with “Engaging Black communities in patient engagement in chronic pain research” with Anna Hood of the University of Manchester and Dennis Osei-Nimo Annor of Western University.

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 13h

The final presentation of the morning is “Interpretive synthesis of patient engagement framework” with Fiona Webster. Fiona and team investigated existing models for guidance on #patientengagement and the assumptions that underlie them, including contradictions and tensions. #PeprPartnership

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 13h

Next, we have “The social organization of patient engagement” Karime Mescouto of Western University. This study uses #institutionalethnography to explore #patientengagement regimes and their implications. #PeprPartnership

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 14h

The next presentation is “Weaving Indigenous knowledge into pain research: Cultural pathways to meaningful engagement” presented by Vanessa Ambtman-Smith of Western University and Hannah Burgé Luviano of Shkaabe Makwa at CAMH.

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 15h

The first presentation of the day is “A brokered dialogue study around the concept of participant engagement in research” with Janet Parsons and Hannah Ali of the University of Toronto.

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 15h

Immense gratitude to Hance Clarke of the Canadian Pain Society, Rupaleem Bhuyan of the Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research, and Norm Buckley of the Chronic Pain Network for sharing opening remarks. #PeprPartnership

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 15h

Welcome all! We’re opening the day with remarks from Principal Investigator and Co-Director @fionawebster1.bsky.social. #PeprPartnership

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 15h

Good morning from PEPR Research Day! The focus of the day is “Critical social science perspectives in chronic pain: Results across multiple studies.” We’re thrilled to welcome 75 guests to Hart House @utoronto.ca for a day of knowledge exchange. Please follow along with us at #PeprPartnership

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation where we remember the survivors of Canada’s residential school systems and the children who never returned home, their families and their communities, and the lasting impacts of this colonial system.

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We are 3 weeks away from our PEPR Research Day! If you live in the GTA and want to learn more about our work on chronic pain and meaningful engagement with marginalized communities, be sure to attend our event. Only a few spots remain, so register soon at tinyurl.com/PEPRresearchday

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

PEPR is proud to sponsor Putting the Pieces Together! This free online event runs from Nov 2-6. PTPT's vision is to connect and mobilize a national community around one shared goal: a dramatically improved system of care and support for people with pain. Register now: paincanada.ca/ptpt

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Putting the Pieces Together | Pain Canada

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

youtu.be/DIOHVW4IWrE 📢Here's the next interview in our new #PeprPartnership series: "A Few Minutes With ---" We caught up with Dr. David Walton of @westernknowpain.bsky.social and the CanSpine Research Group at @westernuresearch.bsky.social.

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A Few Minutes With Dave Walton

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🎙️NEW EPISODE - Living Proof: Experience as Evidence in Pain Research Episode 5: Brokered Dialogue: When the Friction Is the Data Listen and subscribe on your favourite platform: 🔗YOUTUBE: youtu.be/VnzmXF4lgbo 🔗SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/78Zy... 🔗APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

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Episode 5: Brokered Dialogue: When the Friction Is the Data

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🎙️PODCAST PREVIEW Living Proof: Experience as Evidence in Pain Research Episode 5 - Brokered Dialogue: Where the Friction is the Data Janet Parsons and Hannah Ali share insight into their experiences using Brokered Dialogue, a film-based qualitative research method for exploring complex topics.

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

📢WELCOME to our new series: "A Few Minutes With ---" youtu.be/oAYYTHNftE4 We're sharing a quick chat with our partners and colleagues where we ask: Who are you, and what do you do? What's a key message you want to share? What's your vision for the future of chronic pain research and care?

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A Few Minutes With Norm Buckley

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Do you identify as Black and have lived experience with chronic pain? Your voice can help contribute to more inclusive and community informed research in Canada. We're also looking to connect with and speak to community organizations serving Black communities.

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Huge congrats to PEPR team member Dennis Osei Nimo ANNOR for successfully defending his PhD thesis, "Exclusion or Empowerment: The Role of Sports as a Tool for Social Inclusion in Ghana for Persons Who Experience Disability" at Western University!

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Would you like to know more about the work of the #PEPRPartnership? On October 5th, we'll be hosting a Research Day at Hart House, University of Toronto. If you want to spend a day learning about the innovative and inclusive research we're doing on chronic pain and marginalization, please register.

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

📢 Registration is now open for the Critical Approaches to Pain Scholarship (CAPS) Research Network Conference 2026: Decolonising Pain. 📅 24–26 September 2026 📍 University of Manchester, UK (with hybrid participation available) Registration: In-person - lnkd.in/gRy39TXA Online - lnkd.in/g5P3TYUR

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Check out our July 2026 newsletter! We review the last few months, celebrate accomplishments, and look forward to upcoming events and opportunities. ☀️Happy summer from everyone here at #PeprPartnership and please reach out any time if you'd like to learn more about our work.

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Check out some highlights from PEPR's symposium at the Canadian Pain Society 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting! Leave a comment or connect with us if you'd like to learn more about the work we're doing at #PeprPartnership. youtu.be/_ANmJE9TqT8

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Critical Approaches to Chronic Pain Research: Insights from Research with Marginalized Communities

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Desmond Williams and Kate Rice chatted with Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift! We're grateful for this conversation about the very personal experience of chronic pain and the questions we might ask in the pursuit of a more equitable, person-centered care system. youtube.com/watch?v=yK4P...

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Living with chronic pain: "You don't get a day off"

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

"We are brilliant at diagnosing the body in pain. But we are systematically failing to diagnose the social body in pain." Check out this narrative performance by Nayena Sen, part of Storyhouse at Western University! storyhouse.substack.com/p/gendered-w...

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Gendered Worlds of Pain: The Diagnosis We're Missing

"We are brilliant at diagnosing the body in pain. But we are systematically failing to diagnose the social body in pain."

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

🎙️New episode - Living Proof: Experience as Evidence in Pain Research Episode 4: Engaging Marginalized POWer, Expertise, and Representation: EMPOWER 🔗YOUTUBE: youtu.be/6m6lR_atoAk 🔗SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/6L1B... 🔗APPLE: podcasters.spotify.com/.../Episode-....

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

⏩SNEAK PREVIEW⏪ Here's a clip from our latest episode, dropping next week. You know Desmond Williams and Emerald Asuncion are the visionaries and co-hosts of Living Proof: Experience as Evidence in Pain Research, but did you know they also co-chair #PeprPartnership's EMPOWER Committee?

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Congrats to Karime Mescouto who participated in the Postdoctoral Research Sprint at the Postdoctoral Forum at Western University! Participants had to share their research in 120 seconds in a way that is engaging and easy to understand. Karime came in third and won the People’s Choice award. Bravo! 🏆

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Check out PEPR Co-Director Desmond Williams on Just Asking with Saroja Coelho on CBC discussing pain management, common myths, and how people and places can better support people living with chronic pain. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #PeprPartnership

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You’ve got smart questions, we’ve got solid answers. If googling got you nowhere, you can always call your friend Saroja Coelho. With guest experts, Just Asking turns the week’s news and latest trends...

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Came down this morning to a new addition to our #PeprPartnership booth 🫑 #CanadianPain26

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We hope you will visit our #PeprPartnership booth in the exhibitor hall. We’re sharing our many studies and projects an we’d love to chat with fellow attendees about how we can support each other’s work. #CanadianPain26

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

We are thrilled to be together with so many esteemed colleagues and friends at #CanadianPain26! Please join us for our symposium, “Critical Approaches to Pain Research: Insights from Research with Structurally Marginalized Communities.”

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

🎙️NEW - Living Proof: Experience as Evidence in Pain Research Episode 3, part 2: Cultural Pathways to Meaningful Engagement with Dr Vanessa Ambtman-Smith 🔗YOUTUBE: youtu.be/XLn_V46sjxM 🔗SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/3LTI... 🔗APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

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Episode 3 , Part 2: Cultural Pathways to Meaningful Engagement

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We're please to share our first quarterly newsletter of 2026! We're already having a great, productive year at #PEPRPartnership. Please have a look, and connect with us if you have questions or ideas about our research.

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

New publication! Congrats to Kathleen Rice, Ginetta Salvalaggio, Laura Connoy, and Fiona Webster on their new publication in SSM - Qualitative Research in Health. Trapped in the labyrinth: The structural violence of disability support for people with chronic pain Read it: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Congrats to Laura Connoy, Kathleen Rice, Craig Dale, Abhimanyu Sud, Ross Upshur, Joel Katz, Andrew Pinto, and Fiona Webster on their new publication in Qualitative Health Research. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Congratulations to Karime Mescouto for receiving this year's @canadianpain.bsky.social Trainee Travel Award. We are all looking forward to this year's Annual Scientific Meeting in Quebec City! #PeprPartnership #CanadianPain26

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🎙️NEW EPISODE: Cultural Pathways to Meaningful Engagement. Desmond Williams and Emerald Asuncion welcome Dr. Vanessa Ambtman-Smith to the PEPR podcast. Check it out and subscribe to #LivingProofPodcast: 🔗YOUTUBE: tinyurl.com/5c33p748 🔗SPOTIFY: tinyurl.com/muv3f4n2 🔗APPLE: tinyurl.com/2pwkjkwp

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🎙️EPISODE 3 PREVIEW Dr. Vanessa Ambtman-Smith discusses her project - Weaving Indigenous Knowledge into Pain Research: Cultural Pathways to Meaningful Engagement. Please subscribe! 🔗YOUTUBE: lnkd.in/gkmabJcS 🔗SPOTIFY: lnkd.in/gG5hp-q9 🔗APPLE: lnkd.in/gHpeXRx8 #PeprPartnership#LivingProofPodcast

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Happy holidays from all of us at PEPR! We are so grateful for all of the connections we've made across our growing network and for all of the progress we made together in 2025. Wishing you and yours a great holiday season. See you in 2026 🥂

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

We're pleased to share our December newsletter! 2025 has been a productive year for the #PEPRPartnership. We’ve added new team members and made important progress on projects and initiatives. Please have a look, and connect with us if you have questions or ideas about our research.

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Get to know PEPR 🫑 To learn more about #PeprPartnership, visit www.pepr-partnership.org

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🎙️Episode 2, Part 2: Why Do We Need an EDID Lens in Pain Research? Inclusive Language, Structural Violence, and the Power of Community Check it out and subscribe to #LivingProofPodcast on your favourite platform: 🔗YOUTUBE: shorturl.at/TnwVC 🔗SPOTIFY: shorturl.at/ovpHX 🔗APPLE: shorturl.at/S0P8v

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PEPR Partnership @peprpartnership.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🎙️PODCAST PREVIEW Living Proof: Experience as Evidence in Pain Research Part 2 of Episode 2 - Why Do We Need an EDID Lens in Pain Research? Our language around pain overlooks the collective impact of colonization. Stay tuned for the latest episode of #LivingProofPodcast from #PeprPartnership.

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