Arthritis Society Canada is seeking participants for an Online Consumer Panel. Consumer panelists provide insight and feedback based on experience living with arthritis. Arthritis Society Canada uses this feedback to help inform educational resources and other activities and programs.

It is essential to the work that Arthritis Society Canada does to ensure the voices and lived experiences of Online Consumer Panelists represent the larger population of people living with arthritis in Canada. While applications are open to anyone living in Canada, we also encourage people from the following communities to apply.

•  Indigenous communities,
•  Black and People of Colour communities,
•  members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, and
•  people living in northern, rural, or remote communities

Role of the Online Consumer Panel members

Online Consumer Panel members will receive an average of 6 to 12 requests for feedback per year. All requests for feedback take place through email, except for occasional options to participate in video call focus groups. Each member of the panel will be asked to respond to requests for feedback in a timely fashion. 

Panel members will:

•  Be appointed for a one-year term with the option to renew participation annually.
•  Participate and respond via email when contacted.
•  Provide constructive input, drawing on knowledge and experience to provide informed feedback
• on the development of existing and new educational resources and activities.
• Review and provide input on resources and activities proposed or developed by Arthritis Society Canada, as required.

Participants will be eligible for an honorarium once per year.

To learn more, and submit an application https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OCP2425

Applications will be open until May 15, 2024. If selected, you will receive an email confirmation in June to confirm your interest in the Online Consumer Panels.