In 2025, we established the Francophone Education and Resources Support Advisory Committee, comprised of five French-speaking individuals living with arthritis. Together, the committee developed an action plan to strengthen education, resources, and care for...
We launched a survey to understand the experiences of people living with rheumatic disease with Patient Support Programs (PSPs). PSPs were introduced in the early 2000s when biologics came onto the market to support health care providers monitor patients taking these...
By: Anna Samson Imagine being in constant pain as a teenager and after years of being in pain and going to doctors, you finally get diagnosed with arthritis. Unfortunately, many people don’t believe you because they think it’s a condition that only affects the...
Prolonged fevers, rashes, chronic inflammation, joint pain and swelling, and chronic fatigue; these are just a few of the symptoms that can affect patients living with rare autoinflammatory conditions. Some of these diseases occur soon after birth and can develop...
CAPA Vice-President, Laurie Proulx, presented the patient perspective at a regional consultation for the National Pain Taskforce. You can also write to your Federal Minister of Health to express your support for this government priority by using a letter template we...
CAPA Vice-President, Dr. Dawn Richards, presented a poster entitled “Healthcare Transformation: The Other Story: The Needs of People who Live with Chronic Pain” at the 2019 CADTH Symposium in Edmonton, April 14-16. The poster summarized the findings of a recent CAPA...
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