By: Bella Cairns I am an occupational therapist (OT) working in Ontario. I have had the opportunity to work alongside individuals living with arthritis in an outpatient hand therapy and inpatient mental health setting. Although I don’t live with arthritis myself, I...
Biologic medications were introduced in Canada in the early 2000s and have revolutionized the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by specifically targeting components of the immune system that cause inflammation and joint damage. Long-time CAPA members Linda...
By: Olivia Pasian Hello CAPA community! I’m Olivia Pasian, a Digital Futures MDes graduate student at OCAD University. I am a Graphic and Web Designer with a research focus on the future of socialization in the digital age. I graduated with a BDes in Graphic Design...
By: Annette McKinnon I teamed up with Canadian Spondylitis Association President, Michael Mallinson, for a visit to our Member of Parliament Nathaniel Erskine-Smith. We are in the same riding and are both acquainted with him. We did not want to wait until too late in...
The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) held an e-Congress this year and we were invited to do a presentation on our #ArthritisAtWork social media campaign. The campaign engaged the international community on the EULAR #Time2Work campaign. It was co-hosted by...