On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, CAPA hosted a webinar about navigating the healthcare system. This session highlighted real-life perspectives on accessing care, communicating with healthcare providers and managing challenges within the healthcare system. The goal was...
On January 21st, CAPA held our first-ever webinar offered entirely in French, dedicated to navigating treatment options for arthritis. This webinar presented reliable and accessible information to help people living with arthritis better understand available...
On November 19, 2025, CAPA hosted the "Getting a Diagnosis of Arthritis: A Lived Experience Series Webinar" as part of the Annual General Meeting (AGM). This session explored the challenges, emotions, and lessons learned through the process of being diagnosed,...
TEAM Arthritis Information Do you or a loved one have arthritis? Would you like to learn more about it? CAPA—with input from medical experts—has created a comprehensive overview of inflammatory arthritis called TEAM Arthritis Information, which you can view and...
The Arthritis Alliance of Canada launched the "Talk to Your Doctor about Joint Pain" tool to improve care for the millions of Canadians living with osteoarthritis (OA). It aims to improve patient self-care, self-advocacy and health literacy across Canada....
Communicating with others is important - particularly if your disability is hidden or episodic. Laura Brydges, Hidden Disability Advocate, created 2 symbols to help communicate with others. When faced with a challenging environment or situation, showing the Hidden...
This resource is part of a number of projects under the theme of TEAM (Together Enhancing Arthritis Management). By the end of this session, you will: Understand the emotions you may experience with your diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis Learn some ways to deal with...
This resource is part of a number of projects under the theme of TEAM (Together Enhancing Arthritis Management). Become familiar with 3 different types of inflammatory arthritis: Ankylosing Spondylitis Psoriatic Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis Learn about arthritis and...
The RA Matters project aims to discover what people living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) truly feel about life with the condition as well as the opinions of healthcare professionals who treat RA. This site provides an opportunity for people to explore the results of...
This resource is part of a number of projects under the theme of TEAM (Together Enhancing Arthritis Management).
Together with Dragon Claw, an Australian charity for people with Autoimmune Inflammatory diseases, CAPA have developed a new resource for people with arthritis called “Know your Numbers”. This new resource outlines a list of blood tests regularly used in people with...
Have you considered or been approached about switching from a biologic to a biosimilar for helping manage your inflammatory arthritis? This video about biosimilars may help you understand more about biologics and biosimilars and to have a conversation with your...
Are you considering talking to your healthcare provider about biosimilars or has your healthcare provider talked to you already about biosimilars? We have put together some questions that might be helpful to be part of a conversation with your healthcare provider about biosimilars and brand name biologics.
Clinical trials show that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Should I get vaccinated? CRA, with input from CAPA, designed a Decision Aid tool to help those living with an autoimmune disease to decide with their healthcare provider what best would work for them.
We have developed this resource to help you manage taking methotrexate, an important medication for people who live with different types of arthritis.
With healthcare providers, we have developed this resource for you about methotrexate.
CAPA is continuously updating this page on biosimilars (also called subsequent entry biologics or SEBs). We have recently updated our position paper and also created a video to help you understand this type of medication.
Listen to Dr. Bindee Kuriya, a leading rheumatologist and researcher from Sinai Health Systems in Toronto, highlighted key cardiovascular risk factors and shared practical strategies for prevention and management for people with inflammatory arthritis at CAPA Annual General Meeting in December 2024.
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