PEPR Partnership
banner
peprpartnership.bsky.social
PEPR Partnership
@peprpartnership.bsky.social
A SSHRC funded project on meaningful engagement among people living with chronic pain and marginalization.
https://www.pepr-partnership.org/
🎙️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
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
🎙️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.
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Have you seen the latest episode of #LivingProofPodcast?
Meaningful engagement is a call to recognized lived experience AS evidence. Thank you Jenny Lorca, for this perspective.
🔗YOUTUBE: youtu.be/bbGmm952tGY
🔗SPOTIFY: tinyurl.com/43z746tb
🔗APPLE: tinyurl.com/4m2mbcmx
#PeprPartnership #NPAW2025
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎙️PODCAST PREVIEW
Living Proof: Experience as Evidence in Pain Research
Episode 2: Why Do We Need an EDID Lens in Pain Research?

We can't wait to share the latest episode of #LivingProofPodcast with you tomorrow. Stay tuned!

#PeprPartnership #NPAW2025
November 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It's National Pain Awareness Week!

Our systems of care can be improved to help the 8M Canadians with pain to live better. This #NPAW2025, look at how far we've come in the implementation of the Action Plan for Pain in Canada has come & how far we still need to go. PainCanada.ca/actionplan
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Today we observe National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We reflect on and acknowledge the historical and current lived experiences of Canada's Indigenous Peoples and strengthen PEPR's ongoing commitment to decolonization in our research, engagement, and knowledge mobilization practices.
September 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Here's a clip from our debut #LivingProofPodcast episode, dropping on Monday! Stay tuned on all of our #PeprPartnership channels for our premiere.
September 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We're pleased to share a sneak preview of our new podcast, Living Proof: Experience as Evidence, launching in one week!

What topics or questions would you like us to explore in future episodes of #LivingProofPodcast?

Follow us here on Bluesky, and stay tuned for our premiere.

#PeprPartnership
September 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
PEPR's podcast LIVING PROOF: Experience as Evidence in Pain Research premieres Sep 22 during #PainAwarenessMonth.

#LivingProofPodcast brings together researchers and people with lived experience to ask: What counts as evidence, and how do we share it?

Follow #PeprPartnership for updates!
September 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Dr. Laura Connoy is a critical sociologist whose research interests center on chronic pain, trauma, and social injustice. She is the Research Manager for the #PEPRPartnership and Postdoctoral Associate. She is involved in various projects that focus on #patientengagement in #chronicpainresearch.
August 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Kathleen (Kate) Rice is the Co-Director - Academic for the #PeprPartnership.

Kate is Assistant Professor and Research Director in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University, where she holds the Tier II Canada Research Chair in the Medical Anthropology of Primary Care.
July 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We are thrilled to announce PEPR’s new partnership with the Saskatchewan Pain Society aka SaskPain! You can learn about SaskPain at their website saskpain.ca
July 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Desmond Williams is the Co-Director - Person With Lived Experience for the #PeprPartnership.

He also helps people to manage #chronicpain through movement and mindfulness. In his advocacy work, Desmond aims to amplify the voices of marginalized communities.

#PainResearch #PatientEngagement
July 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Professor Fiona Webster @fionawebster1.bsky.social is PEPR's Director and Principal Investigator. PEPR was founded in 2022 as a result of receiving a $2.4 million SSHRC Partnership grant, entitled Toward Democratization of Health: A Sociological Exploration of #PatientEngagement in #PainResearch.
July 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
June 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We're so pleased to share our Summer 2025 newsletter! Take a look at what we've been working on so far this year. We've also welcomed several new people to the partnership.

Wishing you a fabulous summer ☀️

#PeprPartnership
June 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Canadian Journal of Pain is accepting submissions for an article collection: "Improving Pain Research Through Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Science."

More information can be found here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...
May 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We had a great time at this year’s @canadianpain.bsky.social annual meeting in Toronto. Congrats to the organizing committee! We are so grateful for all of your support. #CanadianPain25 #PeprPartnership
May 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happening now in Emmanuel College room 119. Our symposium explores #criticalscholarship in #painresearch and how we can use it to understand issues of equity.
#CriticalPainScholarship #PeprPartnership #CanadianPain25
May 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Our last session of the day is a fireside chat where we ask the question, “How do we establish a new field?” This chat is lead by Dr. Joan Eakin and Dr. Annalise Weckesser. #CriticalPainScholarship #PeprPartnership #CanadianPain25
May 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Next up we have a book presentation: Dr. Joanna Kempner shares “Outlaws, Outcasts, and Iconoclasts: Rethinking Pain Medicine Through Patient-Led Innovation.”
May 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
May 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
May 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
May 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
May 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM