On Thursday night I was on stage at The Gesù theatre-space in downtown Montréal, co-presenting a TEDtalk-style session at PAINtalks 2024 with neuroscientist Zoha Deldar, PdD. It was an honour to help highlight her research from a chronic pain patient perspective, as it resonates so Read More …
It’s been a busy week, since the end of the group at show of the Women’s Art Society of Montreal (WASM) in Old Montréal last Saturday. To start, I’m preparing for two other upcoming group exhibitions, which open soon – on consecutive days. The “Art Read More …
On Friday night I was part of the crowd celebrating the opening night Vernissage for a new art exhibition in Old Montréal. The group show was organized by “Artists in Montréal”, and I was pleased that two of my more experimental -watercolours were juried into Read More …
My Art Despite Pain (#ArtDespitePain) initiative continues to gain interest, for both raising awareness of chronic pain (and CRPS) and promoting the arts along with other creative pursuits as a means of managing persistent pain. This month, my art-as-advocacy activities were profiled in the art Read More …
I’ve been a Patient Partner with the Canadian Pain Society (CPS) for more than five years now, although they use the term PWLE or Person With Lived Experience. The CPS is an organization of healthcare professionals, researchers, and trainees who study or treat pain. Founded Read More …
One of my favourite quotations is also among the most misquoted or only partially quoted. You’ve likely heard Alexander Graham Bell’s expression “When one door closes another door opens”, but that wasn’t his entire statement. His full comment was: “When one door closes another door Read More …
