I arrived this afternoon at the stunning Château Montebello hotel, built almost a hundred years ago by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company as one of Canada’s ‘grand railway hotels’. This designation includes The Algonquin in St. Andrews (NB), the castle-like Château Frontenac in Québec City, the Read More …
There was an interesting piece in Medscape yesterday, about chronic pain and placebo ‘treatments’, which raised some intriguing questions from my bioethics perspective. Although focused primarily on osteoarthritis, this likely applies to at least a few other chronic pain conditions as well. It’s quite a Read More …
I’ve taken a real interest in the neuroscience of art over the past few years, ever since I began using art-creation and art-learning as neuroplasticity (brain-plasticity) tools to help manage my own chronic pain and Mild Cognitive Impairment from a rare disease. This newish science Read More …
A few weeks ago I was on-stage at The Gesù theatre here in Montréal, as part of my Art Despite Pain (#ArtDespitePain) initiative. No, I wasn’t doing a painting demonstration on-stage! I was co-presenting a TED-style talk on pain research with neuroscientist Dr. Zoha Deldar Read More …
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 …
