Pain care in Ontario is fragmented, under-funded, and stigmatising. We organise the work to change that across four pillars that move together — connection, education, research, and advocacy.
Linking people with pain so no one navigates alone.
Plain-language information, evidence reviews, and resources you can trust.
Partnering so the evidence base reflects who actually lives with pain.
Policy work that pushes Ontario to take pain seriously.
The four pillars are how we describe the work. These are the rules we hold ourselves to while we do it.
People with lived and living experience are at every table where decisions about our work get made.
Racism, poverty, ableism, and colonialism shape pain care. We say that explicitly in our briefs, our research, and our public communications.
We work with clinicians, researchers, and policymakers, and we tell them when we think they’re wrong. Equity language doesn’t get diluted to make funders comfortable.
Compensate expertise, including people with living/lived experience, caregivers, community partners, and artists.
Whether you’re a clinician, a researcher, a community organisation, a policymaker, or a person with lived experience — we want to hear from you.
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