Home rehab/chronic pain physiotherapist / Pain educator McGill University/patient partner
Beaconsfield Quebec
Joined November 2009
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Lesley Singer retweeted
Attention all #worldcongresspain26 attendees!
Stop by booth A11 to see what’s happening @aecrpain
Lesley Singer retweeted
Can live and pre-recorded online exercise help people with chronic low back pain?
A Canadian-led trial found that both options could help to reduce pain, with neither format clearly outperforming the other.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
#ChronicPain #LowBackPain #PainResearch
Lesley Singer retweeted
Health Standards Organization is partnering with the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research & Care at McMaster University on a National Standard of Canada for Adult Pain.
healthstandards.org/public-r…
#adultpainstandard #chronicpain #paincare #painresearch
Lesley Singer retweeted
Symposia Extension
New Deadline: November 2nd, 2026
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Date limite prolongée
Nouvelle date limite : 2 novembre, 2026
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Lesley Singer retweeted
Call for Posters Now Open!
Deadline: November 16, 2026
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L’appel à soumission d’affiche est maintenant ouvert
Date limite : 16 novembre 2026
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Lesley Singer retweeted
Show us your dots!
This National Pain Awareness Week, we're asking you to help us make pain visible. Put on your polka dots, grab your colleagues, classmates, friends or family, and take a photo!
How to join:
- Wear your polka dots the first week of November
- Take a photo
- Share it during National Pain Awareness Week
- Tag @CanadianPain
- Use #PolkaDotsForPain
Your photo could be featured in our end-of-week “We Wore the Dots” community collage!
Whether it's a polka-dot shirt, socks, scrubs, accessories or something completely creative, we want to see your dots.
Help us spread awareness. We’re adding a little bonus for participating! By sharing your polka-dot photo during National Pain Awareness Week, tagging @CanadianPain and using #PolkaDotsForPain, you’ll be entered for a chance to win a $50 gift card.
@pain_canada @PainBC @IASPpain
Take the time to consider someone for this award and acknowledge their dedication
Person with Lived Experience of Pain Leadership Award
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Prix du leadership de la personne avec une expérience vécue de la douleur
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Lesley Singer retweeted
Call for Posters!
Deadline: November 16, 2026
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L’appel à soumission d’affiche est maintenant ouvert
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Lesley Singer retweeted
GLP-1s associated with reduced need for acute psychiatric care for people with schizophrenia and type 2 diabetes, study of US data suggests.
Find out more in The Lancet Psychiatry: spkl.io/60197X6Uc
ALT Research in context panel for a paper published in The Lancet Psychiatry, entitled \"GLP-1 receptor agonist initiation and risk of psychiatric hospitalisation and emergency department presentation in adults with schizophrenia and type 2 diabetes in the USA: an observational cohort study using electronic health records data\".
Lesley Singer retweeted
Have you checked out Pain Atlas?
Use the Atlas to find research partners, share expertise, and form interdisciplinary grant teams dedicated to advancing pain research and care.
painatlas.ca/en
#painresearch #canadianresearch #chronicpain
Lesley Singer retweeted
Pain Connect Opportunity
Up to 70% of cancer patients that receive chemotherapy develop a long-term painful nerve condition that can dramatically affect their lives.
Read more about this opportunity here: painconnect.ca/studies/metha…
#chronicpain #cancerpain #cancerresearch
Lesley Singer retweeted
Calling all current members and alumni! Are you attending the World Congress on Pain in Bangkok this year?
If so, we are organizing a photo op at lunch time on Wednesday, Oct 28th. We would like to call all current and former members of the Pain Centre together to create one massive photo to show our strength in the global pain community. Years from now, this photo will be part of our legacy.
To participate, meet at 12 noon on the 28th, at the Pain Centre booth in the exhibitor’s hall. We estimate that the photo taking process will be no longer than 10 minutes (to get everyone lined up, etc.) so you should plan to be free by 12:15. Please keep this in mind and don’t show up at 12:30 as we will be long since finished!
Lesley Singer retweeted
Looking at doing graduate work in Pain? Look no further. 22 years and counting. Says something, doesn't it?
@McGill_VPRI @McGillMed @McGillScience @McGillDentistry
McGill has been ranked Canada’s 1 university in @macleans annual rankings. 🏆
This marks the 22nd consecutive year the University has ranked first or tied for first.
Read more: mcgill.ca/x/5Vw
Lesley Singer retweeted
We recognize the important role occupational therapists play in supporting people living with pain. They are an important part of the interdisciplinary approach to pain management, and collaboration across professions strengthens how we understand and respond to the complex experience of pain.
Are you an occupational therapist working in pain care or research? Join us at the next Annual Scientific Meeting to connect with colleagues, share knowledge, and contribute to conversations shaping the future of pain care in Canada.
Learn more at canadianpainsociety.ca/asm
Annual Scientific Meeting
📍 Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto
April 28th — May 1st, 2027
Lesley Singer retweeted
Call for Posters Now Open!
Deadline: November 16, 2026
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L’appel à soumission d’affiche est maintenant ouvert
Date limite : 16 novembre 2026
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Lesley Singer retweeted
Help shape NeuPSIG 2027. Submit a workshop proposal on neuropathic pain or itch by 16 Nov 2026, 16:59 GMT. The submitting speaker must be an IASP and NeuPSIG member: bit.ly/3TwqqhQ #NeuPSIG2027
ALT Scenic view of a coastal city with historic buildings and boats docked at the harbor. Text overlay announces the "10th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain" in Helsinki, Finland, from September 2-4, 2027. A call to action reads, "Join us in Helsinki!
Lesley Singer retweeted
This was such an interesting conversation, and it was a pleasure to have Joletta Belton join us. She had such great insight and thoughts on this.
Pete, Keith Meldrum @keith_meldrum
& Joletta Belton 'In Conversation' 11th Oct 2026
In this In Conversation we discussed Pain Resilience Therapy. What is it and how useful could it be?
- Audio on.soundcloud.com/eAW8jMZCFM…
- Video youtu.be/Gwn0cvgsbvw
#InspireSelfMgt
Lesley Singer retweeted
"One study found that just 15 minutes of walking in a forest reduced sympathetic & increased parasympathetic activity, while others have linked time in nature with lower cortisol levels"
#ChronicPain #nature
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
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Submit your Symposia
Turn your research into impact at Canada’s leading pain meeting. Submit by October 19th, 2026.
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Proposez un symposium
Passez de la recherche à l'action lors du plus grand rassemblement du domaine de la douleur. Date limite : 19 octobre, 2026.
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Lesley Singer retweeted
Awards now open!
Annual Scientific Meeting
📍 Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto
April 28th — May 1st, 2027
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Appel à candidatures et prix!
Réunion scientifique annuelle
📍 Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto
Du 28 avril au 1er mai 2027
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