Today is Equal Pay Day, a day later than last year. It is the day to which women must work to earn the same as men did working to Dec 31 last year. Women earn 81 cents for every dollar men earn. Down from 83 cents a year ago, and 84 cents the year prior. www.npr.org/2026/03/26/n...

Can confirm. 😉

3/ Check out our latest newsletter here for an update on the PxP funding model: mailchi.mp/pxphub/pxp-n... #PPI #ConsumerInvolvement #PatientEngagement

2/ Suggested questions as a starting point: 🟣How has patient engagement changed in your region over the last 3-12 months? 🟢Do you see any gaps that you hope PxP might meet? 🟣What are your aspirations for PxP?

1/ We’re undertaking an informal scan of the current status of patient engagement across the globe. This will help us shape the next phase of PxP and determine new goals. 💭Thoughts can be shared directly with our team by emailing: [email protected]

I hear from people all the time that they want an evening session because they can't participate while at work or because they want their kids to attend. Here's your chance! 7pm EST on April 16th. Give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you 5 practical ways to de-escalate and intervene safely!

We are not powerless in the face of rising hate. We can learn the tenets of community care and show up for each other in ways big and small. Give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you 5 concrete ways you can safely de-escalate harassment in public spaces! Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

University of Saskatchewan public health researchers are seeking transit users in Canada to complete a questionnaire and participate in a focus group for a study to understand how public transit affects mental wellbeing. #ParticipateInResearch

Made me want to share it. You? #WomenInSTEM

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I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond! www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...

Super important new research project on sexual harassment in the trades! If you're a trade worker or know someone who is, please send it along so Canadians can get access to research on this really important topic.

Registration | UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research chspr.ubc.ca/conference/r... interested Patient Partners please email [email protected] with a short description of your background and experience as a patient partner and a statement explaining why the conference interests you

Hey there. Have you watched yet? What are you waiting for? It’s great content, driven by #PwME! #ICanCME2025

There is a new clinical trial that is recruiting for vulvodynia. This is a woefully under-researched aspect of women's care. Please help me spread the word. vajenda.substack.com/p/vulvodynia...

I don't think it's ever too late to get involved in social justice work. I believe in building a big tent. But my biggest piece of advice for newbies is to remember that just because you're new to an issue, doesn't mean the issue is new.

Hey everyone. Our #ICanCME2025 #conference videos are up on YouTube. 💙 The theme of our #Canadian conference was “Nothing About Us Without Us”. Please #subscribe to our channel to help us drive engagement and watch and like our videos too. youtube.com/@icancmerese...

For those interested in #PatientEngagement or #PPI👇

The Sick Times (@thesicktimes.org) is hiring! We're looking for a new part-time podcast and social media producer who will revive our weekly podcast, help expand our social media presence, and assist with other editorial tasks. More details here, applications are due on January 20:

📢JLA PSPs want to hear from you! Anyone with relevant experience can share what they believe should be priorities for future research. Whether you are a patient, carer or health and care professional your views are welcome. ➡️Complete an open survey to have your say: buff.ly/utn2zgF

An international team of patient partners, including @dawnrichards.bsky.social, is studying patient partners' experiences with authorship of peer-reviewed publications. If you have such experience, consider completing this survey! survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90907829/... #ParticipateInResearch

On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured. The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

A University of Regina researcher is looking for caregivers (e.g., family, friends) in Canada who are supporting long-term care residents to participate in a study evaluating an online mental health program to improve caregivers' mental well-being. #ParticipateInResearch

At #PxP25, we hosted three unique sessions that weren’t recorded for our YouTube channel to create a safe space for open dialogue. Check out the anonymized illustrations from these sessions here, along with other artwork from this year’s conference: pxphub.org/pxp-2025-art...

💭How do you navigate owning your lived experience as one aspect of your identity? www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39U...

Learn more about evidence-based advocacy and using justice-informed, trauma-informed approaches to patient engagement in health research. 🎥Check out this webinar recording from the #PxP25 conference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xoH...

🌎How are research teams engaging patients as partners in different parts of the world? ☑️Check out case studies from Brazil and Australia in this session recording from the #PxP25 conference in September: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBW8...

How are patients are changing the research system from within? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf5v...

🚂How do you get research to the people who can learn or use something from it? Get some ideas here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwde...

Let's keep sharing these amazing stories about how vaccines have transformed our lives

📚 Read the chat summary: pxphub.org/laying-the-g... #PxP25 #PatientPartnership #HealthResearch

How can you lay the groundwork for successful patient partnership? #PxP25 speakers shared practical strategies for building research teams where patient partners feel prepared and supported—no matter their experience or role. 🎥 Watch back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnJ6...

📣 Interested in #PPIE, #PPI, #PatientEngagement, #CoProduction in research (or whatever your term is for it) and the concept of power dynamics? Join me and Therese Lane on Nov 25 at 12 pm eastern for a conversation on this- tinyurl.com/4brnknxj - everyone is welcome! 1/2

In honour of the one year since he started his journey to the west, I wrote a letter to Dad in my free @winnipegfreepress.com newsletter Biidaajimowin.

To dismantle structures that cause imposter syndrome: - Examine who gets credit & why - Value collaborative achievements - Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

If you are passionate about Black Queer and Trans Health, you can report to @drdryden.bsky.social if selected for this brilliant opportunity! 🫂 Please share widely in the hopes of it getting onto the radar of Black or African Nova Scotian folx with a grad degree and project coordination skills! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

(1/2) Dr. Monika Kastner and her research team invite implementation researchers & practitioners in Canada and the U.S. to participate in a #CIHR -funded study exploring perceptions of quality in #KnowledgeTranslation and implementation science (KT-IS) practice tools (theories, models, frameworks).

Previous multiple sclerosis, now the potential role of Epstein Barr virus for driving lupus (SLE) science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...

Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

Before her (too early) death, the amazing Sharon Begley wrote this piece on double helix co-discoverer James Watson and the racist and sexist pronouncements he seemed to revel in making in later life. Fascinating read about a troubling individual. www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...

With 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving being 3 weeks away and SNAP being a shit show—but with some retailers and nonprofits offering turkeys for low or no cost—I'd love to get my free cookbook #AfterTheFeast to as many folks as possible. Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...

➰Our November issue of 'In the Loop' is here! Learn how you can be part of the movement to close the gap for kids in pain!🔗 tinyurl.com/4by6pcda ✉️Subscribe & submit an entry: kidsinpain.ca/newsletters/ #ItDoesntHaveToHurt #InTheLoop #NPAW2025

Have you seen Healthcare Excellence Canada’s series, All Voices for Safer Care? Check out SKIP’s article on how the Pediatric Pain Management health standard is closing gaps for kids in pain. tinyurl.com/2wx6fwmu #ItDoesntHaveToHurt #NPAW2025 #CPSW2025 @he-es-canada.bsky.social

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Please check your spam or junk folders for an email from ICanCME if you haven’t received your link yet for part 2 of the conference registration. :) Also, we had some missing emails and some that were rejected for being written incorrectly (missing the @ sign for example).

Today is the last day to complete our survey about living with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)! This is your chance to share your experience and help shape access to treatment. Learn more + add your voice: buff.ly/2LUuZry #PMR #Kevzara #PatientInput #PatientVoice

I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners. The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre. Please spread the word! 🍗 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...