💜 I’m honoured to speak on a CAMH panel for Patient & Family Experience Week about what empowerment means in recovery. ✨It took years of being dismissed before I found my voice. 🔗Join us virtually April 28, 12–1PM EST. Link in bio.

I’m looking forward to a rich conversation today about empowerment CAMH

💬 On Monday, I was honoured to speak on a CAMH panel about what empowerment means in recovery. I’ve written a blog reflecting on the experience & why patient voices matter. 🔗 Read it here: emilyfoucault.com/post/reclaimin… #CAMH #LivedExperience #Empowerment Sarah Downey

🚨 Groundbreaking: DecodeME the ME/CFS Study has identified key genetic differences in people with ME/CFS. Read more here theguardian.com/society/2025/a… Guardian Opinion #MECFS #DecodeME Ian Sample

🔬Most people think mast cells are only involved in allergies or rare conditions like MCAS or mastocytosis. That’s incorrect. Research shows mast cells are active in many diseases, including neurodegenerative, autoimmune, infectious, heart, gut, and mental health conditions🧵

Millions are suffering in silence. It’s time to change that. 🔗 emilyfoucault.com/post/mcas2025 #MCASAwareness #InvisibleIllness #mcas #mastcell

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We recently interviewed Dr. Larry Afrin, a prominent physician-scientist and one of the world's authorities on mast cell disorders. Here are 4 surprising things we learned about MCAS...🧵

Grateful to share my story with Yahoo Life about my journey through decades of pain, being dismissed and finally getting a hysterectomy. 🔗 Read the full interview here ➡ tinyurl.com/2hx3d26u Sinai Health #menopause #womenshealth #adenomyosis

The MCAS care crisis: Canada can’t afford to look away healthydebate.ca/2025/10/topic/…

🗣️ My latest piece in Healthy Debate is out: “The MCAS care crisis: Canada can’t afford to look away.” 🚨 Thousands of Canadians with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome are being left without care. It’s time for urgent action. 🔗 healthydebate.ca/2025/10/topic/…

Co-writing CAMH Clear and Inclusive Writing Guide has been a profoundly meaningful project. Grateful to Healthy Debate for publishing our co-produced article.Words have power & this piece shares how we’re working to shift culture through inclusive, patient-informed language.

🥳Proud to share our poster “Developing the CAMH Clear & Inclusive Writing Guidelines: An example of co-creation & meaningful engagement” WON the Best Status Only Faculty Poster Award at #DWED2026 Grateful to the collaborative team. CAMH UofTPsychiatry psychiatry.utoronto.ca/event/donald-w…

Wow, this is amazing progress that "we" collectively worked hard to achieve! Neurologic and psychiatric manifestations of MCAS are numerous, but are very rarely talked about in psychiatry or neurology. Our 2 recent papers on the topic are below: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Access to our health records shouldn’t be controversial. “Transparency and dignity are not competing goals. They are mutually reinforcing.” My latest in Healthy Debate on OpenNotes and mental health care healthydebate.ca/2026/03/topic/… Have you ever had trouble accessing your records?

"I enjoyed my time in the U.S. but it definitely feels like a moment for Canada right now." Dr. Chris Noel, Head & Neck Surgical Oncologist and Microvascular Surgeon at UHN, was recruited from Ohio through the Canada Leads program. Read more UPI.com: upi.com/Top_News/US/20…