🇨🇦 CANADIAN SHOPPING GUIDE 🇨🇦 Want to support Canadian companies? Here are some Canadian businesses that sell high quality menswear. Some also carry womenswear. 🧵

Are you a parent or caregiver of a child with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis? Share your experience in a one-hour Zoom interview and receive a $25 gift card of your choice. Email Taiye Alawiye at [email protected] to sign up or scan the QR code to the left.

In case you missed our Joint Effort: Physical Activity in Arthritis webinar last month, it is now available to view on our YouTube channel. Featuring a panel discussion from people living with arthritis and physiotherapists. Watch here or by using the link in our bio!

We're seeking qualified web designers to create a website to serve as a platform for the GTADC’s work and advocacy. As a disability-led coalition, we encourage submissions from GTA-based applicants who identify as disabled. Learn more: bit.ly/GTADCRFP

Nikki Bhatti lives in British Columbia and has rheumatoid arthritis. She shared how she remains active with her condition touching on different types of activity, how low-impact exercise helps her, and what she does on flare days. Watch to learn more! Nikki Bhatti

In case you missed our Rare Disease Day Drop-In last month, it is now available on our YouTube channel. Co-hosts Janet Gunderson and Natalie Boivin discuss living with rare rheumatic diseases, such as vasculitis and relapsing polychondritis. Watch here buff.ly/r6YTSwt

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Today, we sent a letter to federal candidates urging urgent action on pharmaceutical supply issues We’re calling for secure access to medications for all Canadians—especially those managing conditions like arthritis—amid concerns over US tariffs and supply chain disruptions

"Patient and public involvement in research reporting" - and the case for why we need to do better bmj.com/content/389/bm…. Grateful to have been part of this editorial team with S. Staniszewska, S. Hopewell and Runcie C.W. Chidebe #PatientEngagement #PPI #ConsumerInvolvement

📊 In early #RheumatoidArthritis, remission or low disease activity is often within reach—proving that treatment targets are realistic in everyday care. In our #Top15 #CATCHLearnings, Dr. Louis Bessette highlights how outcomes vary depending on the disease activity measure used.

Do you live with Arthritis? Do you have any creative life hacks, innovative adaptive strategies or devices or personal accommodations that help your daily function? We want to hear from you! Visit this link buff.ly/mAVEwgB to learn more and participate.

Thrilled to join fellow patient partners in this upcoming #webinar on growing your influence in patient engagement! 🌟 📅 May 12, 2026 ⏰12 PM PDT Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of #PatientPartnership! Sign up pxphub.org/event/webinar-… PxP #PatientVoice #PXP

Breathing for both of us. For mothers like me, living with chronic illness and #disability, #pregnancy isn’t just a journey – it’s a high-stakes balancing act made more perilous by the lack of research, by Laurie Proulx healthydebate.ca/2025/05/topic/… via Healthy Debate #RA #MothersDay

Motherhood meant placing at-risk her life and trust in our medical care. As Mother’s Day approaches, Laurie Proulx shares a story we should ponder.

Laurie Proulx Thank you for sharing Laurie Proulx. We appreciate you❤️ It further highlights the need for more research on pregnant individuals, specifically addressing the need of people with lived experiences. CIHR Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine CIHR-IHDCYH CIHR-ICR | IC-IRSC Partnership for Women's Health Research Canada CanWaCH

Check out this gentle movement class coming up in 2 weeks! trudy Fibromyalgia Association Canada Dr. Dawn Richards, PhD CIHR-IMHA Community Chronic Pain Network Pain Canada Take a Pain Check Foundation

#FACFibro Chat with FAC Executive Members (in English with French captions) Whether you're newly diagnosed or have been living with fibromyalgia for years, this session will offer valuable insights & practical tools to help you thrive. Sign up here: fibrocanada.ca/en/fibro-chat-…