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the CANADIAN PAIN SOCIETY<br />
la SOCIĖTĖ CANADIENNE de la DOULEUR<br />
President’s Note<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> is officially upon us. <strong>The</strong> sun<br />
draws us outdoors and lifts our spirits<br />
after the winter doldrums. It is a time for<br />
renewal and new life.<br />
In keeping with the season, the CPS is<br />
also in a time of renewal. After much<br />
pondering and discussion, we now have<br />
a new logo and a more dynamic web<br />
site, which should be live by May 1st<br />
http://www.canadianpainsociety.ca/.<br />
Thanks to all who contributed ideas, and<br />
to Ellen for patiently prodding us to make<br />
decisions.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are many CPS members involved<br />
in worthwhile projects related to pain.<br />
In between her clinical work and writing<br />
some excellent reviews on pain<br />
management for our journal, <strong>Pain</strong><br />
Research & Management, Mary Lynch,<br />
from Halifax, has undertaken a unique<br />
research project. Mary is investigating<br />
wait times for pain services in Canada,<br />
compared to those internationally. She<br />
and her team are polling pain<br />
professionals from other countries and<br />
systematically reviewing the available<br />
literature on this topic to come up with<br />
recommendations for the <strong>Canadian</strong><br />
health care system.<br />
Pat Morley-Forster, from London, chairs<br />
the Academic <strong>Pain</strong> Directors of Canada<br />
group and will be representing that group<br />
as a non-voting member of the CPS<br />
Executive. Among other projects, this<br />
Academic <strong>Pain</strong> Directors of Canada<br />
group is working on ways to improve<br />
post-graduate training in pain<br />
management across the country, as well<br />
as ways to improve funding for pain<br />
management programs in general.<br />
John Clark and Paul Tanzer are busy<br />
developing elements of the Calgary<br />
Health Region Chronic <strong>Pain</strong> Program –<br />
an exciting inter-disciplinary project<br />
which will include education, assessment<br />
and treatment in primary care clinics,<br />
when possible, or more intensive<br />
interdisciplinary treatment in the Calgary<br />
Chronic <strong>Pain</strong> Centre, when required.<br />
Continued on Page 2<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> 2006<br />
Inside this issue:<br />
President’s Note 1<br />
Editor’s Note 1<br />
New Website for <strong>Pain</strong> in<br />
Childhood<br />
Award for Dr. McGrath 2<br />
Neuropathic SIP Update 3<br />
PatientAdvocate Profile 3<br />
<strong>Pain</strong> Research &<br />
Management<br />
Meeting Announcements 5<br />
CPC Position Statement 6<br />
Award for Dr. Stevens 7<br />
2<br />
4<br />
Editor’s Note<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> is one of my favorite seasons<br />
because it brings new growth and light.<br />
As Roman Jovey conveys in his<br />
President’s Note, the <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong> is definitely feeling the spirit of<br />
the season. We have lots of exciting<br />
initiatives and accomplishments to share.<br />
You will read about these in the updates<br />
from the Nursing Issues and Neuropathic<br />
Special Interest Groups (SIGs), and the<br />
CPS Office. You will meet inspiring<br />
individuals making a difference in the<br />
Patient / Adovocate and Trainee Profiles.<br />
Several of our members are<br />
congratulated for recent award news.<br />
Ken Craig, our new Editor of <strong>Pain</strong><br />
Research and Management, writes<br />
about the mandate of our CPS journal.<br />
And then, to use the words of Dr. Seuss,<br />
“oh, the places you’ll go!” In this issue of<br />
the newsletter you will be amazed to see<br />
all the upcoming opportunities to attend<br />
pain conferences near and far, including<br />
the fast-approaching CPS Annual<br />
Meeting this June 14-17, in Edmonton.<br />
What a wonderful season! Happy<br />
Reading!<br />
Elizabeth Stanford<br />
Editor, CPS Newsletter<br />
Trainee Corner Spotlight 7<br />
CPS Office Updates 8<br />
Meet <strong>The</strong> Executive 9<br />
CPS Contact Info 9<br />
Newsletter Deadlines 9
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President’s Note (cont’d)<br />
<strong>The</strong> agenda for this year’s CPS annual meeting in<br />
Edmonton from June 14-17 th is now set. <strong>The</strong> theme this<br />
year is “<strong>Pain</strong> - Unraveling the Puzzle.” Kudos to Manon<br />
Choiniere, from Montreal, Brian Knight, from Edmonton,<br />
and their committee members for organizing what<br />
promises to be another excellent event. Please join us<br />
there for 4 days of education, networking and some<br />
fun – western style.<br />
While members of the CPS such as those mentioned<br />
above are working hard, your President has also been<br />
busy investigating some potential new treatments for<br />
pain. Recently I visited what is probably one of the<br />
world’s largest marijuana “grow-op,” near London, U.K.<br />
<strong>The</strong> facility is one of many belonging to GW<br />
Pharmaceuticals, whose mission is to develop<br />
non-smoked, pharmaceutical cannabis-based products<br />
from herbal marijuana. <strong>The</strong>ir first product, a sublingual /<br />
mucosal spray, was released in Canada by Bayer in<br />
2005. We are the first country in the world to approve its<br />
use for pain related to multiple sclerosis. <strong>The</strong> scope and<br />
efficiency of GW’s operation would be the envy of most<br />
west-coast growers of non-medicinal cannabis! I can<br />
assure readers that no samples were requested or<br />
provided during the tour. Fortunately, there were no<br />
sniffer dogs in Heathrow airport when I left to return<br />
home.<br />
<strong>The</strong> International Association for the Study of <strong>Pain</strong><br />
recently announced that the 2011 World Congress on<br />
<strong>Pain</strong> will be held in Montreal. Congratulations to all<br />
involved in getting this prestigious meeting for Canada.<br />
It will be the third time the World Congress has been<br />
held in our country since the inception of the IASP.<br />
An organization such as the CPS is only as good as the<br />
people who are its members. We are blessed in<br />
Canada with some of the brightest people in the pain<br />
community. We can hold our heads high in any<br />
international pain meeting.<br />
Roman D. Jovey, M.D.<br />
President, <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
New Website for the International Association for the Study of <strong>Pain</strong>’s<br />
Special Interest Group on <strong>Pain</strong> in Childhood<br />
A new dynamic and exciting website has been launched by the<br />
IASP Special Interest Group on <strong>Pain</strong> in Childhood. <strong>The</strong> website<br />
documents the objectives and mission statement of the SIG,<br />
along with updates with current IASP Global Year Against <strong>Pain</strong> in<br />
Childhood. Check out the website regularly for new updates and<br />
more features soon to be posted: http://childpain.org<br />
Dr. Patrick McGrath will Receive the<br />
<strong>Canadian</strong> Psychological Association’s Donald Hebb Award<br />
Dr. Patrick McGrath will receive the 2006<br />
Donald O. Heeb Award for Distinguished Contributions<br />
to Psychology as a Science from the <strong>Canadian</strong><br />
Psychological Association (CPA). Dr. McGrath was<br />
nominated by CPA’s Clinical Section in recognition of his<br />
important research, focusing in the fields of pediatric<br />
pain assessment and treatment. Dr. McGrath will be<br />
honoured at CPA’s Annual Conference which will be<br />
held in Calgary this June. Congratulations Dr. McGrath!
<strong>Spring</strong> 2006<br />
Page 3<br />
Update from the CPS Neuropathic <strong>Pain</strong> Special Interest Group<br />
<strong>The</strong> Neuropathic <strong>Pain</strong> Special Interest Group (NP SIG)<br />
has been very active in the pursuit of clinical,<br />
educational and research goals related to improving<br />
the management of neuropathic pain.<br />
evidence-based approach to the management of<br />
neuropathic pain. Once we have reached a consensus,<br />
we plan to disseminate this knowledge to clinicians<br />
across the country.<br />
Last November, we held a one-day symposium in<br />
Toronto devoted to further development of a national<br />
Neuropathic <strong>Pain</strong> Database that will allow us to have a<br />
national patient registry for neuropathic pain. <strong>The</strong><br />
Database will also allow us to track longterm “real<br />
world” outcomes on the management of neuropathic<br />
pain—important data that is not yet available. We have<br />
consolidated the Database and are now pursuing<br />
funding from a variety of sources to implement the<br />
Database at multiple centres across Canada. We<br />
believe that this is a powerful tool to facilitate<br />
randomized controlled trials and improve our<br />
management of neuropathic pain.<br />
On April 28, 2006 we are holding another symposium<br />
to try to achieve a national consensus regarding an<br />
A third symposium is planned for November of this year<br />
with the goal of developing a core knowledge base for the<br />
assessment and management of neuropathic pain. This<br />
‘core curriculum’ will form the basis for preceptorships<br />
that we will make available to physicians and allied health<br />
care workers who may be interested in attending regional<br />
<strong>Pain</strong> Clinics to further their understanding of the<br />
management of neuropathic pain.<br />
An update on all of the above will be provided at a<br />
breakfast symposium at the CPS meeting in Edmonton in<br />
June.<br />
Dwight Moulin, M.D.<br />
Clinical Chair,<br />
<strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Neuropathic <strong>Pain</strong> SIG<br />
Patient / Advocate Profile: Rob Lindsay<br />
Rob was injured in a mining accident in 1994, leaving<br />
him with compromised lung capacity. He had lung biopsy<br />
and back surgeries which had avoidable complications.<br />
Rob has been left with severe pain in his chest wall,<br />
resulting in his being disabled and unable to work.<br />
Besides the financial impact this has had, it has affected<br />
his life-style, as well as his abilities to relate to his family<br />
and society. Rob is now a grandfather, and one of the<br />
most frustrating things for him is that he is unable to lift<br />
and play with his grandchildren, as he would love to do.<br />
For all people with chronic pain, the problem of being not<br />
believed is huge, and results in widespread hurt and<br />
misunderstanding.<br />
Rob has not allowed his physical condition to isolate him,<br />
or stop his ability to contribute. He gives his utmost, and<br />
his contribution is considerable. Rob is one of the<br />
founding members of the Western Injured Workers<br />
<strong>Society</strong> of Saskatchewan (WIWSS), which has been in<br />
existence since 1994. Rob is on the Board of WIWSS.<br />
Since 1996, Rob has also been involved with <strong>Canadian</strong><br />
Injured Workers Alliance (CIWA). Rob is on the CIWA<br />
board and currently holds the role of president. Rob<br />
joined the <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> Coalition (CPC) in 2003, and<br />
became the vice president, as well as board member in<br />
2005. Robe works continuously<br />
w i t h l a b o u r , v i a t h e<br />
Saskatchewan Federation of<br />
Labour, Occupational Health<br />
and Safety, and Workers<br />
Compensation Board committees.<br />
His successful advocacy<br />
for patients at hearings and<br />
tribunals has been of great<br />
benefit to many people.<br />
<strong>The</strong> knowledge Rob has<br />
gleaned from working with<br />
CIWA and other organizations has been very helpful for<br />
the CPC. Rob’s ability to contribute and develop ideas<br />
is a wonderful asset. Rob is extremely generous in<br />
sharing his abilities and knowledge of labour,<br />
management, and working with various departments of<br />
the government with us. We count ourselves blessed to<br />
have Rob Lindsay on the board of the CPC.<br />
Helen Tupper<br />
President, <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> Coalition
Page 4 <strong>Spring</strong> 2006<br />
“D’ye ken leather”<br />
I most appreciate the invitation from Elizabeth Stanford,<br />
Editor of the CPS Newsletter, to prepare occasional<br />
columns concerning <strong>Pain</strong> Research & Management. My<br />
role as Editor-in-Chief was well launched by the <strong>Spring</strong><br />
2006.issue (http://www.pulsus.com/<strong>Pain</strong>/etocs/), with the<br />
editorial content primarily reflecting Harold Merskey’s<br />
excellent service in this capacity. In future columns I will<br />
reflect more on forthcoming contents, but, presently, will<br />
reflect on the overall nature of the Journal.<br />
Two recent activities provoked reflections on the role<br />
<strong>Pain</strong> Research & Management should play in fulfilling its<br />
mandate to enhance understanding of pain and<br />
ameliorate the havoc pain can play in the lives of<br />
patients.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first arose while reading Michael Bliss’ engaging<br />
medical biography of Sir William Osler, the preeminent<br />
<strong>Canadian</strong> physician who transformed <strong>Canadian</strong>,<br />
American, and British medicine in the late 19 th and early<br />
20 th Centuries (University of Toronto Press, 1999). <strong>The</strong><br />
book abounds with intriguing anecdotes concerning Sir<br />
William’s research, professional, and personal lives, but<br />
one story addressing his dissatisfaction with the risks of<br />
producing “dangerously narrow-minded practitioners” (p.<br />
198) captured my attention. Michael Bliss observes<br />
“From somewhere in his reading or yarning, he (Sir<br />
William) cobbled together a superb comparison: ‘<strong>The</strong><br />
man that, year in and year out, examines eyes, palpates<br />
ovaries, or tunnels urethrae, without regard to the wide<br />
influence upon which his art rests, is likely, insensibly<br />
perhaps, but none the less surely, to acquire the attitude<br />
of mind of the old Scotch shoemaker, who, in response<br />
to the Dominie’s suggestions about the weightier matters<br />
of life, asked “D’ye ken leather”’ It was this same broad<br />
and inclusive vision that inspired John Bonica to<br />
organize and launch the multidisciplinary International<br />
Association for the Study of <strong>Pain</strong> in 1974. Many of us<br />
share these far reaching perspectives and want <strong>Pain</strong><br />
Research & Management to encompass the broad<br />
scientific and professionally oriented approaches that the<br />
neurosciences, clinical sciences, approaches to health<br />
service delivery, and investigations of the role<br />
psychological, social and cultural factors in<br />
understanding and caring for people in pain represent.<br />
A second series of events further sharpened my<br />
appreciation of the diverse events that play a major role<br />
in the lives of people suffering from pain. For several<br />
decades, colleagues and I have organized the Banff<br />
International Conferences on Behavioural Science:<br />
www.banffbehavsci.ubc.ca. Our recently concluded, very<br />
successful 38 th annual meeting was devoted to<br />
“Violence in the Lives of Children and Families”. <strong>The</strong><br />
topic was not uplifting, perhaps just as a preoccupation<br />
with pain is not everybody’s cup of tea. Nevertheless,<br />
like pain, the extent of the problem is considerable and<br />
violence profoundly affects the lives of many children,<br />
their families, the community, and society. On the<br />
surface, in this context, pain might be seen as incidental<br />
to more profound problems, but as speakers talked<br />
about the lack and inadequacies of social services for<br />
needy children and their families, the commonplace<br />
necessity of framing children’s problems as medical<br />
problems so care from health care practitioners might<br />
become available, and the high incidence of somatic<br />
complaints in children subjected to frequent physical<br />
and emotional abuse or neglect, the connection<br />
became increasingly conspicuous. <strong>The</strong> importance of<br />
bringing together experts in this domain with experts in<br />
the field of pain became obvious when issues<br />
concerning physical punishment of children and youths<br />
arose. A “Joint Statement on Physical Punishment of<br />
Children and Youth” (2004), prepared by a coalition of<br />
major organizations concerned with children’s health<br />
and welfare, with leadership provided by the Children’s<br />
Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), lays out the<br />
scientific basis and a careful analysis leading to the<br />
conclusion that “the physical punishment of children<br />
and youth plays no useful role in their upbringing and<br />
poses only risks to their development—parents should<br />
be strongly encouraged to develop alternative and<br />
positive approaches to discipline.” (p. v). Where is pain<br />
in all this Well, the column of words often used for<br />
hitting children, spanking, smacking, slapping, paddling,<br />
whupping, hiding, whacking, and thrashing, very<br />
effectively illustrates the willingness of some people to<br />
use pain as a form of behavioural control. This is a most<br />
unfortunate practice. I encourage interested readers to<br />
review the publication which is available in English and<br />
French on the CHEO website at www.cheo.on.ca<br />
<strong>The</strong> foregoing represents one extreme of the scope of<br />
interest in pain ranging from the study of molecular<br />
biology and genetics to the formative impact of the<br />
environment and life experiences that must be<br />
accommodated in a broad and inclusive understanding<br />
of pain. <strong>Pain</strong> Research & Management must reflect this<br />
scope.<br />
Dr. Ken Craig<br />
Editor-in-Chief<br />
<strong>Pain</strong> Research & Management
<strong>Spring</strong> 2006<br />
Page 5<br />
Meeting Announcements<br />
Please note that meetings held in 2007 and beyond will be posted in the next issues of the newsletter!<br />
National Institutes of Health <strong>Pain</strong> Consortium 1st<br />
Annual Symposium: Advances in <strong>Pain</strong> Research<br />
April 17 - 18, 2006<br />
National Institutes of Health<br />
Natcher Conference Center<br />
Bethesda, Maryland<br />
For more information, please see the Consortium<br />
website: http://conferences.masimax.com/<br />
painconsortium/index.cfm<br />
Opioid Management <strong>Society</strong>: Opioid Certification<br />
Program<br />
April 22 – 23, 2006<br />
<strong>The</strong> Conference Centre, Harvard Medical<br />
Boston, MA<br />
For more information, please see the <strong>Society</strong> website:<br />
http://www.opiodmanagementsociety.org<br />
4 th Annual <strong>Pain</strong> Day: <strong>Pain</strong>, Medical Practice and<br />
Case Reviews<br />
May 3 - 6, 2006<br />
Holiday Inn Waterfront<br />
Kingston, Ontario<br />
Sponsored: Queen’s University Departments of<br />
Psychology & Anesthesiology; Janssen Ortho; Purdue<br />
Pharma, Pfizer Canada; Valeant Canada<br />
For more information, please contact:<br />
Jane Dauncey<br />
4 th Annual <strong>Pain</strong> Day<br />
Department of Psychology<br />
Humphrey Hall, 62 Arch Street<br />
Queen’s University<br />
Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6<br />
Phone: (613) 533-2876<br />
Fax: (905) 555-2499 (Attention: Jane Dauncey, 4 th<br />
Annual <strong>Pain</strong> Day, Department of Psychology)<br />
Email: painday3@post.queensu.ca<br />
Web: http://psyc.queensu.ca/faculty/tripp/2006.html<br />
25 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American <strong>Pain</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong><br />
May 3 - 6, 2006<br />
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center & Marriott River<br />
Center<br />
San Antonio, Texas<br />
For information, please see the American <strong>Pain</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
website: http://www.ampainsoc.org/meeting/annual_06/<br />
5th International Association for the Study of <strong>Pain</strong><br />
Research Symposium: Central Neuropathic <strong>Pain</strong>:<br />
Centenary of Central Post-Stroke <strong>Pain</strong>.<br />
June 6 - 9, 2006<br />
Toronto, Ontario<br />
For more information, please contact:<br />
Alice Bradbury<br />
Program Administrator, Continuing Health Sciences<br />
Education<br />
Juravinski ERDC, Room 3510<br />
1200 Main Street West<br />
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5<br />
Phone: (905) 525-9140 ext 22120<br />
Fax: (905) 572-7099<br />
Email: bradbury@mcmaster.ca<br />
<strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Conference<br />
June 14 – 17, 2006<br />
<strong>The</strong> Westin Hotel Edmonton<br />
Edmonton, Alberta<br />
For more information, including the conference Program<br />
Guide, please see the <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> <strong>Society</strong> website:<br />
http://www.canadianpainsociety.ca<br />
7th International Symposium on Pediatric <strong>Pain</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong>me: <strong>Pain</strong> in Child Health<br />
June 25 - 29, 2006<br />
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver<br />
Vancouver, British Columbia<br />
For more information, please see the International<br />
Symposium on Pediatric <strong>Pain</strong> website:<br />
http://www.ispp2006.com<br />
Continued on Page 6
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Meeting Announcements (cont’d)<br />
World <strong>Society</strong> of <strong>Pain</strong> Clinicians 12 th International<br />
<strong>Pain</strong> Clinic<br />
July 4 – 7, 2006<br />
Turin, Italy<br />
For more information, please see the Conference<br />
website: http://www.pain2006.com<br />
Regional Anesthesia & <strong>Pain</strong> Medicine 2006<br />
Conference<br />
September 29 – October 1, 2006<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sutton Place Hotel<br />
Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
For more information, please contact:<br />
Christine Drane<br />
Conference Coordinator, Regional Anesthesia & <strong>Pain</strong><br />
Medicine<br />
Phone: (416) 603-5118<br />
Fax: (416) 603-6494<br />
Email: Christine.Drane@uhn.on.ca<br />
Web: http://www.rapm.ca/<br />
11 th Annual Advanced International <strong>Pain</strong> Conference<br />
and Practical Workshop<br />
September 17 - 22, 2006<br />
Budapest, Hungary<br />
Sponsored by the World Institute of <strong>Pain</strong><br />
For more information, please see the Conference<br />
website: http://www.kenes.com/wip06/<br />
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6th International Forum on Pediatric <strong>Pain</strong>:<br />
“Pediatric <strong>Pain</strong>: A Clinical Casebook”<br />
October 12 - 15, 2006<br />
White Point, Nova Scotia<br />
For more information, the conference brochure and<br />
online registration please see the Conference website:<br />
http://pediatric-pain.ca/ifpp/ifpp.html<br />
Call for Oral/Poster Case Abstracts: Information about<br />
submitting a case abstract can be found on the<br />
conference brochure listed above. Please email Kelly<br />
Hayton at kelly.hayton@iwk.nshealth.ca to submit a<br />
case abstract for review. Please note that case abstracts<br />
are due April 30, 2006.<br />
Call for Empirical Research Poster Abstracts:<br />
Information about submitting an empirical research<br />
poster abstract can be found on the conference brochure<br />
listed above. Please email Kelly Hayton at<br />
kelly.hayton@iwk.nshealth.ca to submit an empirical<br />
research poster abstract for review. Please note that<br />
empirical research abstracts are due July 1, 2006.<br />
9 th International Conference on the Mechanisms<br />
and Treatment of Neuropathic <strong>Pain</strong><br />
November 2 - 4, 2006<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fairmont Southampton<br />
Bermuda<br />
Jointly sponsored by the University of Rochester School<br />
of Medicine & Dentistry, Office of Continuing Education<br />
and Professional Education; and <strong>The</strong> International<br />
Association For <strong>The</strong> <strong>Society</strong> of <strong>Pain</strong>, Special Interest<br />
Group On Neuropathic <strong>Pain</strong><br />
For more information, please see the Conference<br />
website: http://www.neuropathicpain.org/index.html<br />
<strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> Coalition Issues Position Statement on Access to <strong>Pain</strong> Medications<br />
Due to ongoing difficulties with new treatments not being funded and the extreme cost to chronic pain sufferers, the<br />
<strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> Coalition (CPC) is issuing the following statement:<br />
People with chronic pain should have timely access to all pain medications that can reduce their pain and/or<br />
improve their quality of life. Government formulary decisions should be consistent with current clinical<br />
guidelines and should not create additional barriers to access.<br />
Dr. Celeste Johnston, Executive Director, CPC
<strong>Spring</strong> 2006<br />
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Dr. Bonnie Stevens will Receive the<br />
Jeffery Lawson Award from the American <strong>Pain</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
Dr. Bonnie J. Stevens, PhD RN, chair, pediatric nursing<br />
research, will be the recipient of the American <strong>Pain</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong>’s (APS) Jeffery Lawson Award this coming May<br />
at the APS Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.<br />
Dr. Steven’s award. Dr. Steven’s has a nationally funded<br />
research program and is based at the Hospital for Sick<br />
Children in Toronto. Dr. Steven’s award recognizes her<br />
contributions to the field of improving pediatric pain<br />
management in health care settings,<br />
specially her focus on researching<br />
pain in preterm infants. Dr. Stevens<br />
developed the Premature Infant<br />
<strong>Pain</strong> Profile (PIPP), a widely-known<br />
tool used to measure pain in infants.<br />
Congratulations to Dr. Stevens!<br />
Trainee Corner - Spotlight<br />
Welcome to Trainee’s Corner! With the 2006 CPS<br />
Annual Scientific Meeting in Edmonton just around the<br />
corner, I am pleased to remind you of our upcoming<br />
Trainee Session: entitled “Transition as a New<br />
Investigator: Strategizing for your Career as an<br />
Investigator after Graduate Training”. This session will<br />
be of great value for those trainees looking to build<br />
careers as scientific investigators. Our speaker for this<br />
session is Dr. Rebecca Pillai Riddell from York<br />
University, Toronto. We thank Dr. Riddell in advance for<br />
her time, and we look forward to her insights. Please be<br />
sure to attend!<br />
In this trainee spotlight, I am pleased to introduce<br />
Marilyn Aita. Marilyn is a Ph.D.<br />
candidate at McGill University,<br />
supervised by Dr. Celeste<br />
Johnston. Marilyn obtained her<br />
Baccalaureate and Master<br />
Degrees from the Faculty of<br />
Nursing, University of Montréal;<br />
with a clinical background in<br />
neonatal intensive care.<br />
Emerging from her clinical experience,<br />
Marilyn is investigating<br />
the impact of the Neonatal Intensive<br />
Care Unit (NICU) environment on the development<br />
and growth of preterm infants for her dissertation<br />
work. Specifically, Marilyn is evaluating the effect of eye<br />
goggles and earmuffs on neonates while they are in the<br />
NICU in order to minimize exposure to light and noise.<br />
Marylin’s interest in this problem arouse from the stark<br />
contrast of the noisy and bright NICU, and the dark,<br />
ambient environment of the maternal womb.<br />
Marilyn is comparing the stability of vital signs and pain<br />
response of preterm infants with and without eye goggles<br />
and earmuffs.<br />
Marylin’s dissertation is funded by the joint program of<br />
GRISIM (Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en<br />
sciences infirmières de Montréal) and the <strong>Canadian</strong><br />
Nurses Foundation (CNF). She has also received<br />
funding support from the Fonds de la recherche en<br />
santé du Québec (FRSQ), the <strong>Canadian</strong> Institute of<br />
Health Research/<strong>Canadian</strong> Nurses Foundation/Hospital<br />
for Sick Children Foundation (CIHR/CNF/HSCF), the<br />
Order of Nurses of Québec (OIIQ), and the Montreal<br />
Children’s Hospital Research Institute.<br />
An integral member of Dr. Johnston’s research team,<br />
Marilyn is also a part of the <strong>Pain</strong> in Child Health (PICH)<br />
strategic training program funded by CIHR. Marilyn has<br />
also recently become involved in examining the<br />
licensing of nurses specializing in neonatology at the<br />
Order of Nurses of Québec. Marilyn is looking forward<br />
to developing her career as an investigator, generating<br />
further research that will impact nursing practice in the<br />
NICU. Many thanks to Marilyn for sharing her innovative<br />
dissertation work with us. If you would like to be<br />
featured in trainee’s corner, please do not hesitate to<br />
contact me at michael.mcgillion@utoronto.ca. See you<br />
in Edmonton!<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Mike McGillion RN, PhD candidate<br />
University of Toronto, Faculty of Nursing<br />
CPS Trainee Representative
Page 8 <strong>Spring</strong> 2006<br />
CPS Office Updates<br />
Conference 2006<br />
By this time you should have your Conference Program<br />
and Registration Guide for 2006. If you have not<br />
received one, let us know and we can mail one out for<br />
you. On-line registration and the conference program<br />
guide can also be found on the website at<br />
www.canadianpainsociety.ca. We look forward to<br />
seeing you in Edmonton in June! Remember –<br />
attendance is limited this year due to space restrictions<br />
– so get your registration in early to avoid<br />
disappointment.<br />
As an addition to the program, the conference has now<br />
been given approval by the Alberta College of Family<br />
Physicians for 19 MAINPRO® - MI Credits. Credits will<br />
be distributed either at the conference or mailed to you<br />
following the conference.<br />
Membership 2006<br />
Thanks to all members who have continued their<br />
membership in 2006. On behalf of the CPS, we<br />
appreciate your continued support. <strong>The</strong> on-line<br />
membership directory is scheduled to be launched<br />
mid-April. At that time, all current paid members will be<br />
given access codes to the “Members Only” section of<br />
the new website. This “Members Only” section will<br />
provide a member with access to all the other CPS<br />
members, as well as exclusive member information.<br />
Anyone that has not renewed by April 15 th , 2006 will be<br />
transferred to the non-member list and will not be on<br />
the email member list to receive any further notices<br />
from the office, job postings, or member information.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cost of membership has been held for this year at<br />
$100.00 (plus GST), and is an excellent value<br />
considering the benefits that are derived from being a<br />
member.<br />
All current paid members of the <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
will also be receiving a “thank you” package from the<br />
office this year, as a token of our appreciation for your<br />
continued support.<br />
members, the more valuable membership becomes. To<br />
post an article, please contact Elizabeth Stanford at<br />
eajob@interchange.ubc.ca<br />
New CPS Logo!<br />
We have a new logo! As you can see from this newsletter<br />
the CPS Logo has been updated! This new logo was created<br />
by input between a designer and the Executive. We<br />
hope you like it!<br />
Future CPS Conference Dates – Mark the Dates!<br />
2007: Ottawa, Ontario – May 23-26, 2007 – <strong>The</strong> Westin<br />
Ottawa Hotel - Watch for the 2007 Conference Call for<br />
Abstracts in June, 2006. Pick up a copy of the 2007<br />
Conference Call for Abstracts at the 2006 Conference in<br />
Edmonton and consider submitting an abstract for a<br />
Workshop / Poster or Hot Topic! <strong>The</strong> deadline for 2007<br />
Conference Abstracts will be in October, 2006.<br />
2008: Victoria, British Columbia - May 27-30, 2008 – <strong>The</strong><br />
Fairmont Empress Hotel and the Victoria Conference<br />
Centre<br />
Job Postings<br />
If you have any job postings you would like to advertise,<br />
we have a preferred rate package for members that<br />
provides you with an instant email to all members, plus a<br />
listing on the website for a 2 month period. Call or email<br />
for details (ellen@canadianpainsociety.ca)!<br />
2006 Survey - How are we doing<br />
Watch for a membership survey and let us know how we<br />
are doing. Input from the membership is critical in order to<br />
maintain a strong <strong>Society</strong>, both in terms of membership<br />
satisfaction and financial stability. <strong>The</strong> survey will only<br />
take a few moments to complete, and may also be available<br />
on-line for easier reporting. Stay tuned for details! Of<br />
course, please feel free to contact us at any time with<br />
comments or concerns. We are here to help and assist in<br />
any way we can.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Newsletter 2006<br />
<strong>The</strong> newsletter is now accepting articles from current<br />
members of the <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> <strong>Society</strong> for publication.<br />
We encourage you to share your findings, articles of<br />
interest, news from the industry, etc. with all members<br />
of the <strong>Society</strong>. Submitting to the newsletter provides a<br />
valuable opportunity to share what you know with<br />
others. <strong>The</strong> more information we can provide to our<br />
Ellen Maracle-Benton<br />
Office Manager<br />
ellen@canadianpainsociety.ca<br />
Georgina Smith<br />
Member Services Manager<br />
georgina@canadianpainsociety.ca
<strong>Spring</strong> 2006<br />
Page 9<br />
the CANADIAN PAIN SOCIETY<br />
la SOCIĖTĖ CANADIENNE de la DOULEUR<br />
<strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Executive Committee<br />
2006<br />
OFFICE<br />
Attn: Ellen Maracle-Benton<br />
701 Rossland Road East, Suite 373,<br />
Whitby, ON, L1N 9K3<br />
Telephone: 905-668-9545<br />
Fax: 905-668-3728<br />
Email: office@canadianpainsociety.ca<br />
We’re on the Web<br />
www.canadianpainsociety.ca<br />
PRESIDENT<br />
Roman Jovey, MD<br />
PAST PRESIDENT<br />
Gary Rollman, PhD<br />
PRESIDENT ELECT<br />
Barry Sessle, BDS, MDS, BSc, PhD, FRSC<br />
SECRETARY<br />
Jennifer Stinson, RN, MSc, CPNP<br />
TREASURER<br />
& 2006 LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR<br />
Brian Knight, MD, FRCPC<br />
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF<br />
Kenneth Craig, PhD<br />
NEWSLETTER EDITOR<br />
Elizabeth Stanford, MA<br />
Mark Your Calendars<br />
Deadline for submission of materials for the<br />
next Newsletter is June 15th, 2006. We are<br />
interested in receiving items on:<br />
• Interesting case studies<br />
• Programs of research<br />
• New clinical programs or initiatives in<br />
pain<br />
• Upcoming meeting announcements<br />
• Book reviews<br />
Please send correspondence to:<br />
Elizabeth Stanford<br />
Department of Psychology,<br />
University of British Columbia<br />
2136 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4<br />
Fax: 604-822-6923<br />
Email : eajob@interchange.ubc.ca<br />
TRAINEE REPRESENTATIVE<br />
Michael McGillon, RN, PhDC<br />
WEB SITE EDITOR<br />
Yves De Koninck, PhD<br />
SPECIAL PROJECTS<br />
C. Celeste Johnston, RN, Ded<br />
COUNCIL MEMBERS<br />
Mary Lynch, MD, FRCPC, Membership<br />
Serge Marchand, PhD, Nominations<br />
Manon Choinière, PhD, Scientific Program Chair 2006<br />
Helen Tupper, Consumer Representative<br />
Barry Ulmer, Consumer Representative<br />
Pat Morley-Forster, MD, FRCPC, Representative, <strong>Canadian</strong><br />
Academic <strong>Pain</strong> Clinic Directors<br />
<strong>The</strong> CPS Newsletter is published four times per year<br />
by the <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Comments and<br />
suggestions are welcome.