Vous n'avez pas pu être là pour la quatrième journée de Rassembler les Morceaux du Puzzle? Ou vous avez entendu quelque chose que vous aimeriez partager avec quelqu’un? Les enregistrements sont maintenant disponibles!
Regardez-les dès maintenant au youtube.com/@paincanada

Stigma keeps too many people living with pain alone, hidden and quiet. Thank you for helping #UnsilencePain this week. The match continues: until Dec. 1, every dollar to Pain Canada is matched. UnsilencePain.ca/donate #NPAW2026

Pourquoi « Parlons Douleur »? Parce que trop de personnes cessent de parler de leur douleur après avoir été mises en doute. « Parlons » nous invite tous à écouter et à répondre autrement. ParlonsDouleur.ca #ParlonsDouleur #SNSD2026

Missed day four of Putting the Pieces Together? Or heard something you want to share with someone else? The recordings are now available!
Watch now at youtube.com/@paincanada
PTPT continues through November 6. Register at paincanada.ca/ptpt

#PTPT2026 #NPAW2026 #PainCanada

💛 National Pain Awareness Week reminds us that pain is not always visible. Chronic pain can affect every aspect of a person’s life, including their physical health, emotional well-being, relationships, and daily activities.

Better pain care depends on more than producing knowledge. It takes partnership, implementation and sustained effort to turn evidence into something people can actually use.

Check out CPN's impact over the past 10 years: cpn-rdc.ca/impact-report/

#NPAW2026 #UnsilencePain

Trainee Spotlight 💙 Meet Alexandra Parent, MSc student at @UofT's Institute of Medical Science: “managing chronic pain is suicide prevention.”

With @pain_canada & @PainBC, we #UnsilencePain. #NPAW2026
@mhodaie

We’re putting the spotlight on the people behind the dots and why pain awareness matters to them.

What would you say? “I’m wearing polka dots for pain awareness because…”

This National Pain Awareness Week, put on your polka dots and help us make pain visible. 📷 Share your n and use #PolkaDotsForPain.

#NPAW #NPAW2026 #UnsilencePain @PainBC @pain_canada

Trainee Spotlight 💙 Meet Razan El-Sheikh, MSc student in Pharmaceutical Sciences at @UofT, uncovering how spinal cord connections amplify pain signals, and how to reverse them.

With @pain_canada & @PainBC , we #UnsilencePain. #NPAW2026
@rpbonin

For someone living with pain, meaningful support doesn’t always mean having the right answers. Sometimes, it means listening, asking what they need, respecting their boundaries, and avoiding assumptions.

This National Pain Awareness Week, put on your polka dots and help us make our photo, tag @CanadianPain and use #PolkaDotsForPain.

#NPAW #NPAW2026 #UnsilencePain @PainBC @pain_canada

Pain is complex, and there is still so much we are working to understand. From how pain develops and changes to how it affects people’s daily lives, research and clinical care can help us ask better questions and find better ways forward.

This National Pain Awareness Week, put help us make pain visible. 📷 Share your photo, tag @CanadianPain and use #PolkaDotsForPain.

#NPAW #NPAW2026 #UnsilencePain @PainBC @pain_canada

Trainee Spotlight 💙 Meet @sanmugananthan, PhD student at @UofT's Institute of Medical Science, studying how chronic pain affects attention and daily life.

With @PAINcanada & @PainBC, we #UnsilencePain. #NPAW2026
@kren27

Why does pain awareness matter to you?

We asked, and you answered.

From personal experiences to supporting someone you care about, these responses show why pain awareness matters and why making space for conversations about pain is so important.

Thank you to everyone who e with us.

This National Pain Awareness Week, put on your polka dots and help us make pain visible. 📷 Share your photo, tag @CanadianPain and use #PolkaDotsForPain.

#NPAW #NPAW2026 #UnsilencePain @PainBC @pain_canada

We’re putting the spotlight on the people behind the dots and why pain awareness matters to them.

What would you say? “I’m wearing polka dots for pain awareness because…”

This National Pain Awareness Week, put on your polka dots and help us make pain visible. 📷 Share your n and use #PolkaDotsForPain.

#NPAW #NPAW2026 #UnsilencePain @PainBC @pain_canada

Trainee Spotlight 💙 Meet Angela Chow, MSc student at @UofT's Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, exploring how psychological safety shapes care for females living with chronic pelvic pain.

With @PAINcanada & @PainBC, we #UnsilencePain. #NPAW2026

Montrez vos pois!

Cette Semaine nationale de sensibilisation à la douleur, nous avons besoin de votre aide pour rendre la douleur visible. Portez vos motifs à pois et prenez une photo avec vos collègues, vos camarades de classe, vos amis ou votre famille! 

Pour participer : à pois
• Prenez-vous en photo
• Partagez la photo pendant la Semaine nationale de sensibilisation à la douleur
• Étiquetez @CanadianPain
• Utilisez le mot-clic #PolkaDotsForPain  

Votre photo pourrait figurer dans notre collage communautaire « Portons nos pois » à la fin de la semaine! Qu'il s'agisse d'un chandail à pois, des chaussettes, d'une tenue médicale, des accessoires ou quelque chose d'original, nous avons hâte de voir vos motifs à pois. Aidez-nous à sensibiliser le public. 

Nous offrons un petit cadeau aux personnes participantes! En partageant votre photo avec des motifs de pois pendant la Semaine nationale de sensibilisation à la douleur, en étiquetant @CanadianPain et en utilisant le mot-clic #PolkaDotsForPain, vous courrez la chance de gagner une carte cadeau d'une valeur de 50 $

@pain_canada @PainBC @IASPpain

Nearly 8 million Canadians are living with pain. That’s 1 in 5 of us.

It’s a number big enough to demand attention, but every person behind it has their own experience.

Pain can be visible, invisible, temporary, persistent, mild, severe, and everything in between.

This eek, 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! 📷

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.

#NPAW #NPAW2026 #UnsilencePain @PainBC @pain_canada

For #NPAW2026, Pain Canada has created “When Pain Comes Up”, a free resource you can save, share and keep for the next time pain comes up. Get “When Pain Comes Up”: UnsilencePain.ca/WhenPainComesUp #UnsilencePain

A supportive response can help someone feel heard, understood and know that support is available. We are joining Pain Canada to #UnsilencePain. Visit UnsilencePain.ca #UnsilencePain #NPAW2026

Chronic pain is not always visible and it is not always easy to know what to say. Download and share “When Pain Comes Up” for the next time pain comes up at UnsilencePain.ca #UnsilencePain #NPAW2026