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LivePlanBe+ is a free online course that helps you make small changes that add up to big improvements in well-being. This self-paced course will help you develop practical tools and strategies to cope with pain.

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Free programs and resources for people with pain

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Pain Connect

Pain Connect is a national platform where you can learn about and connect to chronic pain research taking place across Canada.

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Pain+ CPN

PAIN+ CPN is a Knowledge Translation initiative of the Chronic Pain Network and is updated regularly to provide access to current best evidence from health care research to help inform health care professionals, individuals living with pain and caregivers.

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Find Help directory

Pain BC's new Find Help directory is designed to connect people across British Columbia with health care professionals who provide services to people with chronic pain. The directory includes a wide range of pain-related health services—from physiotherapy to mental health support—and features health care professionals and clinics that meet Pain BC’s inclusion criteria.

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The Most Painful Podcast

This podcast from the Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence in Canadian Veterans covers all aspects of chronic pain by presenting evidence-based information that provides better insight into chronic pain.

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Empowered Relief

Developed by pain psychologists at Stanford University, Empowered Relief® is a two-hour online program that teaches essential pain-management skills, delivered monthly by Pain Canada’s Empowered Relief®-certified clinicians. Register an upcoming session to learn about pain, gain pain relief skills you can use right away, and create a personal plan for pain relief plan.

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Bud Talks

Bud Talks is an exciting new initiative by the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research at McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. Their mission is to make understanding cannabis easy, approachable, and backed by science.

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Women's chronic pain and prescription opioids

In this video, Lindsay Wolfson and Liv Schultz, two people who experience chronic pain from the Centre of Excellence of Women's Health, provide an overview of what was found in the literature and heard in interviews during the Women’s Chronic Pain and Prescription Opioid Project.

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What is Chronic Pain and How Can I Manage It? Information for Women Living with Chronic Pain

This information package was designed by researchers and people with lived experience of chronic pain at the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, as part of a larger study on women’s chronic pain and prescription opioid use. The information included is intended to help you learn more about women’s chronic pain and strategies for pain management.

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Role of Patient Partners

If you’ve never worked with patient partners or caregivers in your research before (or even if you have!), the CPN Patient Engagement Committee and Network patient partners have some ideas for you to consider. In this, you will find the definition of Patient Engagement and some thoughts about the way you might work with us so that we may bring our lived experience to your research project as collaborators or partners.

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Research popularization

The Quebec Pain Research Network shares publications on this page that highlight researchers, research advances as well as their activities and that of student researchers, making everything accessible to the general public.

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Managing Pain Before and After Surgery: A course for people undergoing surgery

This is a free self-paced online program offered by Pain Canada and designed to help people undergoing surgery and their families better manage pain after surgery and decrease complications.

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Power Over Pain Portal

The Power Over Pain Portal aims to provide a one-stop shop for resources for people with pain, including articles, videos, podcasts, courses, workshops, and peer support. It also links to national and provincial services.

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Gentle Movement @ Home

Pain BC's free-to-access video series that provides guided movement and relaxation for people living with pain from the comfort of their homes.

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MyCarePath

MyCarePath is an online resource developed by BC Children's Hospital to support youth, young adults, and families across in understanding and managing chronic pain.

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Making Sense of Pain: Online

Pain BC's nine-week online program is designed to empower people with pain to improve well-being. The weekly 90-minute online group class is delivered by Pain BC's clinical support staff, and is free to access for people with pain living in BC.

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Pain BC's download information sheets

Pain BC has numerous downloadable information sheets on accessing income supports, managing pain, choosing the right health care provider, and other commonly asked questions by people living with pain. The sheets are available in multiple languages, including English, French, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Punjabi and Arabic.

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