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Alberta

Pain And The Patient
A pain symposium designed to educate and inform all about the problem of pain.

Where: The Auditorium - Misericordia Hospital
16740 - 89 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta

When: Saturday, November 3, 2007, 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Speakers include well known pain experts:
Dr. Helen Hays, A long time expert in the field of pain.
Dr. John Clark, a Past President of the Canadian Pain Society
Director of the pain program at the QE 11 Hospital,.
Halifax
Dr. Cory Toth, MD and a leading researcher and practitioner in the
field of neuropathic pain.
Dr. Ed Jorundson, MD and an expert in the field of the healing arts.
Dr. Saifee Rashiq: MD, Director of the University of Alberta Pain Centre
Heather Divine, RN and president of the Chronic Pain Association of Canada
Dianne Tomm-Lunty: The Chronic Pain Association of Canada.

A nominal fee of $10.00 is required to register for this full day of information. Lunch is included. Pre-registration is required as space is limited.

For more information and to register call CPAC at (780) 482-6727 or e-mail at cpac@chronicpaincanada.com.

British Columbia

New Brunswick

The Faces of Pain

An evening of information and education on the nature of pain and who is affected.

Where: The Delta, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Woodstock Road

When: Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 6:30 PM to 9 PM.

For more information please contact Krista at (506) 458-2619
e-mail- cpac@nbnet.nb.ca

There are opportunities to an information booth at this event.

Fredericton, New Brunswick --- Annual Clinical Day in Pain Management - November 2, 2007 A one day workshop on multiple subjects on managing pain.
For more info call Nancy Schuttenbeld at River Valley Health, (506) 447-4170 or e-mail nancy.schuttenbeld@rvh.nb.ca

Newfoundland

Pain and the Patient

An evening of information and education on the problems and management of pain.

Where: Health Science Medical Lecture Hall
St. John's, Newfoundland.

When: Wednesday, November 7, 2007
7PM to 9PM

Who: Dr Sandra LeFort, a leading nurse investigator in the field of pain management who has
written a number of outstanding reports on pain and was instrumental in allowing CPAC
to utilize the pain patient workbook that our support groups use.
Dr. C. Kamra. leading pain specialist at the Pain Centre at the Health Science Hospital in
St. John's.
Pat Pilgrim - Chief Operating Officer of Eastern Health and co-chair of the Provincial
Task Force on Chronic Pain.
Dr. Anne Porter - MD. FRCP(C) (Psychiatry)
Mr. Hubert Ryall - a chronic pain survivor and member of the Newfoundland and Labrador
Long Term Pain Association, a member of CPAC.

A very special guest will kick this event off. Mary Walsh who we all recognize from her many years on television will be the guest of honour and will bring a unique view to the field of pain.

There is a $5.00 registration fee to attend this packed evening of creating change.

Please contact Carol at (709) 747-0744 or go to www.freewebs>com/chronicpainNL/ for more info.
 

Nova Scotia

The Faces of Pain

This event about people in pain is the 10th anniversary of the Halifax group. It is a fully packed event of information and education about the problem of pain.

For more information please contact Terry at (902) 470-0949.

Speakers will include Dr. Roman Jovey, Past-president of the Canadian Pain Society and head of the CPM Health Centres.

Helen Tupper, past president of NACPAC and the CPC and a Board member of CPAC.

More information will be added to this site in the next few days.

Ontario

St. Catherines

For National Pain Awareness Week they are holding an event November 9, 2007 It will feature a speaker from CPM Health Centres.

Rockland, Ontario

An information session will be held at Grenon's Independent Grocer, 2737 Laurier Avenue, Rockland, Ontario. It is hosted by the Chronic Pain Association of Canada Support Group. For more info contact Mary Lou at (613)446-1971

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