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NPAW 2014
November 3rd, 2014
The Centre for Pediatric Pain Research is happy to be celebrating the 2014 National Pain Awareness Week with the Canadian Pain Coalition! We’re kicking off raising awareness about children’s pain with a free, public session for parents on how to prepare your [...] read more
5th Annual Dalhousie University Mawio’mi
October 16th, 2014
The Aboriginal Children’s Hurt & Healing (ACHH) Initiative, Co-Lead by Dr. Margot Latimer of the Centre for Pediatric Pain Research and Sharon Rudderham, Health Director of Eskasoni First Nation, would like to wish all those attending the 5th Annual Dalhousie [...] read more
Children’s pain often undertreated
October 14th, 2014
Children’s pain often undertreated, say experts Kathryn Birnie, PhD trainee, supervised by Dr. Christine Chambers was interviewed recently by Radio Canada International. Click here to read the full story and listen to Kathryn’s radio interview. read more
Treaty Day
October 1st, 2014
The Aboriginal Children’s Hurt and Healing Initiative or the ACHH Initiative, led by Dr. Margot Latimer of the Centre for Pediatric Pain Research and Sharon Rudderham of Eskasoni First Nation would like to acknowledge today as Treaty Day which marks the beginning of [...] read more
Globe and Mail
September 30th, 2014
Why does children’s pain get short shrift? “When a child ends up in hospital, we assume everything will be done to care for them, including minimizing pain. Unfortunately, that assumption is wrong. Two new research papers serve as a grim reminder that pain is [...] read more
