Pascale Marier-Deschênes, Assistant Professor at Université Laval, has been appointed to the new Leadership Chair in Education, Awareness, Self-Management, and Well-Being Support for Canadian Veterans and Their Families (SENSAS), created by Université Laval in collaboration with the Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans.
Persistent pain impacts 41% of veterans and a great proportions of them living in the province of Quebec. Few resources specific to this unique population are available in Quebec, which is why the Chair’s objective is to design a bilingual online chronic pain self-management program that will be co-created with veterans. In addition to creating resources for veterans, interactive training modules will be created to raise awareness among the student community, faculty and healthcare providers of the realities of military culture and the transition from military to civilian life.
Read more about the chair on ULaval Nouvelles
In this episode of “The Most Painful Podcast”, hosted by Luc J. Hébert and presented by the Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans, Pascale Marier-Deschênes shares her mission: to develop a comprehensive set of online resources and tools tailored to the needs of veterans living with chronic pain and their loved ones. The episode highlights the redesign of the “Agir pour moi” program to adapt it to the military experience and emphasizes the importance of active partnership with veterans, who are involved at every stage of the project.
