National Pain Awareness Week 2024

NATIONAL PAIN AWARENESS WEEK 2024

In 2004, a Private Member's bill was passed in Parliament, establishing the first full week of November as National Pain Awareness Week (NPAW) in Canada. Since then, the awareness event, now led by PainCanada, has grown to see more than 500 individuals and organizations participating, reaching 1.4 million through social media campaigns, generating more than 4.5 million impressions.

NPAW has been instrumental in pushing for better policy surrounding pain management policy. It encourages individuals and organizations to amplify the voices of those living with chronic pain and creates increased awareness of the challenges and barriers that they face.

This year, the Institute for Pain Research and Care shared 39 posts across Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Threads, receiving more than 1,700 impressions. It wrapped up the week with a series of live tweets from our Chronic Pain Symposium.

Other NPAW events included the Putting the Pieces Together conference - a free virtual conference created for and by people with pain.