News

August 25th 2026

Nataly R. Espinoza Suarez: Communication in cancer pain care

Discover how compassionate, empathetic, and collaborative communication can improve care for people living with cancer-related pain.

July 28th 2026

Yvonne Pelling: Accountability across collaborative contexts

Discover how accountability approaches can be adapted to different collaborative contexts and support meaningful and effective partnerships.

July 7th 2026

Dr. Linzi Williamson launches Life with Service Dogs podcast

Discover Life with Service Dogs, Dr. Linzi Williamson’s podcast exploring the experiences of Canadian veterans working with service dogs.

June 30th 2026

Transforming a Webinar into an Interactive Learning Experience

Discover PASSERELLE’s guide to transforming recorded webinars into interactive, accessible, and engaging learning experiences.

June 23rd 2026

Pascale Simard presents InterG, a photographic exhibition

Discover InterG, a photographic exhibition by Pascale Simard highlighting the life stories of people living with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

June 2nd 2026

Patient-Oriented Research Training Inventory

Discover PASSERELLE’s Patient-Oriented Research Training Inventory, a tool to explore available learning opportunities.

June 1st 2026

CAHSPR 2026 | Spotlight on Our Fellows

Discover the presentations of three PASSERELLE fellows at CAHSPR 2026 and their contributions to patient-oriented research.

May 29th 2026

PASSERELLE at the 2026 CAHSPR Conference

Discover PASSERELLE’s highlights from CAHSPR 2026, including presentations on onboarding and team science in patient-oriented research.

May 5th 2026

Dr. Annie LeBlanc: Implementing Context-Fit Interventions

Discover Dr. Annie LeBlanc’s presentation on implementing and sustaining context-fit interventions.

April 30th 2026

Onboarding in Patient-Oriented Research

Discover PASSERELLE’s new guide on onboarding in patient-oriented research, designed to support collaborative and inclusive research teams.

April 7th 2026

PASSERELLE contributes to the CHILD-BRIGHT Network’s Toolkit

Discover the CHILD-BRIGHT Network’s Patient-Oriented Research Toolkit, developed with contributions from PASSERELLE.

April 1st 2026

Samuel Turcotte receives the Professor Excellence Award

Samuel Turcotte receives the Professor Excellence Award in recognition of the impact and innovation of his research contributions.

February 16th 2026

Claudie Audet presents her doctoral research

Discover Claudie Audet’s doctoral research on improving the quality of care for people with chronic pain.

January 20th 2026

Marie-Hélène Verret-Corriveau presents her doctoral research

Discover Marie-Hélène Verret-Corriveau’s doctoral research on inclusive urban mobility.

January 15th 2026

Lisa Knox publishes her first research article

Discover Lisa Knox’s first research article on equity in perinatal substance use policy.

November 6th 2025

PASSERELLE in Action: September Highlights

October 21st 2025

Nataly Espinoza Suarez: A Project on Chronic Pain

Discover Nataly Espinoza Suarez’s contribution to a knowledge mobilization project in chronic pain.

September 17th 2025

Spotlight on Western MPH Practicum Students at PASSERELLE

This summer at PASSERELLE, two Western MPH students brought fresh ideas and energy to our projects, and our team was honoured with the MPH Excellence ...

September 15th 2025

Our POR-Mitacs Fellows advance higher education accessibility

Discover how the PSVI research team and our POR-Mitacs Fellows contributed to the Nicosia Declaration to advance accessibility in higher education.

August 12th 2025

Ervis Musa recognized for health care leadership

Discover the recognition awarded to Ervis Musa, recipient of the 2025 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award, for his leadership in health care.

December 18th 2024

New Operations Manager for PASSERELLE

PASSERELLE welcomes Robert Van Hoorn as Operations Manager.

November 13th 2024

Launch of the 2nd Edition of the POR-Mitacs Fellowships

Program designed to support research projects that integrate the principles of patient-oriented research.

July 4th 2024

Trainee Capacity Building Needs and Preferences Survey

PASSERELLE's Trainee Advisory Committee launches a national study to enhance trainee support in patient-oriented research.

May 20th 2024

AsPERusual: a Podcast for Practical Patient Engagement

Anna M. Chudyk is a patient-oriented researcher at University of Manitoba and SPOR Transition to Leadership fellow.

May 17th 2024

SPOR EA Funded Patient-driven Research Projects

20 Patient-driven research projects were funded by SPOR Evidence Alliance.

April 20th 2024

Recommendations for the Next Generation of POR Researchers

"Learners’ place within the learning health system: conditions for supporting the success and cooperation for the next generation of researchers".

March 30th 2024

Reimagining the Research Landscape

As part of CIHR SPOR Refresh, PAN has conducted a survey for people with lived and living experiences.

February 20th 2024

PASSERELLE at the Clinical Trials Training Summit

PASSERELLE attended the Clinical Trials Training Summit, February 13-15, 2024, in Montréal.

January 24th 2024

CIHR SPOR Refresh process

CIHR launched a public engagement process to refresh Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research.

December 1st 2023

PASSERELLE at the NAPCRG Annual Meeting

PASSERELLE was present at the NAPCRG 51st Annual Meeting, from October 30 to November 3, 2023, in San Francisco.

November 1st 2023

PASSERELLE at Putting Patients First

PASSERELLE was present at Putting Patients First 2023 Conference on October 24, 2023, in Vancouver.

October 12th 2023

CIHR’s Patient-Oriented Research Awards

These Canadian Institute of Health Research’s awards are supported by PASSERELLE.

October 12th 2023

TUTOR-PHC Research Fellowships

These fellowships enhance opportunities to engage in activities focused on patient and community engagement in primary health care research.

September 20th 2023

Supporting Capacity Building in Patient Engagement

Yvonne Pelling and Annie LeBlanc are the guests of honour in this episode of asPERusual, a podcast for practical patient engagement.

August 9th 2023

Discover Patient-Oriented Research

PASSERELLE & Unité de soutien SSA Québec launched an interactive activity to raise awareness of POR.