Partnerships
We count on your support
By partnering with the QCPA you support our mission while also having the opportunity to connect with a large network of members from all over the province: people living with chronic pain, caregivers, as well as associations and organizations working closely in the field of chronic pain.
Becoming a partner with the QCPA allows you to join this large community and gain visibility among members across the province of Quebec.
Become a partner
Supporting the QCPA means contributing to its development, and in this way helping more people suffering from chronic pain to feel less isolated.
You can show your support in various ways:
Funding
Collaboration
> Community and businesses
- Making donations*
- Organizing fundraising activities
- Donating a percentage of profits from product sales
- Sponsoring the March Against Pain event
*A receipt for tax purposes will be issued for donations of $25 or more.
> Organizations, businesses, healthcare professionals
- Initiating new joint projects
- Providing conference offerings on themes related to chronic pain
- Co-organizing activities and conferences
- Partnering in the organization of activities and conferences
- Contributing products or services at our events
- Requesting support for a research project
- Recruiting for a research project
Your support will not go unnoticed.
Contact us to discuss the type of partnership you would like to be involved in and to learn about the resulting visibility for you.
Our partners
La Fondation de la massothérapie
La Fondation de la massothérapie se consacre à l’amélioration de la santé et de la qualité de vie des personnes aux prises avec un cancer ou des douleurs chroniques, en leur offrant des soins de massothérapie adaptés à leur état de santé par le biais de partenaires de première ligne, incluant la Fondation québécoise du cancer et l’Association québécoise de la douleur chronique. L’effet papillon de cette aide à mieux vivre est tel que tout leur entourage (famille, aidants naturels, collègues de travail, etc.) en ressent des effets bénéfiques dans leur propre quotidien; un mieux-vivre qui rayonne bien au-delà de la personne aidée. Tous les soins de massothérapie offerts par la Fondation sont prodigués par des massothérapeutes agréés par la Fédération québécoise des massothérapeutes.
Fondation Louise & Alan Edwards
La Fondation Louise & Alan Edwards a pour mission de soutenir et fournir de multiples efforts entourant la douleur chronique.
Le Centre de recherche sur la douleur Alan Edwards
À l’Université McGill, la recherche sur la douleur se fait au Centre Alan Edwards de recherche sur la douleur. Ce centre comprend des chercheurs des Facultés de médecine, de médecine dentaire et de sciences. Son but principal est de rassembler la communauté des chercheurs de McGill œuvrant en recherche fondamentale et clinique sur la douleur, afin de promouvoir la recherche qui débouchera sur des cures pour contrer la douleur chronique. Au moyen d’activités et de collaborations internationales, le centre se concentre sur les nouvelles découvertes et sur leurs applications cliniques qui amélioreront la prévention et le traitement de la douleur chronique.
Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux
Merci au Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux pour sa précieuse aide financière qui contribue à améliorer la condition et réduire l’isolement des personnes atteintes de douleur chronique au Québec.
Le Réseau québécois de recherche sur la douleur
Pour relever le défi de soutenir de tels efforts de recherche multidisciplinaire et de renforcer les collaborations entre les chercheurs œuvrant au Québec, l’Initiative québécoise de recherche sur la douleur a été mise sur pied en 2001. Une subvention de lancement de cinq ans avait été accordée par Valorisation Recherche Québec pour monter un réseau de 31 chercheurs répartis dans les quatre principales universités de recherche médicale du Québec (Laval, Sherbrooke, Montréal, McGill). Ce réseau a crû en taille et en envergure au point où nous comptons maintenant 50 membres réguliers et 26 membres associés dans le Réseau québécois de recherche sur la douleur, financé par le Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec et des partenaires.
Société québécoise de la douleur
La Société québécoise de la douleur est un regroupement de professionnels de multiples spécialités qui veulent améliorer le traitement de la douleur chronique au Québec. En autres, les buts de la société sont de :
- Favoriser la multidisciplinarité dans les cliniques de la douleur
- Favoriser la formation continue
- Créer des curriculums de formation
- Promouvoir le soutien politique et financier pour les centres de traitement de la douleur.
SET Service d’électro-thérapie
Aider le patient à soulager sa douleur et à atteindre un rendement fonctionnel optimal afin d’améliorer son bien-être et sa qualité de vie. L’électrothérapie soulage efficacement les douleurs suivantes: douleur au dos et au cou (cervicalgie, dorsalgie, lombalgie), entorse, hernie discale, migraine ou un mal de tête ou une céphalée, fibromyalgie, arthrose, arthrite, tendinite, bursite, capsulite, épicondylite, rhumatisme, zona, dysménorrhée (douleur menstruelle), cystite, douleurs à l’accouchement, etc.
L’association de Fibromyalgie région île de Montréal
Research projects
The AQDC participates in research projects, either as a knowledge user, applying research findings to help mitigate chronic pain, or as a patient organization, assisting a group of researchers in recruiting participants for chronic pain research. Our involvement in patient recruitment is conditional upon the approval of the project by a recognized scientific organization and by the Research Ethics Board (REB) overseeing the research.
The AQDC has a Scientific Committee that evaluates each research project based on its scientific and ethical merits. The Committee then recommends whether or not the project should be approved. Additional information may be requested from the person responsible for the research project before approval is granted. The Committee consists of three members from clinical and scientific backgrounds.
The AQDC may participate in the following types of collaborations:
Support and Collaboration in Funding Applications
The AQDC participates in research projects either as a supporting organization or as a knowledge user.
The required documents to obtain a letter of support and/or participation in the development of a research project are:
- A letter or email of introduction signed by the person responsible for the research project, including a summary of the project and the funding application as submitted to the funding agency
- Project summary (lay abstract)
- A copy of the document to be signed by the AQDC as a partner organization
- Letter of support template
- Billing information and contact details
Requests for collaboration as a knowledge user must be submitted to aqdc@douleurquebec.ca at least three (3) weeks before the research project submission deadline to the funding agency.
Under exceptional circumstances, a 10-day notice period may be accepted.
Participation fee: $500
- Application review: $250
- Letter of support: $250
Fees will be invoiced to the person responsible for the research project, the applicant, or the organization.
In the second phase, our participation in recruiting patients for supported research projects is conditional upon approval of the project by a recognized scientific organization and by the institutional Research Ethics Board (REB) overseeing the researcher’s project.
The Scientific Committee then reviews the project and recommends whether or not it should be approved. Additional information may be requested from the person responsible for the research project before approval. The AQDC follows rigorous ethical principles.
Once the project has been approved, a confirmation of collaboration is sent by email to the person responsible for the research project. Recruitment opportunities will be posted promptly on the AQDC website. If the project materials are finalized, they should be forwarded to the AQDC when deemed necessary.
Upon confirmation of research project funding, the required documents are:
- Project summary
- Scientific approval
- REB ethical approval
- Recruitment advertisement to be disseminated (including the REB approval number)
- Billing information and contact details
Participation fee: $750
- Application review: $250
- Project dissemination: $500
Fees will be invoiced to the person responsible for the research project, the applicant, or the organization.
Requests must be submitted by email to aqdc@douleurquebec.ca.
Participant Recruitment
f you have a research project and would like to recruit patients for your study, the AQDC can help. Once the Scientific Committee has approved the dissemination of your project, we will send targeted communications to our members.
The documents required to request project dissemination are:
- A document or email from the person responsible for the project providing a brief overview of the request
- Project summary
- Scientific approval
- Research Ethics Board (REB) approval
- Recruitment advertisement to be disseminated (including the REB approval number)
- Billing information and contact details
Fees: $750
- Application review: $250
- Project dissemination: $500
- Reminder: $150
Fees will be invoiced to the person responsible for the research project, the applicant, or the organization.
Requests must be submitted by email to aqdc@douleurquebec.ca.
Important note: If the project originates from an organization in another province, it must obtain ethical approval from a REB recognized in Quebec, or collaborate with a Quebec university that has such a REB.
Once the research findings have been published, a copy of the article must be provided to the AQDC.
Publications
The AQDC is committed to publishing on its website scientific articles to which our members have made a significant contribution.
In return, we ask researchers to acknowledge the contribution of the AQDC and its members in the Acknowledgments section of any publication to which they have contributed.