Episode 5 on As PER Usual, we're talking about processes, the need to move forward from checklists to checking in with each other, and the courage needed to build something better together.

Dr. Karine Toupin-April is an associate professor at the University of Ottawa and affiliate scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute and the Institut du savoir Montfort. She has research expertise in chronic disease management and shared decision making.

Laurie Proulx has lived with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis since she was 14 years old and the disease impacted all aspects of life, like school, work, pregnancy and parenting. She currently works part-time for the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CAPA) as managing director. She works as a consultant where her work focuses on patient and community engagement, knowledge translation, and health and social policy analysis.

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