Canadian Spondylitis Association

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  • Meet Rick and help us grow the CSA!

    Donate We’re pleased to introduce you to Rick, who lives with Spondyloarthritis (SpA). Please check out his video here: https://youtu.be/QKi1QkaG-ks As Rick shares, SpA can be a silent disease, one that comes with life altering limitations, and difficult to navigate. Rick and his wife Mandy have both found support and information through the CSA to…

  • Chronic Pain Survey / Sondage sur la douleur chronique

    Cliquez ici pour le text en langue français. Participation in this project consists solely in the completion of an online questionnaire which will take about 15 minutes for physicians and 25 minutes for patients. Eligible participants are physicians who follow patients with chronic pain and who do or do not authorize medical cannabis, or they…

  • Extraskeletal Manifestations in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis Associated With Worse Clinical Outcomes

    Inga Back, MPH Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) who developed extraskeletal manifestations, including acute anterior uveitis (AAU), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and psoriasis, over a 4-year period had worse quality of life scores, despite the use of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) therapy, according to study results published in The Journal of Rheumatology. Researchers investigated the prevalence…

  • Similar Gut Microbiome Signature Among Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis and Related Immune-Mediated Diseases

    Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and its related immune-mediated diseases share a taxonomic microbiome signature, according to a study.

  • PsA Roundtable

    Do you live with Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)? A leading pharmaceutical company is holding a patient advisory board to learn more about PsA

  • Walk Your AS Off – 2021

    Join the community to bring awareness. Together we can stand up to Spondyloarthritis and raise awareness!  Walk Your AS Off is a virtual walk event to get moving and raise awareness for axial spondyloarthritis. We “Walk our A.S. Off!” in order to stay active to keep our joints working as well as possible. Most people…

  • COMMUNICATION & SOCIAL MEDIA ASSISTANT

    Position Information: Position is remote and contingent on funding from the Canada Summer Jobs program. Duration of this position is 16 weeks @ 37 hours/week.  Home office environment with access to a laptop and internet is required.  Bilingual an asset. Compensation is $17.00/hour. Will be required to meet with the Executive Director regularly by phone…

  • PROJECT & RESEARCH ASSISTANT

    Position Information: Position is remote and contingent on funding from the Canada Summer Jobs program. Duration of this position is 16 weeks @ 37 hours/week.  Home office environment with access to a laptop and internet is required.  Bilingual an asset Compensation is $17.00/hour. Will be required to meet with the Executive Director regularly by phone…

  • CRA Position Statement on Safety of Hydroxychloroquine

    CRA Position Statement on Safety of Hydroxychloroquine

    The Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) is aware of the increasing number of questions rheumatologists are receiving pertaining to hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and cardiotoxicity. Today, we have released a position statement which provides clarification on the safety of HCQ in the treatment of rheumatic diseases. See their position statement below:

  • Art Therapy & Spondylitis : Virtual Round Table

    As part of our pre-group roundtable we are looking for participants with spondyloarthritis. Participation in this roundtable will assist our team of Scientists and Art Therapists to better understand the specific needs of people with spondyloarthritis in the realization of artwork. By participating in a short art activity and sharing your comments will help in…