World Spine Care Canada and the Global Spine Care Initiative are pleased to recognize Dr. Melissa Atkinson-Graham  PhD, DC for her dedication to providing high-value spine care to the people in  Pimicikamak, Northern Manitoba, Canada.

A new research paper by World Spine Care and the Global Spine Care Initiative published in Implementation Science Communications describes the implementation of a spine care program for a First Nations community in Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada.

This research project is supported by grants from Health Canada (SUAP), the Canadian Chiropractic Association, the Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation, and the Skoll Foundation. Two chiropractors have provided treatments for people with muscle and joint pain at no cost for the past year. In partnership with the community, the project will also develop a program to encourage movement based on traditional dance.

Last month, researchers of the Global Spine Care Initiative and clinicians at the new World Spine Care clinic in Cross Lake, Manitoba, were honored to present a webinar for the Chiropractic Rounds offered by the Chiropractors’ Association of Saskatchewan. Dr. Mark Labrecque hosted the webinar and invited Dr. André Bussières, the GSCI implementation project lead, to conduct the rounds.

World Spine Care Canada announce a new Global Spine Care Initiative project to reduce barriers to conservative spine care and minimize opioid exposure in Indigenous communities.

The Global Spine Care Initiative (GSCI) has obtained funds for a project in Pimicikamak (Cross Lake First Nation), Manitoba, Canada. This announcement is made in collaboration between Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, the University of Manitoba, The Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation (CCRF), and the Canadian Chiropractic Association (CCA).

The Global Spine Care Initiative was convened by members of World Spine Care to investigate the unmet need for quality spine care in under-served, low- to middle-income countries.

The 4-year process has culminated in the publication of 15 articles in an upcoming focus issue of the European Spine Journal.

A recent article in the journal PAIN provided an update on The Lancet Low Back Pain Series. The Global Spine Care Initiative was included in this list of attempts to develop better system-level and policy approaches to address low back pain.