Peter Levesque

I am a social entrepreneur focused on building the capacity of businesses, governments, associations, educational institutions, health centres, and civil society organizations to access, implement, utilize, and evaluate the best knowledge and practice available - to improve the quality of life of all populations, especially our most vulnerable. Prior to founding Knowledge Mobilization Works, I had served as the Deputy-Director of Knowledge Products and Mobilization for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. I also held the position of Knowledge Exchange Specialist for the Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health. For three years, I was the founding Chair of the Knowledge Mobilization committee for the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation.

Job Posting: Knowledge Mobilization Program Managers, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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http://www.workopolis.com/EN/job/11119344?RSS=Y Knowledge Mobilization Program Managers (2 positions) Office of Associate Vice-President (Research) Agri-Food and Partnerships Temporary full time from November 2009 to April 2013 The Knowledge Translation and Transfer (KTT) initiative established under the enhanced OMAFRA-University of Guelph partnership agreement renewed in 2008 is designed to accelerate the transformation of knowledge into use.  This new …

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Angie Hart’s Knowledge Broker Story: Knowledge brokering through partnership work

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Good Morning, This has been a good week for interesting stories from knowledge brokers.  Angie Hart at the University of Brighton has contributed the latest story: Knowledge brokering through partnership work.  I love how she is using Resilient Therapy Communities of Practice’ (RT CoPs) set up on the south coast of England to help children …

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Linda Hawkins’ Knowledge Broker Story: Knowledge Mobilization is at the core

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Good Afternoon, It is my pleasure to announce that Linda Hawkins has contributed the 4th story in the Knowledge Broker Story Series.  I really like that she pushes us outside the “normal” guidelines – “My starting point in working with community organizations or individuals is not to produce documents that follow social marketing guidelines.”  She …

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Hal de Lair’s Knowledge Broker Story: Work History-Taking Tool

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Congratulations to Hal de Lair for contributing the first story to the Knowledge Broker Story Series at Knowledge Mobilization Works. You can read his story of brokering a Work History-Taking Tool at the following links: or If you would like to contribute a story, please do not hesitate to contact me. Peter

Experience as Knowledge Brokers

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Hello, I recently had a terrific conversation with Josee Duquette in Quebec about the work she does in knowledge transfer & mobilization.  I asked her to write a brief summary describing her work and she provided me with a draft that is going through approval with her managers right now. The idea to host a …

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Incentives

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http://www.labnews.co.uk/laboratory_article.php/4638/2/incentive-and-reward-key-to-good-knowledge-transfer- I know a number of you are interested in incentives and infrastructure supporting KTE.  There is a new study out of the UK that may be of some use in creating your own institutional arguments/arrangements.