Call for Content: Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum #CKF16

On behalf of the Board of the Institute for Knowledge Mobilization and the Chair and Planning Committee of the 2016 Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum #CKF16,  it is our pleasure to announce the Call for Content for #CKF16 The theme for this year is: Systems and Sustainability – Creating enduring Knowledge Mobilization. CKF16 is June 28-29, 2016 …

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Knowledge Exchange and Communications: Finding a Common Ground

Public Health Ontario (PHO) recently started applying an integrated approach for supporting knowledge exchange/translation (KTE) and communications activities across the organization. Hear about the experiences of knowledge exchange specialists and communications advisors at PHO as they defined their roles and created joint processes to support other PHO teams in their full range of KTE activities. …

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KTE CoP Toronto Seminar: Evidence to Care – Supporting Knowledge Translation at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Tuesday September 29, 2015 4–6 pm OISE room 7-105 252 Bloor Street West (St. George TTC) Download the Presentation Evidence to Care – Supporting Knowledge Translation at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (PDF) Abstract Launched in 2011, Evidence to Care (EtC) is an organizational initiative to drive knowledge translation (KT) at Canada’s largest pediatric rehabilitation …

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Knowledge Translation Professional Certificate (KTPC) – October 26-30, 2015

October 2015 Application Now Available! KTPC is a five-day professional development initiative for knowledge translation (KT) professionals (i.e. knowledge brokers, KT specialists, KT managers, and the like). Participation in this week-long intensive requires some background in KT. The curriculum focuses on the core competencies of KT work in Canada, as identified by a survey of …

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Knowledge Translation in Mental Health & Addictions Conference

Waypoint Research Institute 3rd Annual Conference Knowledge Translation in Mental Health and Addictions June 17th – 19th, 2015 Emmanuel College, Victoria University at University of Toronto 73 Queen’s Park Cres., Toronto, ON   Sponsored by  Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care In Partnership with Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto   Keynote Speakers Melanie Barwick, PhD, …

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Scientist Knowledge Translation Training (SKTT) for Graduate Students – May 19th, 2015

The Scientist Knowledge Translation Training (SKTTTM) course was developed on the premise that scientists, and increasingly, other practitioners and educators, are agents of change in creating research impact, promoting research utilization, and ensuring that research findings reach the appropriate audiences.  There is a skill set surrounding KT practice, and it is these competencies that the …

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