Upcoming Events for 2011-2012

We have many interesting events planned for the following months and into 2012.  Although not all dates are firm yet, we thought we’d let you know what is heading your way! The lead organizer is named in brackets at the end of each line. December 2011 – Redevelopment of our Website & Linkage to other …

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KB & Communications roles in KTE

Hello fellow CoP members I am a knowledge broker with the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA). CCSA employs knowledge brokers and communications advisors, both of which have responsibility to communicate with the public and other key stakeholder groups. There appears to be a need for role clarity between these two professional groups. There is …

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Survey – Questioning the Role of Leaders in Communities of Practice

Dear Community Members: I am a PhD candidate in the department of economics and management at the University of Strasbourg, France. My dissertation is entitled “questioning the role of leaders in communities of practice”. This study aims to gain knowledge about communities-of-practice (CoPs) members’ point of view regarding the characteristics and nature of leadership in …

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NHSRU’s Environmental Scan: Stakeholder Preferences for Dissemination

Click here to view. This environmental scan of the Nursing Health Services Research Unit’s (NHSRU) stakeholders will be used to engage users of evidence in the program of research. In order to obtain salient information, seven nursing leaders were interviewed in 2011 and a 15-question online stakeholder survey was conducted. Survey participants reported they would …

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KTECOP Gets New Grant from CIHR!

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has approved our recent application entitled “Sustaining a Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Community of Practice: Linking Science and Practice”.  The Meetings, Planning, and Dissemination competition saw 115 applications, of which 34 were funded.  Our application ranked 6th – woohoo! The grant funds us to do the following: Bring …

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CAG pre workshop: Using Knowledge Networks to Inform and Transform the Business of Knowledge Transfer and Exchange

Dr. Salinda Horgan (Providence Care and Queen’s U) and Deirdre Luesby (Seniors Health Research Transfer Network) are hosting a half day pre-conference workshop at CAG in Ottawa on Friday, October 21, 2011, 8:30am – 12:00pm entitled:   Using Knowledge Networks to Inform and Transform the Business of Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Details on the workshop are …

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Job share: SHRTN Executive Director

Request for Proposal

September 20, 2011

Elisabeth-Bruyère Research Institute (EBRI)
43 Bruyère Street, Ottawa ON K1N 5C8

INITIATIVE:  SHRTN Collaborative

The Seniors Health Research Knowledge Exchange (SHRTN) Collaborative is a network of networks in Ontario that links researchers with caregivers and policy makers with the goal of improving the health and health care for seniors. 

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Latest edition of IWH newsletter

The latest edition of At Work, the quarterly newsletter of the Institute for Work & Health, is now available online at http://www.iwh.on.ca/at-work. It includes an article about Jane Gibson’s leadership of the knowledge transfer and exchange department at IWH, and her reflections on KTE as she approaches retirement.