Dear Community,
We are delighted to tell you that the KTECOP has received funding from CIHR to support our meetings and workshops in 2010/2011. In late November 2009, we submitted a grant application entitled “Knowledge Translation Community of Practice Linkages and Meetings” to the CIHR Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation Program. Our application was approved for $7,950. Out of 37 applications submitted, ours was ranked tenth!
Job Posting – Knowledge Exchange Specialist- Final version (jan 25 2010)
With support from the CIHR, KT Canada and the Western Regional Training Centre (WRTC), the Knowledge Translation Trainee Collaborative (KTTC) invites applications from knowledge translation trainee practitioners (e.g., graduate students, post-doctoral and clinical fellows, and other community learners) from across the country to participate in KTTC’s first-ever Knowledge Translation Working Meeting.
Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is my honour to announce that I have accepted the position of Director, Knowledge Exchange Centre, Mental Health Commission of Canada. http://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca The start date is Monday, January 4, 2010. I will be located at offices in both Ottawa and Calgary. The goal of the Mental Health Commission of Canada …
Happy New Year! I am very pleased to announce that we have a terrific new knowledge broker story by Melanie Barwick: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Building the Science, Practice, and Profession of Knowledge Translation I really like how she describes “falling into” KT work. I think that many of us feel the same way. I …
Good Evening, I have published two stories about knowledge brokering that are focused on focusing on the user/consumer/demand side of the equation. has written about an example of the tool he told us about in – He emphasizing putting the consumer in the middle of the process. brings us his key lessons of his years …
Good Afternoon, The ninth knowledge broker story comes to us from Jonathan Green at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He brings us some great concepts. I really like the concept of “carewords”. I like the imagery of a tool belt of skills that are forever being sharpened or traded out. Jonathan brings …
Good Evening, I hope the dinner went really well. Would have loved to join you. It is my privilege to bring you a new knowledge broker story from Daryl Rock. Although he is now based in Vancouver, Daryl was the Director of Strategic Programs at SSHRC in Ottawa and sought to “operationalize” knowledge mobilization in …
Good Friday, I hope you all had a productive week. It is my pleasure to announce that the 7th Knowledge Broker Story – Lasting Interpersonal Relationships – comes to us via Dr. Ben Levin, Canada Research Chair in Leadership and Educational Change at OISE, and former Deputy Minister of Education in both Manitoba and Ontario. …
Good Afternoon, Our friend and colleague, Michael Johnny at York University has contributed the latest Knowledge Broker Story. In “From Cleaning Streetlights to KMb!”, he tells us about the journey to working in knowledge mobilization. I really liked this quote: With no clear blueprint on how to develop an institutional knowledge mobilization unit, I was …