KTE News

Introductory O3 Social Networking Webinars

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2 webinars to introduce you to O3, ORION’s social networking platform that is free to Otario research and education institutions. http://www.othree.ca/webinars February 4 and February 11, 130pm York uses O3 for it’s KM social networking (http://researchimpact.othree.ca/) and we featured this platform at the KTE CoP workshop “What’s the point of 2.0?”

Knowledge Translation Award and Betty Havens Award

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Nominations are invited for the 2010 Knowledge Translation Award and Betty Havens Award. These awards honour and support the exemplary knowledge translation efforts and activities of an individual, team or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to increasing the application of research findings, improving the health of individuals, health services and products, or strengthening the health-care system. Nominations will be assessed on significant achievements in knowledge translation activities relevant to any area of health research (e.g., biomedical, clinical, health services and policy, and population and public health).

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KTECOP Survey: Help us plan our 2010/2011 meetings and workshops

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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!

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Knowledge Translation Working Meeting – Building a Community of Practice

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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.

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New Year, New Position: Knowledge Exchange at the Mental Health Commission of Canada

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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 …

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Melanie Barwick’s Knowledge Broker Story: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Building the Science, Practice, and Profession of Knowledge Translation

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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 …

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Daryl Rock’s Knowledge Broker Story: Defining Knowledge Mobilization from a Strategic Perspective

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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 …

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