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Job Posting: Knowledge Mobilization Program Managers, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

October 23, 2012November 15, 2009 by Peter Levesque

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 …

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

October 23, 2012November 10, 2009 by Peter Levesque

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 …

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

October 23, 2012November 9, 2009 by Peter Levesque

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 …

The Ontario KTE Community of Practice Winter Dinner and Talk

November 2, 2009 by Melanie Barwick

Monday, December 7th , 5:30pm Guest Speaker: Dr. Katherine Boydell – Arts Based Knowledge Translation Coquine Restaurant 2075 Yonge St (@ Manor Rd.) Toronto, ON L6B, Canada (416) 322-6767 Cost – $40 pp, plus tax and gratuity, alcohol MENU Appetizer Onion Soup Gratinée OR Caprese Salad OR Caesar Salade Main Course Beet Gnocchi OR Pan …

David Yetman’s Knowledge Broker Story: Laughter-the secret ingredient in being a change agent

October 30, 2009 by Peter Levesque

David Yetman has contributed a story to the Knowledge Broker Story Series. I love the part where he tries to describe what he does to his mother. This has been an issue most of my life. My mother just wants me to be happy (my mother-in-law suspects I may have mob connections). David brings a …

David Phipps’ Knowledge Broker Story: How to go from broke to broker in 17 short years

October 24, 2009 by Peter Levesque

David has contributed his personal story of how he became a knowledge broker. I think that the concept of empathy that he brings up is an important and under explored concept that may be part of a larger discussion we might want to have. This reminds me that in classic Greek education we studied logos, …

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

October 23, 2012October 19, 2009 by Peter Levesque

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

Visit from Stockholm University and Uppsala University to York University

October 15, 2009 by David Phipps

Join us for this event at York University Friday, October 16, 2009 Visit from Stockholm University and Uppsala University York Lanes 280N Draft Agenda 9:30 am Arrival at Keele Campus, York University Coffee, Continental Breakfast and Networking Time 10:00 am Opening Remarks David Phipps, Director of Research Services and Knowledge Exchange, York U 10:10 am …

Experience as Knowledge Brokers

October 9, 2009 by Peter Levesque

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 …

PMC Canada: Making Canadian health research accessible to all

September 16, 2009 by Scott Mitchell

Canadians will soon have access to the latest health research findings with the launch of PubMed Central Canada (PMC Canada). Building on the successful PubMed Central archive developed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, PMC Canada will help accelerate the creation of knowledge and facilitate its use by providing a freely accessible, Canada-based archive of peer-reviewed health science literature.