The Canadian Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Community of Practice (KTECOP) is a network of KTE practitioners and researchers who share KTE practices and experience, build peer relationships for information exchange and support, build KTE capacity, advance knowledge of KTE effectiveness, and share KTE events, job opportunities and other related KTE activities. More »
When: Thursday February 25, 2016 at noon EDT Where: Twitter (follow @KMbChat and the #KMbChat hashtag at the above scheduled date and time) Topic: Creating Solutions Like an Entrepreneur: Synergies Between Entrepreneurship and KMb/Research Activities This month’s #KMbChat is about the synergies between entrepreneurship and kmb/research activities. Entrepreneurs have ideas and want to provide solutions in the same way …
February 2016 Applications Now Available! KTPC is a five-day professional development initiative for knowledge translation (KT) professionals (ie. 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 KT …
Early-career professionals (<age 35) working in non-academic Canadian organizations are eligible to apply for a $500 scholarship to attend the KMb Forum in Toronto on June 28-29 2016. Details here: .http://www.knowledgemobilization.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Kstar-Scholarship-Guidelines-Feb-2016.pdf
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is seeking a Senior Program Officer, Knowledge Translation (Term Position — Maternity Replacement). The Think Tank Initiative (TTI) is a multi-donor Program dedicated to strengthening independent policy research institutions ― or think tanks ― in developing countries, enabling them to better provide sound research that both informs and influences …
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is seeking a Program Officer, Knowledge Translation (Term Position — One Year). The Governance and Justice Program supports research in developing regions to foster better and more inclusive governance and justice systems so that everyone can lead more secure and prosperous lives. The program implements a $12 million joint …
Submit your application for the Paula Goering 2016 Award! This award recognizes an innovative researcher-knowledge user collaborative project for integrated knowledge translation in the area of mental health and addictions. The deadline for applications is March 11, 2016.
Our organization often hosts knowledge exchange events which include small group activities followed by a report back to the full group. We are finding that these report backs are often repetitive and not all that helpful to participants. Does anyone have any good advice on interesting/innovative ways to do a report back? Thanks, Cynthia Neilson …
The Mental Health for All Conference 2016 will be an industry wide event, benefiting individuals and organizations across the mental health, mental illness and addiction sectors. Setting it apart will be the national focus on information sharing and partnership between industry thought leaders, researchers, policy makers, service providers and front line staff. As the premier …
Join David Phipps (@ReseachImpact) for a Tweet chat on January 28 at 12pmET. David will be leading the discussion: “Your KMb Goals for 2016 – what will success look like in 11 months and how will you know you got there?” This chat will be about harnessing our new year’s energy and looking forward to …
Evidence for Democracy (E4D) has mounted a petition to Health Minister Jane Philpott to restore funding for Cochrane Canada. Please visit https://evidencefordemocracy.ca/en/savecochranecanada to sign the petition and show your support. We would appreciate if you would distribute this information through your networks so they have the opportunity to sign and share, via Twitter and Facebook.
