Welcome to KTECOP

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 »

Director, Knowledge Mobilization & Program Development, Kids Help Phone

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Toronto, Ontario
Deadline July 31, 2012

For over two decades, Kids Help Phone has been at the forefront in phone and web counselling, earning the respect and trust of educators, academics, social service providers and, most importantly, kids.   Kids Help Phone is Canada’s leading youth counselling services, moving kids from distress and isolation to confidence and competence. Available anytime of the day or night, in English and French, by phone and by web, it is the go-to resource for kids in Canada from five to 20 when they need help or trustworthy information on issues that are difficult for kids to discuss with anyone else.  Kids Help Phone’s counsellors offer compassionate, non-judgmental, and confidential help to kids in needs, no matter the question, no matter the problem.

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Free Online Learning Module from NCCMT

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Quantitative Research Designs 101: Addressing Practice-Based Issues in Public Health

As a public health professional, you face many different kinds of practice-based questions about how best to promote health, prevent illness, or treat health problems in your communities. You need the best information to help you decide what to do. Knowing about research designs can help you search for the right type of evidence to answer a question from your own practice, and to assess the quality of the research evidence you find.

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Senior Director, Clinical Effectiveness and Implementation Research, Association of American Medical Colleges

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The AAMC serves and leads the academic medicine community to improve the health of all.

Founded in 1876 and based in Washington, D.C., the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is a not-for-profit association representing all 137 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools; nearly 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, including 47 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and 90 academic and scientific societies. Through these institutions and organizations, the AAMC represents 128,000 faculty members, 75,000 medical students, and 110,000 resident physicians.

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Research Associate (USWA Casual Unit)

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Job Title:  Research Associate (USWA Casual Unit)

Organization Name:  Office of the Associate Dean of Research, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

Job Type: Half Time; six month contract, potentially renewable

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New Job Opportunity: Director, Research, Knowledge Mobilization and Strategic Partnerships, York University Faculty of Education

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see posting at: http://webapps.yorku.ca/nonacademicpostings/summary.jsp?postingnumber=7961

Posting Number: CPM-7961
Position Title: Director, Research, Knowledge Mobilization and Strategic Partnerships
Department: Office of the Dean, Faculty of Education
Affiliation: CPM
Salary Grade: F
Hiring Salary Range: $71,768 – $80,739
Maximum of Salary Range: $98,681
Duration: Continuing Full-Time
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
 

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New Guide to Knowledge Translation Planning at CIHR: Integrated and End-of-Grant Approaches

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CIHR has developed a new KT Guide to assist with the writing and reviewing of grants. Integrated and end-of-grant approaches are described in detail with case studies that bring the concepts to life and worksheets that will help guide your thinking and planning. The KT Guide is available on the CIHR website (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/45321.html) or in …

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Research Coordinator – Knowledge Exchange

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Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services is a Community Health Centre that aims to improve health outcomes for the most vulnerable immigrants, refugees, and their communities. We do this by facilitating access to services and addressing systemic inequities. The Centre envisions a future in which diverse individuals, families and communities can achieve health with dignity.

Access Alliance is a recognized leader in community based research on social determinants of newcomer health. Our research team takes a leadership role in generating and using evidence to catalyze progressive policy and service solutions to promote health of newcomer groups in Canada.

We are looking for a dynamic, creative and energetic team player, with strong research knowledge and proven knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) skills to become part of our Research Team as Research Coordinator, Knowledge Exchange. This is a full-time contract position.

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Job Opportunity: Associate Manager, Health Professional Education & Knowledge Translation

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Company: Heart and Stroke Foundation
Position: Associate Manager, Health Professional Education & Knowledge Translation
Reports to: Manager, Health Professional Education
Department: Research, Advocacy and Health Promotion
Location: Toronto
Status: Part Time (3 days/week), Permanent                                                       

Purpose:

Under the direction and guidance of Manager, Health Professional Education (HPE), the Associate Manager, Health Professional Education and Knowledge Translation supervises and coordinates all pre-event, onsite, and post event  elements such as the management of critical paths, service providers, deliverables and provide troubleshooting solutions  to  HPE’s knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) programs including the Heart&Stroke Clinical Update, the Stroke Collaborative, and the Heart&Stroke Hypertension Collaborative, etc.

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Job Opportunity: Senior Program Specialist, Health Professional Education & Knowledge Translation

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Company: Heart and Stroke Foundation
Position: Sr Program Specialist, Health Professional Education & Knowledge Translation
Reports to: Manager, Health Professional Education
Department: RAHP
Location: Toronto
Status: Full Time, Permanent                                     

Purpose:

This position will bring clinical and program management expertise, as well as knowledge in adult education/ e-learning, to support and enhance the Foundation’s knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) efforts for healthcare professionals.

The Senior Program Specialist will be responsible for content development/program design, maintaining strong partnerships with external and internal stakeholders and the oversight of Health Professional Education KTE deliverables, including Heart and Stroke healthcare professionals web portal (www.heartandstroke.ca/hcp), resources for the healthcare community  and KTE programs such as the Heart&Stroke Clinical Update, the Stroke Collaborative, and the Heart&Stroke Hypertension Collaborative.

This position will also assist in the planning and development of future KTE and e-learning initiatives for healthcare professionals.

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KT at CIHR

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News from Dr. Jane E. Aubin, Vice-President, Research and Knowledge Translation CIHR has recently re-aligned its organizational structure, moving from four to three portfolios: Public, Government and Institute Affairs (PGIA); Resources Planning and Management (RPM); and Research and Knowledge Translation (RKT). In my new role as Chief Scientific Officer and Vice-President of the Research and …

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