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 »

Upcoming Events for 2011-2012

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We have many interesting events planned for the following months and into 2012.  Although not all dates are firm yet, we thought we’d let you know what is heading your way! The lead organizer is named in brackets at the end of each line. December 2011 – Redevelopment of our Website & Linkage to other …

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Knowledge Broker Position

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Status: 18-20 hours per week, one year with possible renewal

Location:Toronto (Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto)

Start: Immediately

Please email resume and covering letter [email protected]

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Knowledge Exchange Specialist – Heart & Stroke Foundation

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Position:     Knowledge Exchange Specialist
Reports to:    Sr. Manager, Spark Together for Healthy Kids   
Location:     Toronto
Status:     Full-time/Contract

Purpose:
The Heart and Stroke Foundation believes that all children and youth should grow up healthy with access to physical activity and healthy eating where they live, learn and play. Heart Healthy Children and Youth(HHCY)  is a national and provincial strategic priority for the Foundation. In Ontario, since 2006, the Spark Advocacy Grants have supported community groups across Ontario who are advocating for changes that help kids live well.

Spark Advocacy Grants provide financial support to groups to advocate for and implement increased opportunities for physical activity and ensure better access to nutritious foods for our children. Grants of up to $25,000 are awarded in a bi-annual competition, with the goal of igniting and empowering change within Ontario’s diverse communities. In addition to financial support, the grants program provides additional supports to grantees through knowledge exchange and peer learning activities on-line www.heartandstroke.ca/spark and in the community.

The Knowledge Exchange Specialist is a key partner with the Sr. Specialist, Spark Advocacy Grants in the development and implementation of the Spark grants program.

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KB & Communications roles in KTE

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Hello fellow CoP members I am a knowledge broker with the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA). CCSA employs knowledge brokers and communications advisors, both of which have responsibility to communicate with the public and other key stakeholder groups. There appears to be a need for role clarity between these two professional groups. There is …

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Communications Associate – OMHAKEN

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The Health Systems and Health Equity Research Group (HSHER) is a multidisciplinary group of research scientists and knowledge exchange specialists that looks at the design, delivery and effectiveness of health care, with a focus on systems, services and policies. It also looks at equity and access among those who are most vulnerable to developing mental health or addictions problems. The Ontario Mental Health and Addictions Knowledge Exchange Network(OMHAKEN)is coordinated through the HSHER at CAMH.  OMHAKEN works to improve the quality of mental health and addictions services, supports, research and policy by linking and engaging service providers, planners, researchers, decision-makers, policy-makers, consumer/survivors and families in knowledge creation and exchange across all levels of government and the health care system.

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Survey – Questioning the Role of Leaders in Communities of Practice

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Dear Community Members: I am a PhD candidate in the department of economics and management at the University of Strasbourg, France. My dissertation is entitled “questioning the role of leaders in communities of practice”. This study aims to gain knowledge about communities-of-practice (CoPs) members’ point of view regarding the characteristics and nature of leadership in …

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NHSRU’s Environmental Scan: Stakeholder Preferences for Dissemination

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Click here to view. This environmental scan of the Nursing Health Services Research Unit’s (NHSRU) stakeholders will be used to engage users of evidence in the program of research. In order to obtain salient information, seven nursing leaders were interviewed in 2011 and a 15-question online stakeholder survey was conducted. Survey participants reported they would …

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Call for Abstracts: Innovation in Research and Knowledge Exchange

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The Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) is holding its Nursing Research Conference May 7 to 10, 2012, in Toronto. Abstracts for presentations and posters will be accepted until December 2, 2011. The conference subthemes are: Innovation in Methodologies and Dissemination; Knowledge Exchange: Research to Practice — Practice to Research; and Changing it up: …

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Are we using the right KT strategies?

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A seminar and discussion led by Dr. Ben Levin. The seminar will showcase findings about KM/KT from several studies done by the Research Supporting Practice in Education team at OISE. We will focus on the ways that research resources on the web are shared and used. Our evidence suggests that the effort put into sharing …

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