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 »
On February 3, 2011, the coordinating committee of the Ontario KTECoP decided to launch an Ottawa Chapter. This means that there is now an opportunity for Ottawa-based (including Eastern Ontario) members of this community to meet face-to-face locally – as well as joining into the Toronto meetings by teleconference. Peter Levesque has volunteered to lead the development …
The Mental Health Commission of Canada is seeking a leader who is open to utilizing innovative ideas and approaches in coordinating the development and operation of its Knowledge Exchange Centre. Reporting to the VP of Knowledge and Innovation, the Director, Knowledge Exchange Centre, will provide the strategic and tactical direction required to build and manage …
How do you know if you can trust the evidence you find and apply it to your own situation?
The next Scientist Knowledge Translation Training (SKTT™) workshop will be held March 24th and 25th at The Hospital for Sick Children. A well-developed knowledge translation (KT) plan is emerging as a proposal requirement for health research in Canada and abroad, and there is greater attention to research utilization and research impact. The SKTT™ training course …
A CoP Valentine’s Dinner Thursday, February 17, 2010 Valentines isn’t just for who you love but for what you love doing. Hold the date for dinner and some exchange of knowledge about knowledge exchange, including: Brokered Dialogue: A new film-based research method for bridging perspectives and contexts Presented by Janet Parsons & Jim Lavery (St. …
Knowledge mobilization professionals who are interested in seeing firsthand the nature of discussions between members of the knowledge user and researcher communities are encouraged to attend the Canadian Water Network’s national conference, “Connecting Water Resorces,” in Ottawa ON from February 28 – March 3, 2011. More information about the conference is available at http://www.cwn-rce.ca/news-and-events/cwr2011/
IWH KTA position:
The Institute for Work & Health is an independent, non-profit applied research organization with a mandate focused in two broad areas; the prevention of work-related injury and illness and understanding effective workplace practices and clinical treatments that support recovery and return to work for disabled workers.
The Institute is seeking an individual for the position of:
Knowledge Transfer & Exchange Associate
ResearchImpact, York University’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit, is hosting a Tweet a Mobilizer event. Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 Time: 12 noon to 1:00 pm EST In order to take part in this event you must sign up for a Twitter account. If you don’t have a Twitter account, please go to twitter.com and click on …
Date: Friday, February 18, 2011
Time: 1:00-3:00pm ET
Venue: online
Organizer: Canadian Population Health Initiative (CPHI) of the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
The Powerpoint presentation from Kathryn Everest’s talk on “Using Social Network Analysis to Evaluate Communities of Practice: A Methodological Journey” is now available in the Presentations section.