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 »
Registration is now open for the Canadian Cochrane Centre’s 8th annual symposium, “Evidence in Uncertain Times: Meeting the Challenge,” taking place May 19-20, 2010, in Ottawa. The symposium is open to researchers, health policy makers and managers, health professionals, and patients. Conference themes include “Health planning – there’s nothing constant but change,” “Shared evidence, shared …
The Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) is seeking a highly-skilled individual for the position of Manager, Knowledge Translation and Exchange (KTE). The successful candidate will be responsible for activities related to KTE in the OHTN’s strategic plan and will help to ensure that the OHTN is effective in moving mission.
Bring a Friend to the CoP, June 17, 2010 Two presentations and a networking reception are planned for Thursday, June 17, 4:30-7:30pm, at the Faculty Club, University of Toronto, 41 Wilcocks Street, Toronto. Dr. Melanie Barwick (SickKids/U Toronto) will present on “Results of the KT Professionals Survey: Building a Competency Framework and Professional Certification Program” …
Position Summary: The Knowledge Transfer and Partnerships Officer will work closely with the Director of Research Services and to support and sustain a vibrant research culture at Mount Allison. The Officer’s role will be a facilitative one, providing advice on research funding opportunities, linking industry and researchers on projects, advising on commercialization opportunities, and leading …
Knowledge Translation Canada presents a webinar by Dr. Ian Graham, Vice President, Knowledge Translation, Canadian, Institutes of Health Research. The webinar took place on April 10, 2010. A video of the presentation is now available online: http://mediasite.otn.ca/mediasite41/Viewer/?peid=787fa72f80b14ed88272465d69426ab1 Learning Objectives 1. To better understand the knowledge to action process by going through a specific implementation …
The Program Training and Consultation Centre (PTCC), the lead provincial tobacco control resource centre for the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy, requires a Health Promotion Specialist, Knowledge Broker to coordinate two to three provincial Communities of Practice (CoPs) comprised of local public health professionals, researchers and non-governmental organizational staff. In addition, the Health Promotion Specialist, Knowledge Broker …
AllerGen NCE is a seeking a Knowledge Broker and International Partnerships Coordinator. This position works closely with the Managing Director; Manager, Research and Partnerships; and Network Investigators to identify, develop and formalize research knowledge translation, dissemination and capacity building opportunities that generate social and economic benefits for Canadians aligned with AllerGen’s strategic objectives in the …
Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Officer NeuroDevNet is seeking a full-time Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Officer to be located in either Saskatoon at the University of Saskatchewan or Vancouver, with the expectation of travel between the two locations and throughout Canada and elsewhere, as necessary. This position is part of the core Administration team, but …
Hello KTECOP Community, It is my privilege to bring you a new story by Alex Bielak called: From Science to Science Communication to Knowledge Brokering. Alex is the Director, S&T Liaison, S&T Strategies Directorate at Environment Canada. He brings a great personal story of his travels from grad student to knowledge broker. I recognize some …