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 »
We are looking for a Knowledge Translation Officer for a new Networks
of Centres of Excellence of Canada in Brain Development. The position
will be located in either Saskatoon or Vancouver.
This decade marks an important time in the development of the Knowledge Translation profession. Many public sector organizations are developing positions in the KT field, while at the same time, there is an absence of formalized training, educational programs, competency standards, or remuneration benchmarks.
The Learning Institute at The Hospital for Sick Children, is working to develop a Professional KT Certification Program that will be certified/accredited by the Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development (CEPD) at the University of Toronto. The survey linked to this email (see bottom of page) marks one of the first steps to achieving this goal.
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I am truly sorry for those who did not immediately respond to the invitation to hear Dr. Carole Estabrooks, but we are now over-subscribed and I will not take any more registrations. I had no idea that Carole would be this popular. We will bring her back next year for those who missed her this …
Join us on Friday, February 26, 2010, for the next KTECOP meeting, featuring a workshop with Dr. Carole Estabrooks. Dr. Estabrooks is principal investigator with the Knowledge Utilization Studies Program, University of Alberta, and holds a Research Chair in Knowledge Translation. Carole is one of Canada’s leading researchers in knowledge translation. She will present her …
2 webinars to introduce you to O3, ORION’s social networking platform that is free to Otario research and education institutions. http://www.othree.ca/webinars February 4 and February 11, 130pm York uses O3 for it’s KM social networking (http://researchimpact.othree.ca/) and we featured this platform at the KTE CoP workshop “What’s the point of 2.0?”
Join us on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, when York University’s KM Unit will be hosting their third annual KM Expo at Le Parc in Richmond Hill. The theme of the YorkU KM Expo 2010 is “Bridging Cultural Boundaries: Push, Pull and Co-Production of Knowledge” and we will explore the unique cultural boundaries that exist between …
Nominations are invited for the 2010 Knowledge Translation Award and Betty Havens Award. These awards honour and support the exemplary knowledge translation efforts and activities of an individual, team or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to increasing the application of research findings, improving the health of individuals, health services and products, or strengthening the health-care system. Nominations will be assessed on significant achievements in knowledge translation activities relevant to any area of health research (e.g., biomedical, clinical, health services and policy, and population and public health).
We are delighted to tell you that the KTECOP has received funding from CIHR to support our meetings and workshops in 2010/2011. In late November 2009, we submitted a grant application entitled “Knowledge Translation Community of Practice Linkages and Meetings” to the CIHR Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation Program. Our application was approved for $7,950. Out of 37 applications submitted, ours was ranked tenth!
