Ontario Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Community of Practice

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thanks for setting up the session with Carole Estabrooks.
David

Associate Director, Research Agreements and Intellectual Property
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The registration is now online for the July 26-27 2010 Scientist Knowledge Translation Training course (see link at bottom of page):
Scientist Knowledge Translation Training Workshop

Start date:
Monday, July 26th , 2010

End date:
Tuesday, July 27th , 2010

Time:
8am until 4pm

Location:
123 Edward Street, Suite 1218,  Toronto

Event Open To:
Scientists, KT professionals, science/practitioners, educators, and decision makers in community based organizations [...]

Recommendations for good group facilitation courses in Ontario?

Dear Colleague,
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 [...]

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 [...]

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 university [...]

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 [...]

Dear Community,
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 [...]