Ontario Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Community of Practice

CWN seeks a Manager of Strategic Communications and Programs

Katrina Hitchman — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:31:28 +0000

The Canadian Water Network seeks a Manager of Strategic Communications and Programs for a one-year contract position, with the possibility of extension.

The position will support and be accountable to the Executive Director and will lead activities to develop and deliver core CWN communications, marketing, knowledge mobilization and training program elements. This includes managing [...]

Call for Presentations – Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2012

Peter Levesque — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:55:56 +0000

Please consider attending the Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2012 in Ottawa, June 19-20.

Knowledge Mobilization has seen a significant growth over the past decade. There are more organizations engaged in active knowledge mobilization efforts. There are more people with knowledge mobilization as their profession. Research efforts to understand and optimize knowledge mobilization practice have [...]

Scientist Knowledge Translation Training Course – Toronto – March 15-16th 2012

Melanie Barwick — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:53:15 +0000

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 in many aspects of health practice and research.

The SKTT™ training course was developed on the premise that scientists are agents of change in [...]

Ottawa Meetings

Peter Levesque — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:45:36 +0000

Hello Ottawa members of the KTECoP,

I hope that the start of 2012 has been kind to you.

A couple people asked when the next community of practice exchange might be.

Who would like to volunteer to host the next meeting – perhaps in late February or early March. The last one hosted at [...]

Innovation in Research and Knowledge Exchange

Scott Mitchell — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:58:22 +0000

The Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) is holding its annual Nursing Research Conference in Toronto on May 7 to 10, 2012. This year’s themes are innovation in methodologies, knowledge dissemination and exchange, and new frontiers of nursing research.

For details, visit www.casn.ca.

Need your response urgently!

Jane Gibson — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:21:20 +0000

Dear KTE C of P members

Your planning committee thinks it’s time we had an event that allows us to network a bit more. We are planning a dinner at Hart House on Tuesday February 28 from 6:00 to 10:00. There will be a $20 fee for the dinner and a cash bar. However [...]

Knowledge Translation Specialist (Level Two)

Anna Ali — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:45:30 +0000

Echo is an agency of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care with a mandate to act as a catalyst to improve health, wellbeing, and equity for women. At a critical time for our health care system, Echo will improve women’s health and well-being by focusing on women’s unique health needs and issues, developing [...]

Clinical Research Project Manager – SickKids – Implementation Science

Melanie Barwick — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:41:51 +0000

The Clinical Research Project Manager will be a member of an existing research team in Implementation Science that is studying the implementation of evidence –based practices in child and youth mental health and education. Responsibilities will include method development (based on experience in implementation practice and science), data collection, data analysis (qualitative and quantitative), [...]

Looking for KT training in the area of clinical research.

Scott Turner — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:20:26 +0000

Greetings,

I work at the Institute for Community Based Research and Evaluation (ICBREE) an initiative of the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living, in Ann Arbor Michigan. We are looking to connect with an expert in KT who has specific expertise in translating clinical research into practical, actionable information. We’d like to talk about [...]

RFP for knowledge exchange expert

Heather Bullock — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:41:47 +0000

RFP Knowledge Exchange CoordinatorDTFP-Final Jan 16 2012

Hi Community:

If anyone is interested, Manitoba needs some help from someone with KE expertise (see RFP in link above). I am including the email I received below so you can direct any questions you might have to the appropriate person.

Cheers, Heather

Good afternoon Heather,

I [...]