Communications Coordinator – Arts Health Network BC

Do you think engagement and participation in the arts contributes to health and well-being? The Arts Health Network Canada-BC is looking for a communications expert to join our team in BC. This is a part-time contract position with flexible hours and location with an emerging social-profit organization called Arts Health Network Canada – BC. If …

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Health Research Strategy for BC Survey

Dear BC KT CoP Members, I wanted to bring you up to speed on MSFHR’s activities to date with respect to the development of a health research strategy for BC. As you may be aware, the Foundation was endorsed to facilitate the process; a preliminary planning phase in fall 2012 included the establishment of an …

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Environmental Health Knowledge Translation Scientist Job Posting

BC Centre for Disease Control Vancouver, BC Temporary Full-time until April 2014 Competition #19752 The Environmental Health & Knowledge Translation Scientist provides expertise, surveillance and investigation of environmental health and will work on assigned knowledge synthesis translation and exchange (KSTE) projects where research findings are assessed and synthesized to provide an evidence base for environmental …

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KT training course for VCHRI-affiliated* researchers and staff

The Knowledge Translation Program at St. Michaels Hospital, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute invite applicants for the Foundations of Knowledge Translation Course. This course aims to increase application of knowledge by supporting partnerships between researchers and knowledge users (clinicians and managers) to bridge relevant knowledge to …

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MSFHR new trainee awards for post-doctoral fellows

The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) has launched a new funding competition for trainee awards for post-doctoral fellows.  More information including guidelines and instructions can be found on their website. New this year is a research area for knowledge translation (KT) science. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to increase the understanding …

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