KT Connects 2024: Open conversations about open science

As health research grapples with increasingly complex, interconnected, and global challenges — from pandemics to climate change, and aging populations to struggling health care systems — there is growing recognition of the importance of collaboration, transparency, accessibility, and equity in advancing evidence-based solutions.   The information technology revolution has enabled new methods of research collaboration and …

Read more

Reminder – Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2024: Call for Contributions

The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum (CKF) is a biennial event that provides opportunities for professional development, learning and networking for those interested in knowledge mobilization, translation, and exchange. It brings together a community dedicated to sharing learnings, best practices, tools, and resources. CKF has been held in cities across the country since 2012 and briefly …

Read more

Reminder – Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2024: Call for Contributions

The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum (CKF) is a biennial event that provides opportunities for professional development, learning and networking for those interested in knowledge mobilization, translation, and exchange. It brings together a community dedicated to sharing learnings, best practices, tools, and resources. CKF has been held in cities across the country since 2012 and briefly …

Read more

Public Talk: Sleep & Relax for Brain Health Public Talk Event (November 29)

The next installment of the Ontario Brain Institute public talk series, Brain Health Basics is titled “Sleep & Relax for Brain Health”. This talk will feature experts in the field, including Dr. Stuart Fogel of the University of Ottawa & The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health, Connie Putterman of the Centre for Addiction and Mental …

Read more

KT Connects webinar—Citizen Science: An approach to engage the public and co-develop novel research questions

Citizen Science: An approach to engage the public and co-develop novel research questions Date: Friday, October 06, 2023 Description: Health researchers typically rely on input from other researchers, clinicians and academic literature when designing their research. This traditional approach overlooks valuable contributions from patients and the wider public. The consequence of this is that people …

Read more

Save the date: Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2024

Save the Date! The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2024 will be taking place from June 19-21, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec! This biennial event provides opportunities for professional development, learning and networking for those interested in knowledge mobilization, translation, and exchange.   We want to hear from you! Planning for the Forum is currently underway – and we’re …

Read more

Virtual Workshop (free): Leadership for Knowledge Mobilization

Join this FREE virtual workshop to explore the importance of relationships and values in harnessing leadership skills for effective knowledge mobilization. It will be held on July 5, 2023 at 11:00am-12:00pm ET. Led by Michael Johnny, Manager of the Knowledge Mobilization Unit at York University, Darren Levine, Principal Consultant, and Laura Stephan, Strategy and Research …

Read more

Waypoint Talks: Building your research toolkit presents a Preventative Online Mental Health Program for Youth (POMHPY)

Join us on Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 at 10:00 to 11:30 EDT for the Waypoint Talks: Building your research toolkit – Developing a Preventative Online Mental Health Program for Youth (POMHPY) virtual education session! Hosted by the Waypoint Research Institute, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, this FREE experiential workshop is designed to provide clinicians, researchers, partners, …

Read more

KT Connects webinar — Co-creating a KT intervention with families: insights and challenges

In recent years, co-creation (or co-production) with people with lived experience and care partners has become a prominent aspect of the research landscape and a growing expectation of research funders. There is a lot of variation in the degree to which research teams collaborate with people with lived experience and care partners. In this session, …

Read more

A Danish instrument to measure indicators of research impact in the field of occupational health and safety 

Join your KTE colleagues to learn about and discuss how to measure societal impact of research with Dr. Ole H. Sørensen from the National Research Centre for the Working Environment in Denmark When: Wednesday June 14, 2023,  4:00 to 5:30 p.m. EST Where: By Zoom, where you are Register here. The National Research Centre for …

Read more