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KT Connects (Webinar Series) Returns January 31 – Register Now!

January 7, 2020 by Ugen Lhazin

KT Connects, a series of beginner-level training webinars for researchers and trainees, returns to the airwaves in 2020. Kicking off the new year will be Karine Souffez, associate director of knowledge exchange at UBC. Karine will present the exciting work of UBC’s new Knowledge Exchange (Kx) Unit and how they are working to engage the academic community. She …

Enrollment to The Center for Implementation’s comprehensive 6-week online course – “Designing for Implementation” – is now open

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 by Julia Moore

Understanding and applying implementation science to your own work can be both rewarding and daunting. Most people want easy-to-follow guidance on how to use the best practices from implementation science to inform their own projects and work. Our mission at The Center for Implementation is to accelerate the application of implementation science to improve outcomes. Designing for Implementation is a new …

Enrollment to ‘Inspiring Change’, free online mini-course, is open again for a limited time

October 7, 2019 by Julia Moore

Change is hard. Learning about implementation science can help. Understanding and applying implementation science to your own work can be both rewarding and daunting. Most people want easy-to-follow guidance on how to use the best practices from implementation science to inform their own projects and work. Join over 1500 professionals who enrolled when the course was first launched. Following …

#KMb Journal Club – Engaging Indigenous Youth Through Popular Theatre: Knowledge Mobilization of Indigenous Peoples’ Perspectives on Access to Healthcare Services

August 15, 2019 by David Phipps

http://bit.ly/2KPQY5Y Plazas, P.C., Cameron, B.L., Milford, K., Hunt L.R., Bourque-Bearskin, L., & Salas A.S. (2018). Engaging Indigenous youth through popular theatre: Knowledge mobilization of Indigenous peoples’ perspectives on access to healthcare services. Action Research, 1-18 https://doi.org/10.1177/1476750318789468 Click this link for the journal club post

Certificate in Knowledge Mobilization: Turning Knowledge into Action

August 1, 2019 by Caroline Duvieusart-Déry

Registration is now open for the Certificate in Knowledge Mobilization! This online professional development certificate builds capacity to effectively share and implement knowledge, and support the development of evidence-based policy and practice. This fall, join other knowledge professionals in Inform: Processes of knowledge translation and dissemination (September 16 to November 10, 2019). Register by August …

Accepting Applications: Knowledge Translation Professional Certificate (KTPC) – October 21-25, 2019

July 2, 2019 by Kelly Warmington

APPLICATIONS DUE WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7, 2019! KTPC is a five-day professional development initiative for knowledge translation (KT) professionals (ie. knowledge brokers, KT specialists, KT managers). Participation in this week-long intensive requires some background in KT. The curriculum focuses on the core competencies of KT work in Canada, as identified by a survey of KT practitioners. These competencies include …

New mini-course Inspiring Change: Creating impact with evidence-based implementation

June 26, 2019 by Julia Moore

Change is hard. Learning about implementation science can help. Understanding and applying implementation science to your own work can be both rewarding and daunting. Most people want easy-to-follow guidance on how to use the best practices from implementation science to inform their own projects and work. A free mini-course on applying implementation science Our mission at The Center for Implementation is to …

New KMb Journal Club – Assessing the Impact of Healthcare Research: A Systematic Review of Methodological Frameworks

June 9, 2019 by David Phipps

This journal club post is for the following article Cruz Rivera, S., Kyte, D.G., Aiyegbusi, O.L., Keeley, T.J., & Calvert, M.J. (2017). Assessing the impact of healthcare research: A systematic review of methodological frameworks. PLoS Medicine 14(8): e1002370. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002370 The journal club post can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/30Fp4AW Research Impact Canada (RIC) is …

Increasing uptake through the use of ethical frameworks in KT design

May 16, 2019March 28, 2019 by Rossana Coriandoli

To explore the use of ethical frameworks in the design of knowledge translation (KT) projects. This seminar by Simone Holligan was hosted by the Toronto chapter of the KTE CoP. Get a copy of Dr. Holligan’s presentation here: KTE-COP_Explore ethical frameworks_S Holligan_May 9 DATE: May 9, 2018 TIME: 4 – 6 PM (EST) This event was presented IN …

New #KMb Journal Club: The Dos and Don’ts of Influencing Policy: A Systematic Review of Advice to Academics

March 26, 2019 by David Phipps

First posted on Mobilize This! Oliver, K. & Cairney, P. (2019). The dos and don’ts of influencing policy: A systematic review of advice to academics. Palgrave Communications, 5(21). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0232-y Abstract Many academics have strong incentives to influence policymaking but may not know where to start. We searched systematically for, and synthesised, the ‘how to’ advice …