The Canadian Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Community of Practice (KTECOP) is a network of KTE practitioners and researchers who share KTE practices and experience, build peer relationships for information exchange and support, build KTE capacity, advance knowledge of KTE effectiveness, and share KTE events, job opportunities and other related KTE activities. More »
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 …
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 the health-care system. Nominations will be assessed on significant achievements in knowledge translation activities relevant to any area of health research (e.g., biomedical, clinical, health services and policy, and population and public health).
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 $7,950. Out of 37 applications submitted, ours was ranked tenth!
Description de Poste: Courtier du savoir Le Centre canadien de lutte contre l’alcoolisme et les toxicomanies (CCLAT) a pour mandat législatif d’assurer un leadership à l’échelle nationale et de fournir des analyses et des conseils factuels afin de mobiliser les efforts de collaboration visant à réduire les méfaits liés à l’alcool et aux autres drogues. Le …
The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse Position Profile: Knowledge Broker The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) has a legislated mandate to provide national leadership and evidence-informed analysis and advice to mobilize collaborative efforts to reduce alcohol and other drug-related harms. CCSA is looking for a Knowledge Broker, reporting to the Director of Research and Knowledge …
With support from the CIHR, KT Canada and the Western Regional Training Centre (WRTC), the Knowledge Translation Trainee Collaborative (KTTC) invites applications from knowledge translation trainee practitioners (e.g., graduate students, post-doctoral and clinical fellows, and other community learners) from across the country to participate in KTTC’s first-ever Knowledge Translation Working Meeting.
Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is my honour to announce that I have accepted the position of Director, Knowledge Exchange Centre, Mental Health Commission of Canada. http://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca The start date is Monday, January 4, 2010. I will be located at offices in both Ottawa and Calgary. The goal of the Mental Health Commission of Canada …
Happy New Year! I am very pleased to announce that we have a terrific new knowledge broker story by Melanie Barwick: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Building the Science, Practice, and Profession of Knowledge Translation I really like how she describes “falling into” KT work. I think that many of us feel the same way. I …
The Knowledge Mobilization Unit at York University invites you to participate in the 2010 KM Expo: Bridging Cultural Boundaries: push, pull and co-production of knowledge, on March 2, 2010. The 3rd annual KM Expo will explore the unique cultural boundaries that exist between university researchers, graduate students and their non-academic research collaborators from community organizations and government agencies.
