Le soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances à la façon UQAM / Supporting Knowledge Mobilization UQAM’s Way

Jérôme Elissalde et Luc Dancause, RIR-UQAM Les derniers mois ont été l’occasion pour les agents de soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances (MdC) de deux services de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) de présenter le travail accompli depuis un an et demi. The last few months provided some opportunities to the knowledge brokers from […]

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Quel rôle pour les universités québécoises dans la mobilisation des connaissances? / What Role for Quebec’s Universities in Knowledge Mobilization?

Jérôme Elissalde et Luc Dancause, RIR-UQAM Les 7 et 8 mai 2012 se déroulait à Montréal le colloque « Quel rôle pour les universités dans la mobilisation des connaissances? » dans le cadre du 80e congrès de l’ACFAS. On May 7th and 8th, a symposium titled “What role for the universities in knowledge mobilization” took place as […]

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York University and United Way York Region Receive Funding for Knowledge Mobilization / L’Université York et United Way de la Région de York reçoivent du financement pour la mobilisation des connaissances

By David Phipps, RIR-York United Way York Region and York University can build on their 5 year knowledge mobilization collaboration thanks to new funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. This funding will allow them to support collaborations on income and housing vulnerability. United Way de la Région de York et […]

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Which Comes First – Knowledge or Mobilization? / L’œuf ou la poule – la connaissance ou la mobilisation ?

David Phipps, RIR – York David Phipps (RIR-York) had eggs for breakfast. He thought about that old paradox of chickens and eggs and mused about knowledge and mobilization. It might have taken over 2000 years to answer for chickens and eggs but the answer for knowledge and mobilization is more simple… it depends! David Phipps […]

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The Rise of the Knowledge Broker

Meyer, M. (2010). The rise of the knowledge broker. Science Communication, 32(1), 118 -127. http://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/docs/00/49/37/94/PDF/Rise_of_Broker.pdf Abstract Knowledge brokers are people or organizations that move knowledge around and create connections between researchers and their various audiences. This commentary reviews some of the literature on knowledge brokering and lays out some thoughts on how to analyze and theorize […]

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Putting the ‘Strategy’ in Knowledge Mobilization Strategy / Mettre de la « stratégie » dans la stratégie de mobilisation des connaissances (MdC)

Michael Johnny, RIR – York Knowledge Brokers in Canada have a growing number of training opportunities specific to supporting our work. Peter Levesque of KMb Works offers an excellent one day session on KMb Strategy. De plus en plus de formations sont offertes aux courtiers de connaissances canadiens pour supporter leur travail. Peter Levesque de […]

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