Tag: Youth

Week One of Youth Diabetes Camp – Interview with Dr. Michael Riddell

Posted on by Connie Tang

The first week of the Youth Type 1 Diabetes Sports Camp, York’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit interviewed Prof. Michael Riddell, asking him about some of his reasons and motivations for starting this camp. We also began to learn more about what the camp is all about. Dr. Riddell was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of […]

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Teen Pregnancy and Teen Mothers: Meeting the Needs in York Region

Posted on by Connie Tang

In the summer of 2009, as part of the initial grant for York’s KMb pilot project and as part of a competitive, adjudicated process, the KMb Unit created Social Innovation Collaboration Grants to address research issues with relevant public policy and/or professional practice implications in the areas of Mental Health, as this was an identified […]

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Mobilizing Minds meets Mind your Mind

Posted on by Connie Tang

Apart from each having a cat, Jenn McPhee (Program Coordinator, Mobilizing Minds) and I have nothing in common. Discovering all the things two people have in common in 60 seconds was the first exercise at the annual Face to Face meeting of Mobilizing Minds, the $1.5M CIHR funded knowledge translation grant exploring pathways to young […]

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Youth and Mental Health: Addressing Stigma and Discrimination through Community-Informed Curriculum

Posted on by Connie Tang

In the summer of 2009, as part of the initial grant for KM pilot projects at York University and University of Victoria, the two institutions developed a competitive, adjudicated process for Faculty Incentive Grants for teams of researchers and their partners to address research issues with relevant public policy and/or professional practice implications. Here is […]

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Youth Engagement KM in the PM- December 2

Posted on by Connie Tang

The YorkU KM Unit will be hosting a KM of the PM event on Wednesday, December 2nd. The topic of the afternoon will focus on youth engagement, with brief presentations by researchers and community leaders, followed by ample time for questions, discussion, and networking. Confirmed Panelists: Gordon Flett, Faculty of Health, Associate Dean of Research, […]

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ResearchImpact helps to launch Mobilizing Minds: Pathways to Young Adult Mental Health

Posted on by Mark Brown

David Phipps, ResearchImpact/York University Tara Syed, Mobilizing Minds/Trent University Mobilizing Minds is a $1.5M CIHR funded 5 year KM project which is a partnership between young adults and academic researchers (jointly lead by York and UManitoba). The project will develop tools to inform young adults’ decisions about mental health and will also study the process […]

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