A Knowledge Broker’s Perspective on Research / Recherche : le point de vue d’un courtier de connaissances

Michael Johnny, RIR-YorkU This story was originally posted on the Mitacs website on Janaury 24, 2014 and is reposted here with permission. Ce récit a été publié la première fois sur le site Mitacs, le 24 janvier 2014. Il est repris ici avec permission. I have a unique and enjoyable role at York University as a […]

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Sustainability and Institutionalization of Knowledge Brokers / Permanence et présence institutionnelle des courtiers de connaissances

David Phipps (RIR-York) recently posted a knowledge mobilization journal club on “Sustainability and institutionalization of knowledge brokers”. The journal club post discusses two research articles. This blog reflects on the leadership of human resources and knowledge mobilization. David Phipps (RIR-York) vient de publier un billet sur le thème de « la permanence et la présence […]

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Une équipe de chercheurs de l’UdeM reçoit 660 000 $ pour le développement d’une innovation clinique en oncologie / A team of researchers from l’Université de Montréal receives $660,000 to develop a clinical innovation in oncology

Ce récit a été publié la première fois sur le site UdeM Nouvelles, le 23 octobre 2013. Il est repris ici avec permission. A team of researchers and health professionals led by Hélène Lefebvre and Isabelle Brault , professors at the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Montreal , and Odette Roy , Assistant to the […]

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Recapping the Top Five Most Viewed Posts of 2013 / Résumé des 5 billets les plus lus de 2013

The Mobilize This! blog had a total of over 17,000 views in 2013. In this post, we recap the top five most viewed blog stories of 2013. Le blogue Mobilize This! a reçu plus de 17 000 visiteurs en 2013. Revoici les cinq billets qui vous ont le plus intéressés. #5 with 177 views Communities of Practice and Communities […]

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Sustainability and Institutionalization of Knowledge Brokers

This Knowledge Mobilization Journal Club features two related articles, both published in the same volume of Evidence & Policy. This is not an open access journal, so I can’t post the original articles but these are important articles as they address the human resource side of knowledge mobilization- how do we create satisfying careers for […]

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Merry Mobilizing from the KMb Unit at York!

Merry Mobilizing from the Knowledge Mobilization Unit at York University! From left to right: Stacey Kimmett, Research Translation Assistant, NeuroDevNet KT Core Elle Seymour, KT Coordinator,  NeuroDevNet KT Core Michael Johnny, Manager, Knowledge Mobilization Paula Elias, Research Translation Assistant,  NeuroDevNet KT Core Anneliese Poetz, Manager,  NeuroDevNet KT Core Christina Ransom, Data & Communications Assistant Hilda Smith, Research Translation Assistant,  NeuroDevNet KT Core […]

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Research Impact, the Long Way Round / L’impact de la recherche : patience et longueur de temps…

Lesley Kelly, Centre for research on Families and Relationships Lesley Kelly works as a knowledge broker for GUS (Growing up in Scotland study) a longitudinal research study tracking the lives of thousands of Scottish children and their families from birth through to the teenage years and beyond. She is part of the KE team at the […]

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The Role of Twitter in the Life Cycle of a Scientific Publication

Darling, E. S., Shiffman, D., Côté, I. M., Drew, J. A. (2013). The role of Twitter in the life cycle of a scientific publication. PeerJ PrePrints, 1.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.16v1 Abstract Twitter is a micro-blogging social media platform for short messages that can have a long-term impact on how scientists create and publish ideas. We investigate the […]

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Knowledge Mobilization Down Under / La mobilisation des connaissances prend la route du Sud

David Phipps (RIR-York) recently took the message of ResearchImpact-RéseauImpactRecherche (RIR) down to Australia. There is a growing interest in knowledge mobilization as a means to enhance the economic, social and economic impact of university research. Six days. Four presentations. One workshop. Fourteen meetings. About 180 people. Tout récemment, David Phipps du RIR-York a porté le […]

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Practicing New Skills and New Vocabularies: Reflections on Student Training in Knowledge Mobilization: Part 2 / Nouvelles habiletés et nouveaux vocabulaires en pratique : réflexions sur la formation des étudiants en mobilisation des connaissances (2 e partie)

Rachel Salt, Brianne Brady, and Anne Bergen, Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship, University of Guelph, www.theresearchshop.ca Knowledge mobilization is an emerging field of practice, and there are currently relatively few explicit knowledge mobilization training opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. However, this perceived gap is due, in part, to a naming problem – although relatively few students […]

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