Connie Tang, Author at Research Impact Canada

GET HONEST: Our Youth Matter Event – April 22nd

Posted on April 17, 2009 (November 23, 2021)

The YorkU KM Unit is pleased to announce the following event hosted by our friends the York Region Alliance to End Homelessness and StreetKids International: […]

UVic Research Partnership Strategies Recognized in Europe

Posted on April 9, 2009 (November 23, 2021)

Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator Laura Milne, who works in the UVic Office of Community Based Research, was invited as a guest speaker to the STACS (Science Technology and Civil Society) Policy Meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium to discuss UVic’s innovative approach to collaborating with Community and Government organizations on Research Partnerships. The various […]

ACCELERATE Ontario Internship Workshop – April 27

Posted on April 7, 2009 (November 23, 2021)

YorkU’s KM Unit is pleased to be working in partnership with ACCELERATE Ontario and their graduate student internship program. Click here to learn more about the internship opportunities offered by YorkU’s KM Unit in partnership with ACCELERATE Ontario. We are also happy to announce this upcoming workshop hosted by MITACS ACCELERATE. Build on your skills […]

Opportunity Description Form

Posted on April 3, 2009 (November 23, 2021)

It all begins here, the Opportunity Description Form In over three years, knowledge brokers at York University and the University of Victoria have supported over 100 collaborative partnerships between researchers and local decision makers. One constant amongst all collaborations is the Opportunity Description Form. This one-page form, found on the ResearchImpact website provides users the […]

Student Led Research Symposium

Posted on March 30, 2009 (November 23, 2021)

For the last two years, the Knowledge and Information Services branch of the BC Ministry of Labour and Citizens Services has given all 9 BC Universities $30,000 each to award graduate student grants for Research in the Field of Social Policy. On February 27th, the UVic Knowledge Mobilization Unit collaborated with the Knowledge and Information […]

Social Inclusion for Health and Well Being in Program Evaluation – April 30

Posted on March 27, 2009 (November 23, 2021)

York Institute for Health Research (YIHR) Social Inclusion for Health and Well Being in Program Evaluation Thursday April 30, 2009, 8:30am-5:00pm, York University The York Institute for Health Research is hosting a full-day workshop on program evaluation and social inclusion to launch their a program eavluation centre. The day includes a keynote address by Daniele […]

Immigration and Human Services KM in the AM – April 28

Posted on March 27, 2009 (November 23, 2021)

The YorkU KM Unit will be hosting its next KM of the AM event on Tuesday, April 28th. The topic of the morning will focus on immigration and human services, with brief presentations by a university researcher and a community agency representative, followed by ample time for questions, discussion, and networking. Confirmed Speakers: – Valerie […]

Getting to Maybe

Posted on March 24, 2009 (November 23, 2021)

On June 4, 2008 I wrote about Using Evidence by Nutley, Walter and Davies. This book has been my principal KM reference but I have a new, equally favourite, book to recommend to you: Getting to Maybe by Frances Westley, Brenda Zimmerman (of York’s Schulich School of Business, ) and Michael Quinn Patton. Using Evidence […]

Inspiring Words from Bangladesh Inspire Reflection

Posted on March 20, 2009 (November 23, 2021)

I am reading Getting to Maybe by Westley, Zimmerman & Patton (more on this book later) in which they reference the work of social innovator Muhammad Yunus, Head of the Economics Department at Chittagong University in Bangladesh. In 1974 Bangladesh was experiencing a famine but “the university grounds were an oasis”. Yanus wrote, “if a […]

ResearchImpact meets in Victoria

Posted on March 17, 2009 (November 23, 2021)

♫“Though the weather outside was frightful, KM-ing is just delightful…”♪ Seriously though, Victoria had a blizzard while York was visiting and of course York got blamed. York traveled to UVic for our quarterly meeting March 8-10. The group met on a wide range of topics from operational updates to funding to common grant programs. We […]

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