Category: Perspectives

This past year, we witnessed rapid innovation in online events. Having seen the benefits, we predict organizers will continue to include virtual components to compliment in-person events and conferences. The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum is a bi-annual event that brings together researchers, students, practitioners, and professionals who work in the field of knowledge mobilization. In […]

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This guest blog was written by J. Gary Myers who has a background in knowledge mobilization as an award-winning community-based knowledge broker and writer who has co-authored a book chapter, peer-reviewed articles, and wrote weekly articles over five years on the website, KMbeing. Gary also has a long-standing interest in Canadian cultural and LGBTQ2S+ history and decided […]

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From the SSHRC website: “SSHRC has partnered with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and its Network of UNESCO Chairs, as well as Research Impact Canada, to examine promising practices in knowledge mobilization, inclusive knowledge dissemination, and knowledge engagement. Thought leadership papers address how knowledge mobilization can help us confront formidable future challenges (PDF, 12.4 MB) […]

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David was recently asked by a colleague about the history and driving forces behind growth of knowledge mobilization in Canada’s research landscape. Did you know the journey is as old as Canada itself?   A few weeks ago, a colleague e mailed me asking, “Do you know approximately when the funding agencies started to mandate […]

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David Phipps was recently asked to speak to a research funder and some community reviewers about community engagement and inclusion in peer review of global health research grants. Issues of power and privilege come to play when combining community/public/patient reviewers with academic reviewers. It’s a nice idea but it isn’t effective in common practice. He […]

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“Researchers from the social sciences and humanities have helped policy-makers during the pandemic. How can we support future collaborations?” Check out this recent op ed, published in Policy Options by Ursula Gobel, Vice President Stakeholder Engagement and Advancement of Society.   The following link has been posted with permission from the author Knowledge mobilization will […]

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  The following summary is reposted with permission from Sarah Ball (RAND Corporation). It is a summary of extensive work that they have completed on arts based methods for public engagement. On the summary page there is a link to the free e book (111 pages) and additional appendices are also available (in English only). […]

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