Auteur/autrice : Connie Tang

Articles par Connie Tang

Week One of Youth Diabetes Camp – Active Living with Diabetes

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Monday, July 19 was the launch of the 3rd Annual Type 1 Diabetes Youth Sports Camp at York University. Dr. Michael Riddell started the Diabetes Camp in 2007 for active children and adolescents, ages 8-16, with type 1 diabetes and the numbers have grown from just 10 kids in 2007 to about 30 this year. […]

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Clear Language Revolution

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Well maybe not a revolution but certainly an evolution. An evolution towards making research accessible to a variety of extra-academic decision makers through the use of clear language. We thought we were being oh so clever 2 years ago when we “piloted” clear language research summaries see our blog from May 2009. We are proud […]

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Way to go Environment Canada – who knew?

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Remember when we told you how surprised we were to learn about the body of KMb related literature arising from the field of environmental policy?  No?  My how you forget!  What were you doing on July 13, 2009 (almost one year ago)?  Like other faithful readers of Mobilize This! You were likely reading our story […]

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United Way of York Region – Changing the Game, Again!

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Mobilize This! readers, below is the text of a speech made by Daniele Zanotti, CEO, United Way of York Region, at their 34th Annual General Meeting held June 24, 2010 at Oakview Terrace in Richmond Hill (York Region).  You can also find this speech on the UWYR website. Daniele is a strong advocate and supporter […]

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Liftoff – ‘Knowledge Mobilization for Climate Change’ project gets underway

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On June 17th, policymakers from municipal Environment offices and community organizations met with colleagues from York University’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit to launch the ‘Knowledge Mobilization for Climate Change’ project. The meeting took place in the York Research Tower at York University’s Keele Campus. The goal of this project is to make York climate change research […]

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York’s KMb Interns….then and now

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Picture this…York University, 2007. First summer of our SSHRC Knowledge Impact in Society grant and we run a KMb internship competition. We had 6 to hand out but the incredible demand made us find funding for an additional 6 allowing us to fund 12 interns. Tammy Lowe (she was Tammy Miller back then) was one […]

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Reflections on our National KMb Network

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I have been very fortunate to work in York’s KMb Unit since February 2006. While we had worked hard over the first four years to build a credible service unit at York, and support the infrastructure for a national knowledge mobilization network, it is the past two months that demonstrate to me that ResearchImpact (Réseau […]

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Meet a Mobilizer – Andrey Luzhetskyy

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My name is Andrey Luzhetskyy. I am a fourth year York University student pursuing an Honours Double Major in Political Science and Economics. I had the pleasure to join the Knowledge Mobilization Unit at York in the spring of 2010. My good friend Andrei Sedoff has been with the KMb Unit for over two years […]

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Postcards from Congress Day 8 – Celebrating Canada’s Knowledge Mobilization Network

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What Happened: Last day in Montreal, so it’s time for a little reflection. Our network has come of age. In 8 days, I have had the chance to speak with representatives, including other knowledge brokers, from all six RI-RIR universities. Here are some highlights: 130 quality conversations about RI-RIR and knowledge mobilization at our booth […]

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