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March 25 Talks at York – A Smorgasbord of KMb Activity

Publié le par Connie Tang

Our experiences within research is such that ethics approval on human cloning would be a touchy subject, let alone the technological challenges, so when two interesting talks at York were scheduled for the same date and time, we were pleased to be part of an enthusiastic team that allowed us to split up and cover […]

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Knowledge Mobilization and Research Matters

Publié le par Connie Tang

York’s KMb Unit was one of two featured presentations at the March 24 Research Matters talk sponsored by the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. Research Matters is a monthly speaker series which highlights LA&PS researchers, their research and “the way they see the world”. Attendees represented several disciplines within LA&PS (did you know […]

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Memorial is missing a mobilizer

Publié le par Connie Tang

The last time we ran into David Yetman he was Manager of Knowledge Mobilization for the Harris Centre which provides KMb services to Memorial and its local communities.  We blogged about him last October as Memorial and York demonstrated KMb leadership at SSHRC’s KIS/Clusters meeting.  David and the Harris Centre are known nationally for yaffle […]

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Message to SSHRC: as you remodel the house don’t forget the foundation

Publié le par Connie Tang

Renovations are all the rage. Witness the Home Improvement Tax Credit (I’m looking forward to my $1,350 that will help pay for the new furnace, air conditioner and water heater), all the DIY shows on Home & Garden Channel and the boom in stores like Home Depot, Rona and Lowes. SSHRC has jumped on the […]

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525,600 Minutes- How do you measure a year of KM?

Publié le par Connie Tang

Tuesday, March 2nd was the third annual KM Expo where York and it’s (mainly community) partners celebrated the past year of KM and looked forward to another. We were pleased to welcome over 95 participants to examine how KM can help broker relationships over, under, around and through Boundaries: between research and practice/policy; between community […]

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GURU = Great University-Based Research Utilization

Publié le par Connie Tang

Guru. That’s what we think of when we think of Carole Estabrooks and her more than two decades of research and teaching in KT, and we weren’t disappointed when she was the inaugural speaker for the Ontario KTE Community of Practice (CoP) 2010 season (see the presentation slides here). The event attracted 28 knowledge brokers, […]

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Mobilizing Minds meets Mind your Mind

Publié le par 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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‘What Works’ in Homelessness Program Evaluation? Ask York and UVic Researchers!

Publié le par 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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Growing from broke with brokers

Publié le par Connie Tang

OK, Ontario isn’t and never was broke but it is working from a projected $24.7B deficit as disclosed on October 2009. The Ontario Economic Summit (November 2009) brought together the best thinkers and doers (and maybe a few who can do both) to examine Ontario’s economic future and chart a way to economic recovery. Over […]

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

Publié le par 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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