{"id":12055,"date":"2016-07-07T14:54:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T18:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/researchimpact.ydsinc.ca\/what-i-thought-knowledge-mobilization-would-look-like-5-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T09:32:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:32:29","slug":"what-i-thought-knowledge-mobilization-would-look-like-5-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researchimpact.ca\/fr\/archive\/what-i-thought-knowledge-mobilization-would-look-like-5-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Thought Knowledge Mobilization Would Look Like 5 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the 1st<\/sup> Annual Knowledge Mobilization Forum I looked into my crystal ball and predicted what the field would look like in five years. Now, five years later, it\u2019s time to check in and see if my predictions bore any similarity to reality. <\/em>
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David Phipps at CKF12<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nAt the first Knowledge Mobilization Forum held in Ottawa in 2012, I gave a keynote address that included a gazing forward to imagine where the field would be in five years. I also took suggestions from the audience and improvised responses based on those suggestions. The audience predictions fell into three broad themes: culture & practice, impact & outcomes, networks & systems. You can read about those predictions in the report<\/a> of the first Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum starting on page 15.
\nMany of my predictions have come to pass and the majority of audience predictions have either happened or are in progress. From my list the prediction that remains unfulfilled (marked in red below) concerns evidence based knowledge mobilization practice. We have lots of evidence about knowledge mobilization yet many researchers fail to mobilize their knowledge mobilization evidence to knowledge mobilization practitioners. Some exceptions are Vicky Ward who makes her scholarship accessible on her blog<\/a>, John Lavis\u2019 team who do a good job providing his research in alternative formats on the McMaster Health Forum<\/a> and Melanie Barwick who actively supports capacity building of knowledge mobilization practitioners in her evidence based SKTT and KTPC<\/a> courses.
\nSimilarly many (I dare to say most) knowledge mobilization practitioners are aware there is an evidence base but do not engage actively with that evidence nor do we often form partnerships with knowledge mobilization researchers.
\nCollectively we remain knowledge hypocrites<\/a>, something that hasn\u2019t changed since the first Knowledge Mobilization Forum.
\nReflecting on the audience predictions that have not come to pass (see below):<\/p>\n