Mobilizing your Knowledge: Turning Insight into Impact

In collaboration with Future Skills Centre, Research Impact Canada launched their first webinar, Mobilizing your Knowledge: Turning Insight into Impact – Planning knowledge sharing for impactful workforce development programs, as part of their Professional Development Toolbox Webinar Series. Research Impact Canada’s Bilingual Knowledge Mobilization Specialist, Imane Khozam, hosted this free webinar on January 31st, 2023, at 1pm ET.

During the webinar, Imane also highlighted helpful resources, which included:

• Clear writing: Write for the reader
• Infographic design for knowledge mobilization
• IDRC: How to write a policy brief
• Framing – A community engaged art workbook
• Cochrane – Checklist and Guidance: For disseminating findings from Cochrane intervention reviews
• Cochrane – Choosing images for sharing evidence: a guide
• Accessible & Inclusive Event Planning for Knowledge Mobilization
• Dissemination Guide of Guides

Some of the key takeaways from this webinar include but is not limited to:

• An introduction to knowledge mobilization
• An understanding of knowledge mobilization and its importance in the context of skills and workforce development
• Tools and practical guides on knowledge dissemination and uptake
• Examples of effective knowledge mobilization activities

The slide deck in the webinar can also be accessed.

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This initiative is part of the Future Skills Centre’s Community of Practice, supported by the FSC Community of Practice Platform (powered by Magnet). The FSC Community of Practice offers free access to resources, news and events, as well as the opportunity to meet stakeholders across Canada who are preparing people across Canada for the future of work.