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Post Cards from Congress Day 5 – Le nerf de la guerre

Posted on May 31, 2012 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

Le nerf de la guerre. Anglophones, please google “nerf de la guerre”. It translates loosely to “the nerve of the war”. It has little do with war or nerves but you’ll not learn that on google. It has the intent of meaning “the essence of…” or the core idea or principle of…. “Le nerf de […]

Post Cards from Congress – Day 4

Posted on May 31, 2012 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

Traffic at the ResearchImpact/RéseauImpactRechereche (RIR) booth has been steady and we have engaged with researchers from universities across Canada who have expressed interest in knowledge mobilization (KMb) and the RIR network. And while our pens (thanks, York Research), luggage tags (thanks, Memorial University’s yaffle project) and our candy have been popular swag, it has been […]

Post Cards from Congress – Day 3: Thinking Pan-Canadian

Posted on May 29, 2012 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

There are lots of pan-Canadian scholarly associations at Congress. There are lots of book sellers and publishers at Congress. There are lots of individual scholars talking about their projects at Congress. And there are three pan-Canadian organizations that support them with a presence in the book fair, the agora of Congress: Social Sciences & Humanities […]

Post Cards from Congress – Day 2

Posted on May 28, 2012 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

Day 2 was a day of connecting and re-connecting. We first welcomed Bojan Fürst to the ResearchImpact-RéseauImpactRecherche booth at Congress. In 2011, Bojan joined the Harris Centre at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador as manager of Knowledge Mobilization. You can read more about Bojan in the Harris Centre’s newsletter The Regional. In Bojan’s words, […]

Post Cards from Congress – Day 1

Posted on May 27, 2012 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

Congress Day 1 was a Governor General Day. See our blog on this announcing His Excellency’s appearance at Congress. As mentioned in the Governor General’s media advisory, ResearchImpact-RéseauImpactRecherche (RIR) has been working with SSHRC and United Way Centraide Canada to develop the Community-Campus Collaboration’s Initiative. In his Keynote Address to Congress titled “A True Democracy […]

Diversity / Diversité

Posted on May 4, 2012 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

David Phipps, RIR-York I used to think the ResearchImpact-RéseauImpactRecherche (RIR) partner institutions were diverse in our knowledge mobilization practices: St. John’s to Victoria, institution and research unit based, French and English… and then I spent three days in Hamilton at the K* (Kstar) conference. J’avais l’habitude de penser que les partenaires du RéseauImpactRecherche – ResearchImpact […]

York’s KMb Unit part of inaugural conference on knowledge mobilization

Posted on April 26, 2012 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

The following article appeared in York University’s YFile on April 24, 2012 and is reposted with permission. York University is playing an important role in the first conference of its kind that is dedicated to better mobilizing and brokering knowledge. The K*2012 conference, which starts today and continues until April 27, provides a forum for an international […]

KMb, KT, KTE…it’s almost time for K* / Mobilisation, transfert, échange de connaissances…c’est presque le temps pour K/ Movilización, traducción e intercambio de conocimiento: es tiempo para los intermediarios de conocimiento (K)

Posted on April 19, 2012 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

David Phipps, RIR York David from Canada is about to share his knowledge mobilization experiences with Leandro from Argentina, Glowen from Ghana and about 50 others from around the world at a conference that is aiming to describe a global knowledge intermediary practice. We are a world apart but share so much in common. David, […]

How to Talk About Science / Comment parler de la science

Posted on January 12, 2012 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

Dale Anderson, RIR-UVic Strategic outreach is vital if you want to affect policy, bring media attention to your work or spark a lifelong interest in science in everyone you meet. It’s also the only way you’ll be able to directly communicate the results of your work for social benefit. Une approche stratégique est essentielle si […]

David Phipps’ Opening Address to the Community Sector in the United Kingdom / Mot d’ouverture de David Phipps à l’attention du milieu communautaire du Royaume-Uni

Posted on December 13, 2011 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

David Phipps, RIR- York David Phipps (RIR-York) was in the UK recently and included an address to open the annual general meeting of 3VA. 3VA is a Council for Voluntary Service, providing support for voluntary and community organizations across Eastboume, Lewes District and Wealden. David was introduced as “the most influential knowledge broker in Canada […]

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Post Cards from Congress Day 5 – Le nerf de la guerre

Post Cards from Congress – Day 4

Post Cards from Congress – Day 3: Thinking Pan-Canadian

Post Cards from Congress – Day 2

Post Cards from Congress – Day 1

Diversity / Diversité

York’s KMb Unit part of inaugural conference on knowledge mobilization

KMb, KT, KTE…it’s almost time for K* / Mobilisation, transfert, échange de connaissances…c’est presque le temps pour K/ Movilización, traducción e intercambio de conocimiento: es tiempo para los intermediarios de conocimiento (K)

How to Talk About Science / Comment parler de la science

David Phipps’ Opening Address to the Community Sector in the United Kingdom / Mot d’ouverture de David Phipps à l’attention du milieu communautaire du Royaume-Uni

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