Knowledge Mobilization Works

Dr. Vicky Ward Story #14 The case of the accidental knowledge broker Dr. Vicky Ward In 2007 I embarked on a project which was designed to build a better understanding of the knowledge mo...

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Story #13 Even while doing my Ph.D. at the University of Waterloo (UW), I realized I wasn’t cut out to be an academic. Despite my great respect for scientists and the scientific process, t...

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STORY #12 Tinker: to manipulate experimentally Tailor: to make, alter, or adapt for a particular end or purpose Soldier: a person who works diligently for a cause Spy: to discover by clos...

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This is not so much a story as a reflection on some of the things I have learned about knowledge mobilization.  Let me start with an example - the issue of staying in school. We have volume...

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In the first story of this series I outlined how in 2003 that in my role as Director of the Ontario Occupational Health Services Network I brokered a transfer of knowledge from occupational ...

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Knowledge brokers are an important component of the knowledge value chain.  If one needs justification for knowledge brokers, consider what the U.S. non-profit sector looked like at the begin...

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In 2001, when I became director of Strategic Programs at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC ) I was asked to provide colleagues with a clear definition of KMb...

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My interest in better connections between research and practice is long-standing and deeply rooted in the various kinds of work I have done in education.  As a young, elected member of a scho...

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My story is not much different from other people working as knowledge brokers.  No one aspires to do this work at an early age.  As a child, my mother said I wanted to clean streetlights.  ...

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In the summer of 2009 I presented my Inaugural lecture to mark being made Professor of Child, Family and Community Health at the University of Brighton. Often an Inaugural traces the intellect...

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Knowledge Mobilization is a big part of my work.  I don’t think of it however, as a separate piece.  Since 2001, I have served as the Executive Director of an applied research centre – t...

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Editor’s Note: Today, I posted a link to the National Post article by MP Steven Fletcher's thoughtful piece on Bill C-384 on legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada http://bit.ly...

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I’m a knowledge mobilization manager. Not your everyday run-of-the-mill job. My mother never understands what “I do”. It’s not like she can tell her friends I paint, build houses, or p...

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I first told my story (at least my story to date) in a presentation for KMbW in February 2009. I graduated with my PhD in 1991 coming off a Medical Research Council doctoral scholarship at $15...

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This update comes from Community Campus Partnerships for Health .  At first glance, this appears to be an important source of tools and resources. Although it is written for work in health, many...

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My story begins in 2003, when I took on a new and innovative role at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB ) as Director of the Ontario Occupational Health Services Network (OOHSN ).�...

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I received the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP )’s newsletter this week.  To my pleasant surprise, it contained some interesting pieces about deliberative proce...

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The Monieson Centre (http://business.queensu.ca/moniesoncentre ) is pleased to invite you to two seminars by Dr. Waymond Rodgers, University of California in Riverside, USA. Date: October 21, 20...

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As with any consulting and research business, we have our ups and downs. This has been a challenging year but one that has forced me to be focused and a little brutal with some of my pet projects...

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I am pleased to announce that Knowledge Mobilization Works is launching a video series that may become a book on knowledge mobilization. The first two are: What is Knowledge Mobilization? A br...

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I am pleased to announce that Jan Jablonski , a recent Queen’s University at Kingston graduate has joined Knowledge Mobilization Works as our first Knowledge Mobilization Projects Officer. Jan...

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I have just returned from beautiful Victoria, British Columbia where KMbW hosted another successful Mobilizer Boot Camp. This one was on Leadership. A big thank you to Royal Roads University, esp...

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It is my pleasure to announce that Steve Kaufmann will be speaking at the 4th Mobilizer Boot Camp on Creativity & Experimentation for Knowledge Mobilization. Steve Kaufmann is a former Canad...

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It is my pleasure to announce that Sean Muir will be speaking at the 4th Mobilizer Boot Camp on Creativity & Experimentation for Knowledge Mobilization . Sean Muir is the founder and executive...

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Position: Writer/Knowledge Transfer Specialist Centre for Research on Inner City Health Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital Part-Time, Contract: 6...

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