Archives: sharing knowledge

Sunday, January 11, 2015

The Question Game

The Question Game: A playful way to teach critical thinking struck me as both an example of how games can be used to share knowledge and to make the complex clear and simple.  Have a look at the three questions: Why, how, what... More

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

New Knowledge Mobilization Toolkit

The Knowledge Mobilization Toolkit is designed to inform and equip users with the knowledge and tools needed to mobilize knowledge, and ultimately improve outcomes for children, youth and families. The toolkit also has inspiring stories from the field of mental health. The toolkit has three components: planning, doing, and evaluation. Each... More

Monday, November 24, 2014

Tool: So What the Heck is Knowledge Mobilization and Why Should I Care?

What is Knowledge Mobilization (KMb)? Why should I care? Almost every research funding grant asks for a knowledge mobilization strategy.  In general, researchers want to do research that has value and impact.  KMb, in essence, consists of all the activities and outputs that builds awareness, and enables use of the research. A simple... More

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Looking for new ways to mobilize knowledge?

Monday March 10, the students of Carleton's Health, Science, Technology, and Policy 5300 class will demonstrate some intriguing methods for getting research used from 3 to 5PM in the Discovery Centre,  4th Floor MacOdrum Library. To find out about using Second Life to expand the audience for your conference, using infographics to raise awareness,... More

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Knowledge Mobilizations Techniques Demonstration (Ottawa Event)

Want to get your message heard?  Thinking about all sorts of possible ways to engage with your stakeholders and audiences? Health, Science, Technology and Policy 5300: Knowledge Mobilization students will share the results of their investigations of specific techniques, in the Discovery Centre, MacOdrum Library,  March 10.  For more detail:... More

Monday, February 3, 2014

Knowledge Brokering in the Multimedia Context

by Anyi Ndongko, CFICE KMb RA I had the opportunity to participate in a knowledge brokering workshop – “Knowledge Brokering: Creating links between people and knowledge” – led by Peter Levesque, the founder and president of the Institute for Knowledge Mobilization. Coming into the workshop, I had some initial reservations about what to... More

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Improvisation, community, and social practice

Looking for novel ways of engaging or sharing knowledge?  Check out: Improvisation, community, and social practice - ''The project’s core hypothesis is that musical improvisation is a crucial model for political, cultural, and ethical dialogue and... More

Friday, August 2, 2013

New Publication: Knowledge Synthesis, Transfer and Exchange in Agri-Food Public Health: A Handbook for Science-to-Policy Professionals

Published by University of Guelph, "Knowledge Synthesis, Transfer, and Exchange in Agri-Food Public Health's, "main purpose is to assist a broad spectrum of science-to-policy professionals on how to ensure that relevant and credible research is generated and utilized to inform policy and decision-making in times of increasingly scarce resources... More

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