91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization (KMb)聽Unit聽has joined forces with NeuroDevNet, a Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE), to provide knowledge translation (KT) leadership and services within the University of British Columbia-based network. 聽鈥91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization Unit is continuing to make an impact by supporting transformative research through knowledge translation,鈥 said Robert Hach茅 (left), 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research […]
Until psychology Professor Jennifer Connolly began synthesizing information about teen pregnancy and teen mothers through a ResearchImpact Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) grant, she hadn鈥檛 realized that those youth who had dealings with youth protection services or the justice system were at increased risk of pregnancy compared to the general population. The other area of high risk […]
Discovery 2010, the Ontario Centre of Excellence鈥檚 annual conference to showcase and celebrate Ontario innovation, is one of Ontario鈥檚 flagship programs that supports and promotes research at Ontario鈥檚 universities, colleges, research institutions and companies. Held May 17 and 18, Discovery 2010 was billed as 鈥淲here next Happens鈥 for Clean Tech, Health Tech, High Tech and […]
Knowledge Mobilization connects research and researchers to the outside world to benefit society.聽 At 91亚色, the Knowledge Mobilization unit helps people and organizations seeking to develop sustainable solutions to social, environmental, economic and cultural challenges access appropriate researchers and expertise at 91亚色. David Phipps, director of 91亚色's Office of Research Services, heads the university's […]
91亚色 researchers awarded two of SSHRC鈥檚 largest grants to study long-term residential healthcare and global suburbanism Two teams led by 91亚色 researchers have received $5 million in research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Their multinational research teams, involving multiple universities and community partners in a large-scale collaboration, […]
This week, the Globe & Mail's 2010 Campus Research report has focused on several of 91亚色's researchers and research-related programs. On March 9, the Globe published an article on the impact social sciences and humanities research has on economic growth. The story was part of its special report on university research and also appeared in […]
On Friday, 91亚色 announced it is working with Nottawasaga Futures and the South Simcoe Economic Alliance to create the South Simcoe Green Economy Transition Centre for innovative research and training in Innisfil's New Town Hall. The centre, open to the public, will provide local businesses, governments, non-profit organizations and residents with free tools for […]
91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Unit has released 40 new ResearchSnapshot summaries and opened two new Community Collaboration Stations. The announcement of the new initiatives was made聽Dec. 2 during an afternoon research forum hosted at the University by the KM Unit. The summaries are available in a searchable online database located on the KM Unit's […]