Knowledge Translation (KT) Canada’s Summer Institute is coming to Vancouver for the first time on June 17-19, 2025. This national event brings top experts from BC and across Canada to dive into both the science and practice of KT. Continue reading “Helping researchers turn knowledge into action”
New Article Unit: Knowledge Translation
Competitions open: 2023 Convening & Collaborating (C2) and Reach Programs
These team-funded programs mobilize communities for research impact — supporting co-development of research questions and disseminating research evidence to audiences who can directly use it. Continue reading “Competitions open: 2023 Convening & Collaborating (C2) and Reach Programs”
Bringing together researchers, research users, patient and community partners to share and learn
Michael Smith Health Research BC, Island Health, and the Victoria Hospitals Foundation hosted the first Health xChange in Victoria.
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Maximizing the impact of health research: MSFHR funds knowledge translation activities for 32 research teams
The 2021 Convening & Collaborating and Reach award recipients are co-creating and disseminating research to increase its impact on health and care in BC.
From iKT to strategic partnerships
Gayle Scarrow and Genevieve Creighton discuss the journey taken to develop KT Pathways, a new digital assessment and learning tool for anyone that creates or uses research evidence.
A meeting of two experts: How shared decision-making can support patient centred care
Dr. Sarah Munro explains how shared decision-making between health care providers and patients can support patient centred care.
Lost in knowledge translation? Time to get strategic
Dr. Bev Holmes talks KT strategy and evaluation, and challenges funders to take a look at their KT activities for maximum impact.
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It’s all about the evidence! Funders as research users
Gayle Scarrow explores how a funder can contribute to the science of KT.
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KT Encounters: Embedded scholarship – Views from the inside out
Dr. Sana Shahram shares how she found a way to bring her passion and expertise around health equity from academic theory to practical application.
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The implementation of evidence is a social change project, and we are in it together
Dr. Gen Creighton explores the parallels between the implementation of research evidence and the role of the research funder.