Knowledge Mobilization Works

Ingo Peters, IT Architect becomes a Knowledge Mobilization Works Associate

Peter Levesque — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:16:11 +0000

It is my pleasure to announce that Ingo Peters has joined Knowledge Mobilization Works as an Associate. His expertise is in IT architecture and Information Technology. He also has a great interest and capacity to make knowledge mobilization plans and strategies become reality by the appropriate use of technology. I look forward to working with [...]

Job Opportunity: New Job Posting for Project Coordinator Position

Peter Levesque — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:37:30 +0000

The Intellectual Property in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH) project is seeking a full-time Project Coordinator/Manager to support the project through to a successful completion in 2015. The successful candidate will assume general administrative responsibilities including information management, accounts management, and facilitating communication among the project team; with partners, funders, and stakeholders; and with the public to [...]

RFP Rick Hansen Institute KT evaluation

Peter Levesque — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:17:52 +0000

Amir Rasheed, Director, Best Practice Implementation at the Rick Hansen Institute requested that I post this inviting KT professionals to respond to this Request for Proposals to evaluate one of their projects. The documents are available for download below: FN-SOP-001-FORM 6_V-001_Vendor Profile Form_Final_20110401 TOR for SCIRE Evaluation FN-SOP-001-FORM 5_V-001_RFP Evaluation of SCIRE[2] Good Luck! Peter Levesque [...]

Job Opportunity: Canadian Water Network seeks a Manager of Strategic Communications and Programs

Peter Levesque — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:28:36 +0000

The following job opportunity should be of interest to knowledge mobilization professionals. Please share among your networks. The Canadian Water Network seeks a Manager of Strategic Communications and Programs for a one-year contract position, with the possibility of extension. The position will support and be accountable to the Executive Director and will lead activities to develop and [...]

Interview with the International Alliance of Leading Education Institutes

Peter Levesque — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:29:05 +0000

It was my privilege to attend the conference in Toronto organized by the International Alliance of Leading Education Institutes last June. I was interviewed by Camilla Mehlsen – we had an interesting conversation between sessions. Although I had almost forgotten about this, I was reminded today Amanda Cooper at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University [...]

Data, Knowledge and the Climate

graydaniels — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:14:29 +0000

It seems obvious to me now that knowledge mobilization (KMb) is a horizontal concept, but this was not always so. Once upon a time I looked at KMb as many do, as a discipline on its own, something that was often mistaken for communications. While KMb is certainly an area of academic research it is [...]

Mobilizer Newsletter Knowledge Mobilization Events & News V2 N1

Peter Levesque — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:41:58 +0000

The most recent Mobilizer Newsletter has been published. Volume 2, Number 1

Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2012 website

Peter Levesque — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:42:17 +0000

Happy New Year The website for the Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2012 is now live: http://www.kmbforum2012.org/ Come join 120 people from across Canada’s knowledge mobilization community. The website is the best place to keep up to date with the latest speakers, the call for presentations announcements, and emerging plans for this important event linking professionals from [...]

Thank you one and all

Peter Levesque — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:32:56 +0000

2011 has been a busy and brilliant year. Thank you to all who engaged us in consulting to improve your knowledge mobilization capacity, engaged us to deliver customized learning events or attended one of our workshops. As a recap, here is a little of what we did this year: Consulting HRSDC – Human Resources and [...]

Have you waste-ed your KM?

Peter Levesque — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:56:51 +0000

Blog post by Gray Daniels The title of this blog is somewhat misleading – no, it isn’t a typo. Many of you might have clicked on the title expecting an article about inefficient or ineffective KM practices by a guy with poor spelling and grammar, but you’re in for something slightly different. What I mean [...]