It is my pleasure to announce that Julie Cook has joined Knowledge Mobilization Works as an Associate. Her passion for Human Rights and social equity is a sharp as her ability to weed through lots of material to find the essence of an issue. Julie was originally referred to us by our Advisor, Dr. Raywat [...]
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Julie is a passionate human rights advocate and an international development professional. Through a combination of educational and work experiences in social work, international development and human rights, Julie has developed expertise in human rights-based approaches to development, as well as mainstreaming international human rights law into development processes.
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We are excited about our move into Ottawa’s downtown core. Starting May 1, 2012, we are moving our office into an Ottawa icon – the Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel. The former studios of CBC Ottawa have been gutted and redesigned as professional office space, managed by Regus. Our new office, Suite 721, will be home [...]
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This interesting infographic did not surprise me. However, it did make me wonder about three things: Are Canadians any more or less patient than our US cousins? What does this desire for speed mean not only to our economy but what does it do to our social relationships and culture? What does this mean to [...]
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David Yetman (http://www.stickyideas.org/) and Peter Levesque (http://www.knowledgemobilization.net/) have been talking about launching the process of creating an international organization for knowledge mobilization professionals for several months. To keep things simple, we have been calling it “Knowledge Mobilization International”. We think that it is time to bring people together, to share our practices across sectors, and [...]
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Knowledge Mobilization is an act of faith. This sounds like a paradox. How can mobilizing knowledge – that which has been tested, confirmed, and rendered more certain than other sources of evidence – be a spiritual act? The ecologist, Richard Heinberg, wrote “Taking in traumatic information and transmuting it into life-affirming action may turn out [...]
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