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Knowledge Mobilization 100 – 2011 Edition

by Peter Levesque September 26, 2011

It is my pleasure to present you with the results of the Knowledge Mobilization 100_2011 Edition.  This report is a result of the survey that dozens of mobilizers responded to.  Please feel free to download and share with your colleagues and co-workers.  Suggestions on improving the next edition of the report are always welcome.  Feel free [...]

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The Sustainable World

by graydaniels July 5, 2011

In recent weeks I have spent a considerable amount of time thinking about our environment and how we interact with it. It is baffling to me the levels that we impact the world around us – from pollution, to terraforming, to affecting the world’s carbon and nitrogen cycles. Our species is affecting geological changes at [...]

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Knowledge Mobilization Works announces joint initiative with ItSticks

by Peter Levesque June 24, 2011

Knowledge Mobilization Works is pleased to announce that it has entered into a working agreement with ItSticks, an innovative consulting company led by David Yetman. ItSticks President, David Yetman is a recognized leader and innovator in knowledge mobilization.  He has been instrumental in helping both Memorial University in Newfoundland & Labrador and the Canadian Institute [...]

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The importance of reputation

by Peter Levesque May 29, 2011

I just received a very complimentary recommendation from David Yetman on my LinkedIn profile. “Peter is an idea machine. Well-rounded, crafty, and wordly; Peter can take an idea and turn it into something to be proud of. His work in Canada in knowledge mobilization is exemplary and I believe he is solidifying much of the [...]

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Time is not the enemy

by Peter Levesque May 19, 2011

Over the past 5 years of consulting, the issue of time has consistently been identified by clients as a barrier to engaging in knowledge mobilization.  They state: “We don’t have time to do this and our other work.”; “I would like to do knowledge mobilization but I have too many other problems to address.”; “I [...]

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Learning: the importance of mistakes

by Peter Levesque May 15, 2011

Learning: –noun 1. knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application. 2. the act or process of acquiring knowledge or skill. 3. Psychology. the modification of behavior through practice, training, or experience. A little more than a year ago I learned an important lesson. It is this: I am not well suited to work [...]

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Consulting and Training: Knowledge Mobilization Cousins

by Peter Levesque April 2, 2011

Whew!  The month of March is a busy time in Ottawa.  It is the end of the fiscal year for the federal government. This means that every department is trying to finish projects that were started during the previous 11 months.  Let’s say that I have just come up for air. After a deep dive [...]

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Think Tank Idea: Assessing Knowledge Mobilization in the Social Sciences and Humanities

by Peter Levesque March 13, 2011

About a month ago, I contacted the President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Dr. Chad Gaffield. I congratulated him on the work that SSHRC has done to move the knowledge mobilization agenda forward.  However, I wanted to bring a challenge and opportunity to his attention.  I explained that while Knowledge Mobilization [...]

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Knowledge Mobilization as Building Wealth

by Peter Levesque March 12, 2011

In the spring of 1998, I sold my previous business interests, took a 6-month break and then started looking for my next project.  I was 32. I had a wife and two young children.  A little house and some money in the bank.  After a series of meetings, discussions and interviews, I landed at the [...]

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Can Poetry be Knowledge Mobilization?

by Peter Levesque February 16, 2011

I have a love affair with poetry.  Not romantic poetry necessarily, but poetry that brings forth forms of evidence that are not easily shared otherwise.  Recently, Dr. Budd Hall asked if I would write a piece for the journal Rizoma-Freireano.  This morning he sent me an email saying that the poem – Community is our [...]

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