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G8|20 equals KMb 100|30 : How the security spending in Toronto could fund KMb work in all Canadian Universities and Colleges for the next 30 years.

by Peter Levesque June 19, 2010

I was in Toronto this week for meetings with clients and to attend the Ontario KTECOP presentations at the University of Toronto Faculty Club. College Street and neighboring avenues were picked clean of newspaper boxes, garbage cans, bicycles or anything else that could become a “weapon of mass protest” – WMP.  Hordes of young police [...]

Tagged as: congress10, funding, g20, g8, kmb, ktecop, researchimpact, toronto

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Is a Knowledge Commons possible without managers?

by Peter Levesque June 9, 2010

On Wednesday, June 2, 2010, a group of imagineers assembled in several classrooms at L’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) during the Congress 2010 to discuss how to create a “knowledge commons”. According to the “An Emerging Strategy” available from the Summit website: “We live in a complex world that calls us to think and [...]

Tagged as: congress10, kmb, kmbw, knowledge commons

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Networks of Centres of Excellence funding knowledge mobilization

by Peter Levesque June 6, 2010

During the Knowledge Commons meeting on Wednesday at Congress2010 in Montreal, the representative from the Networks of Centres of Excellence announced a new initiative. Launching Summer 2010, the knowledge mobilization program will award funding for 4 years with a possible 3-year extension, up to $400k per year.  The postcard that was handed out states: working [...]

Tagged as: congress10, funding, kmb, nce

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Mobilization, inclusion, cooperation

by Peter Levesque June 3, 2010

Nick Taylor-Vaisey, a freelance writer based in Ottawa has profiled some knowledge mobilization work from Congress 2010 in Montreal.  I had a chance to meet Nick.  During our conversation, I had a glimpse of the type of person who will be leading knowledge mobilization practice in the years to come: open, intelligent, committed, talented, and [...]

Tagged as: congress10, cooperation, kmb, montreal

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Digital storytelling in the North

by Peter Levesque June 2, 2010

At the end of a long hallway of Concordia University‘s EV building, floors of polished concrete, ceilings opened to expose – on purpose – the pipes and wires that connect each room to the blood and guts of industrialized society, there are about a dozen people gathered to hear three talks of the Environmental Studies [...]

Tagged as: climate change, congress10, digital storytelling, North, Rigolet

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Did SSHRC goof on health research funding?

by Peter Levesque June 1, 2010

The 2010 tropical storm season has produced a giant sinkhole in Guatemala. Did the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada create an equally large sinkhole that has swallowed up the funding available for SSH scholars who research issues in health that are not biomedical bench science issues? There is a negative sounding buzz coming [...]

Tagged as: congress10, funding, kmb, research, sshrc

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Arrived at Congress2010

by Peter Levesque May 31, 2010

Thousands of academics, students, publishers, media are to be found milling in and around the Concordia University buildings near the corner of Ste. Catherine and Guy streets in downtown Montreal.  All the activity is for Congress2010.  Peter Levesque of Knowledge Mobilization Works is pleased to participate as a blogger and is looking for stories on [...]

Tagged as: congress10, kmb, researchimpact, sshrc

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What does “both” mean? Open access, digital content, and knowledge mobilization

by Peter Levesque May 31, 2010

Vendors to fill the stacks – I used to love the stacks. (It has been years since I spent any time there.)  Here in this glass building are rows and rows of books, lined up by category, pretty covers, slick paper, deep content – is this the newest knowledge or a grave yard of artifacts [...]

Tagged as: books, congress10, digital content, kmb, publishing

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Look for our new banner at Congress 2010

by Peter Levesque May 28, 2010

Thanks to Michael Johnny and David Phipps from Research Impact at York University for inviting me to bring some advertising about the services offered by Knowledge Mobilization Works. I just picked up this new banner with the “30 ways we can help you“. Look forward to seeing some old friends and meeting some new people. [...]

Tagged as: congress10, kmbw

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