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by Peter Levesque November 21, 2010

Last Thursday, Dr. David Phipps, Dr. Robert Luke and I participated in a KMDI panel organized by Dr. Peter Pennefather at the University of Toronto.  The Knowledge Media Design Institute’s goal is to stimulate collaborative projects of national and international significance through the development of innovative research partnerships with other universities, the private sector, non-profit [...]

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Knowledge Mobilization and the Great Reset

by Peter Levesque July 28, 2010

Last month I read Richard Florida‘s new book: The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity.  He argues that “we are living through an even more powerful and fundamental economic shift, from an industrial system to an economy that is increasingly powered by knowledge, creativity, and ideas.” (p111)  I was [...]

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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 [...]

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