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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 [...]

Tagged as: evaluation, humanities, kmb, social sciences, sshrc, teaching

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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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