Past Events

Presented by Melanie Parlette-Stewart, McLaughlin Library. In the age of the web 2.0, it can feel essential to incorporate social media in your knowledge mobilization strategy. But how can you do this successfully – and efficiently? In this session, we’ll discuss the benefits and challenges of using social media to promote your work and engage your audiences. We will explore:

The year 2019 marked the 10th anniversary of the Research Shop, one of the five programs through which the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) fulfills its mandate to support and carry out community engaged scholarship. At the Research Shop, staff and graduate students work with local and regional organizations to design and carry out projects that address community research priorities.

As knowledge brokers, we strive to build meaningful relationships among diverse stakeholders/organizations based on trust and rapport. Demonstrating impact by capturing and reporting these “soft” aspects of relationship building and networking can be difficult. Whereas traditional methods rely on narratives, impact stories, or other qualitative methods, Social Network Analysis (SNA) allows for a unique quantitative approach.

Presented by Tanya Qureshi and Marinette Fargo, Computing and Communications Services. Build your own website: explore available platforms and consider website structure, content and budget. Learn about digital accessibility and how to promote your website.

Since 2010, the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance has been supporting research exploring the science of Knowledge Translation and Transfer. Nearly a decade and 88 projects later, the Alliance’s KTT Funding Program has yielded a summary of leading practices and lessons learned about KTT for agri-food and rural research. In this session, we will discuss why and how this manual was developed, how it has been rolled out to and received by the research community, and lessons learned for future KTT capacity building.

Presented by Shannon Brown, Office of Research, Agri-Food Partnership. Go beyond the academic poster: learn all about best practices for designing visual materials that are appealing and bring your messages across. In this workshop you will:

Would you like to learn how to craft research grant applications?  In this workshop, you will hear the experiences of successful grant writers and selection committee members and learn strategies for writing research grant applications.  Caroline Duvieusart-Dery, Knowlede Mobilization Coordinator at CESI, will present tips about how to write a knowledge mobilization plan in a grant application.  Other presenters and topics include:

The digital age has transformed the way we consume information: we want it on a 24/7 outlet. This shift has manifested itself in the want for information to be at our fingertips – immediate and easily consumable. But, it’s not just immediacy that our audiences are looking for – it’s engagement. Benefit is gained from considering technology as a platform for engagement. Engagement increases the process of interaction, participation and thereby an opportunity to move research knowledge into action. To create engagement, research communications should tell a story.

How can women's emotional labour be translated into executive leadership practice? Join Dr. M. Gloria González-Morales and Dr. Grace Ewles from the University of Guelph to develop strategies to meet this goal. This 90-minute interactive session is designed to explore women’s experiences managing social relationships in the workplace in their work roles, and the implications of these relational practices for health and well-being. The first part of the session will explore links between gender, emotional labour, imposter syndrome, stress, and burnout.

Hone your clear communications skills! Get tips on how to structure and write clear language summaries of your research for dissemination to lay audiences. This workshop wil be presented by Kim Garwood, Writing Services, McLaughlin Library and Caroline Duvieusart-Déry, Community Engaged Scholarship Institute.