Building the knowledge base : Report of the Ontario Regional Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Workshop

The specific objectives of the workshop were: • To share practice experiences in knowledge brokering (KB) and knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) through dialogue and by example • To initiate a repository of practice and experiential learning that will include major strengths and challenges of knowledge brokering practice • To assess how the field evaluates the impact of knowledge transfer and e [...] A template was used to collect this information (see Appendix for submitted stories.) These participant submissions were then circulated to all the invitees for them to rank order the summaries to identify which of the stories they wished to have presented and discussed on the day of the workshop. [...] Its goal was to engage them to “maximize the participation and life quality of children and youth with disabilities… through health services research, education and dissemination of knowledge.” Over the years, CanChild has broadened both the target audience for its research and the scope of people involved in its work to include the children themselves, their families and Ontario’s Ministry of Chi [...] Lonsdale is a program consultant in the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and is working on the development of the Ontario Knowledge Exchange, a project to get knowledge to front-line workers in long-term care facilities. [...] Barwick from Sick Kids told the meeting that participants in a community of practice “create, expand and exchange knowledge to develop individual capabilities and a shared practice.” The group, she said, is self-selected and held together by passion and commitment to the topic, although resources and facilitation are required for growth and sustainability.