Applying knowledge to a context in need is an act of love Together, let’s make what we know ready for action
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Updated 31 October 2009 by Peter Norman Levesque,
Knowledge Mobilization Works, Ottawa, Canada
What are people saying about our work:
Thank you for your presentation and follow up conversations. You were truly a hit! You seemed to appeal to everyone both more technically savvy and those less so.
Your message was clear and accessible no matter where people were on the continuum. Thanks again for doing this.
Amy Coupal
Executive Director
Curriculum Services Canada
Peter is a visionary in the field of knowledge mobilization and knowledge strategies for community well-being. He brings a depth of theoretical understanding about the role of knowledge in social transformation to the challenges of using knowledge to solve the complex and multi-sectoral issues of these times.
He is a gifted networker, a superb facilitator and a creative designer of knowledge mobilization and related strategies. He is comfortable with business, government, academic and community audiences.
He is Canada's leading voice in knowledge mobilization.
Dr. Budd Hall
University of Victoria
Peter is on the leading edge of thought within the knowledge management. His, as well as his Canadian colleagues', mantra is "knowledge mobilization" a concept that lends a much needed social and action orientation to the knowledge management arena.
Based on my personal experience and exposure in the field I believe the methodologies he and others are developing are responding to shifting realities and will have staying power and practicality for society in the coming decade.
Jonathan Green
Director of Knowledge Management,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Up-coming events:
Nov 30, RQIS, l'Université du Québec à Québec
Dec 11, Facilitation of discussion on Interdisciplinary Work at uOttawa
Apr 25-28, 2010, Speaker & Workshop, Alberta Traffic Safety Conference, Edmonton
Knowledge Broker Stories:
Knowledge broker through partnership work by Angie Hart
Knowledge Mobilization is at the core by Linda Hawkins
Laughter-the secret ingredient in being a change agent by David Yetman
How to go from broke to broker in 17 short years by David Phipps
Work history-taking tool by Hal De Lair
OP-ED:
Include all options in the euthanasia debate by Daryl Rock
Mission Statement
Work to enhance and promote the world’s knowledge infrastructure by creating productive links between people, places, ideas, and goals.
Focus on capacity building in knowledge mobilization, inter-sector connectedness, and developing international opportunities for the development and application of knowledge.
Continually seek innovative communication methods and technologies to reduce the costs of moving evidence into practice and practice into evidence.
Some of our interests
Aboriginal health, children & youth health, communication, community research, construction of knowledge, education,
environment & ecology, knowledge exchange & mobilization,
leadership, mental health, organizational democracy, participation, peer-review, photography & image capture,
poetry and spoken word, popular theatre, population health,
research infrastructure, science & technology policy, seniors health
