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Point Your PhD Beyond The Academy
I recently attended a meeting to discuss recommendations from York University’s Academic and Administrative Program Review (AAPR) – an attempt to measure and quantify the state of the university with...
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Active Listening As A Knowledge Mobilization Skill
In our office at the Faculty of Graduate Studies at York University listening is one of the most important skills we can have to fully understand the concerns of our graduate students, staff and...
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International Students As A Knowledge Mobilization Perspective
Accepting international students offers universities and our local communities an opportunity to create benefit – not just financially – but also from a knowledge mobilization perspective. While the...
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21st Century Research: Interdisciplinary Scholarship & The Third Sector
Researchers in the 21st century must now think about and become interested in cross-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary connections. Cross-sector and interdisciplinary scholarship are exactly what...
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What Is Research “Success”?
Every day when we read or listen to the news on the radio, television or on our digital devices there are reports of poverty, homelessness, hatred, crime, violence, or wars. Many in this world are not...
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Increasing The Academic & Innovation Grade
What is innovation? Is it simply coming up with a new idea; is it creating a new design or product; is it developing a new process? In research terms, innovation is essentially linked to improvements...
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Shifting Funding & Academic Priorities
Universities face financial challenges in maintaining institutional and academic success while also seeking solutions to fulfill public accountability for a return on investment. According to the...
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The Politics of Austerity, Research & Knowledge Mobilization
Knowledge mobilization (KMb) is slowly emerging as a process to connect academic research with evidence-based policy-making since the emergence of KMb over the past decade. KMb was cultivated in...
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Missing Conferences 2015: UK & Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forums
Sometimes missing conferences can’t be helped. Such is the case with two conferences this year – the 2nd annual UK Knowledge Mobilisation Forum in Edinburgh, Scotland (13-14 April, 2015); and the...
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Generations, Perspective, Choice & Knowledge Mobilization
There’s a 1988 song by the band Mike and The Mechanics called In The Living Years that begins with “Every generation blames the one before, and all of their frustrations come beating on your door…we...
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