Community-Engaged Research from Principles to Practice 6: Community-engaged Knowledge Mobilization - Jun. 3, 2027

Findings that sit in a journal article often do not reach the community that made the research possible. Effective dissemination means choosing channels for different audiences, returning results in a form partners can act on, and building communities into the process as producers of knowledge, rather than passive recipients.

Join us for Session 6 of Community-Engaged Research from Principles to Practice, a six-session virtual series that gives researchers and community partners a practical, evidence-based foundation for building research partnerships with communities.

This session builds understanding of research dissemination and knowledge mobilization practice, focusing on the co-production of communications and support for community action.

It can be completed as a standalone workshop, though we encourage participants to complete the full series for a comprehensive foundation in community-engaged research in order to receive the Certificate of Series Completion.

Developed by the Institute for Translational Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch and adapted by CRIS for the Canadian context and for researchers across all disciplines, each session combines interactive presentations, case studies from U of T researcher-community partnerships and facilitated peer discussions.

Moderator:
Dr. Barbara Fallon, Associate Vice-President, Research, VPRI; Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work  

Presenters:
Claire Hallmark, Program Director, Community Outcomes & Evaluation, Institute for Translational Sciences, The University of Texas Medical Branch

Dr. Sharon Croisant, Professor Emeritus, School of Public and Population Health, University of Texas Medical Branch

Dr. Lance Hallberg, Program Director Environmental & Public Health Education and Engagement, University of Texas Medical Branch

U of T Guest Case Study Presenters:To be announced

By the end of this session, participants will be able to: 

• Recognize different forms of community-engaged knowledge mobilization across disciplinary contexts
• Identify audiences and select dissemination formats and channels appropriate to community partners, practitioners, policymakers, and academic audiences 
• Describe the factors partners should address when discussing stewardship and dissemination of research artifacts and outputs.  

Intended audience:   

This series is open to the University of Toronto and TAHSN faculty interested in building their community-engaged research competencies and their research teams. We welcome and encourage researchers to invite community partners to participate. Members or collaborators of the same team or project should register individually.