Knowledge Broker Panel
Ever wonder what Knowledge Brokers do?
Does the idea of disseminating research and other types of knowledge into the hands of clinicians, policy makers and others to effect positive change interest you?
Come to this panel to learn more about this fascinating career from people in the field and the training available to you.
Speakers
Liz Wigfull
Manager,听Knowledge Exchange / Gestionnaire, 脡change des connaissances
Mental Health Commission of Canada听/ Commission de la sante虂 mentale du Canada
Peter Norman Levesque, KSJ, MA
President,听Institute for Knowledge Mobilization
Lecturer, Professional Development,听University of Ottawa
Strategy Consultant, PNLC
Monica Anne Batac, Vanier Scholar and PhD student (School of Social Work, 污污草莓视频 University)
Inbal Itzhak听PhD
Scientific Liaison / Knowledge Translation Specialist听
Centre for Research on Brain, Language, and Music
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Bios
Monica Anne Batac听is a Vanier Scholar and doctoral student at 污污草莓视频's School of Social Work. A teacher by training, Monica's research and practice focuses on capacity-building and community collaborations in the immigrant-serving sector
Monica is committed to improving the wellbeing of Filipinos in Canada through community-based research and practice with an explicit interest in addressing knowledge to action gaps.
Monica鈥檚 recent work focuses on improving local, provincial, and national community-based interventions for Filipinos across the life course, including newcomer youth, Philippine trained teachers, front-line workers in the social services sector, and seniors.听In addition to her social work research, Monica also studies knowledge mobilization practitioners, brokers, and researchers, and social media and technology integration in higher education.
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