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Conference Summary This workshop will join together a national and international group of experts, researchers, and community partners for a discussion on knowledge transfer in community-based research. The workshop is the next step in a CIHR project entitled: Translating Knowledge through Community-University Alliances for Health Research (CAHR) thatdocumented processes of knowledge transfer in a University of Victoria led Healthy Youth CAHR. Preliminary findings point to ways that community-based research can reduce traditional gaps between university-produced knowledge and its use by a wide range of receptor communities (such as school districts, aboriginal schools, health clinics). We found that interdisciplinary, collaborative efforts between the university and community helps to transform traditional, unidirectional modes of knowledge transfer toward a more reciprocal, interactive effort for joining research and practice. Active engagement among university and community partners can promote cultural exchange between the world of academia and of practice.
This workshop will take place November 16, 2006 at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria and is funded by the Child and Youth Health Research Network (CYHRNet), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the University of Victoria. The goals are to identify:
Our Definition of Knowledge Transfer There is little consensus about the term knowledge transfer. For example, it has been referred to as the process of transferring research results from knowledge producers to knowledge users. Some refer to knowledge transfer as turning knowledge into action – suggesting that it encompasses the process of both knowledge creation and knowledge application. Others use the terms knowledge mobilization and knowledge exchange which suggest a reciprocal co-creation of knowledge between university researchers and the community. |
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