IKT Guiding Principles

Dr. Heather Gainforth named UBC Okanagan’s newest Canada Research Chair Position enables more dedicated time to community-engaged research Dr. Heather Gainforth has a singular principle that drives her research and her career. “At the end of the day, everything I do is in...

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UBC’s seed2STEM honoured with City of Vancouver’s Leadership in Reconciliation Award - UBC Faculty of Medicine Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across Bri...

The University of British Columbia’s seed2STEM summer research program for Indigenous high school students has been awarded the City of Vancouver’s Leadership in Reconciliation Award for 2025. Read more here ➡️ www.med.ubc.ca/news/ubcs-se...

The Canadian Disability Participation Project (CDPP) 2.0 is looking for qualified exercise professionals and adults with lived experience of disability to complete their brief survey. Participants will entered in a draw for one of ten $25 Amazon gift cards!
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asPERusual | Anna M. Chudyk (she/her) | Substack A podcast for practical patient engagement. Click to read asPERusual, by Anna M. Chudyk (she/her), a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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YouTube video by Queen's Health Sciences Dr. Stephanie Nixon | Why future building demands a new kind of leader | 5 à 7 Research Talks

What kind of leadership does the future demand? Dr. Stephanie Nixon shares a personal, powerful talk that challenges how we see ourselves—and the systems we’ve inherited.

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To support professionals to effectively engage with clients with #SCI about physical activity, evidence-based training and resources are needed. Read more here from
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This paper considers the potential of podcasting as a knowledge translation (KT) tool within participatory research on sport and physical activity:
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Frontiers | Shining a light on the road towards conducting principle-based co-production research in rehabilitation Moving from participatory approaches incorporating co-design to co-production in health research involves a commitment to full engagement and partnership wit...

This article describes principles essential to conducting co-production research (sharing power, relational resilience, and adopting a learning mindset) and provide tangible, practical strategies, and processes to engage these values @johnnybourke.bsky.social www.frontiersin.org/journals/reh...

Our findings indicate that to transform SCI research systems change is needed at individual, relational, and institutional levels. Read more here --> www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How to engage people with lived experience in #SCI research - developed with praxisinstitute.org

YouTube video by UBC Community Engagement Challenges in Partnered Research: Navigating Conflict with Dr. Heather Gainforth

"Challenges in Partnered Research" is a Q&A series by UBC Partnering in Research that highlights individuals transforming policies, practices, and communities through collaborative research. Watch our very own Heather Gainforth in episode 3 ➡️
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Our work focuses on closing the gap between research and practice through knowledge translation, ensuring that research findings are implemented in real-world settings. A huge THANK YOU to all who contributed to our Research in Partnership Training. We learned so much!

YouTube video by IKT Principles Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Guiding Principles for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Research

WEBINAR: Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Guiding Principles for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Research
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Using an integrated knowledge translation approach, we aimed to explore the barriers and facilitators to making changes to bowel care in individuals with SCI. Read more here ⏩ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Addressing power imbalance in research: exploring power in integrated knowledge translation health research - Research Involvement and Engagement Introduction Integrated knowledge translation (IKT) is a knowledge translation framework that focuses collaboration between researchers and knowledge users (KUs) to generate research findings. KUs can...

The aim of this study was to review research using an integrated knowledge translation approach to explore how power is addressed within research studies =>

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