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NCCPH KT Graduate Awards 2012

The NCCPH KT Graduate Awards recognize the work of graduate students regarding knowledge translation (KT) in public health in Canada. Applications are due March 30; more information can be found at the embedded link.


2012 NCCPH Summer Institute

The NCCPH 2012 Summer Institute will be held from May 15-16, 2012 at the Delta Grand Hotel, in Kelowna, B.C. This year's theme is: Advancing Health Equity, Building on Experience. For more information on registration, please click the embedded link.



PHIRNET Webinar

Objectives of the PHIRNET Webinars:

To offer an online academic environment through a structuredprogram of learning through knowledge sharing / exchange / translation in PHIR to:

  1. Strengthen existing training capacity in PHIR through the development and sharing of resources and expertise in the four PHIRNET theme areas: Methods, Economic evaluation, Ethics and research governance, and Interventions addressing social health inequities

  2. Create a cohesive identity among PHIR researchers and trainees, linking the network with high-profile training events and links with international collaborators;

  3. Enable PHIR learning and resources in both official languages –as much as possible, and disseminate these resources;

  4. Propose a proactive and stimulating interaction of knowledge/learning in PHIR with/for the trainees and experts;

  5. Provide an update on the development of competencies in PHIR, including: 

    • Systematic and critical enquiry (research design and methods)

    • Situational analysis (designing research to local context and needs)

    • Project management (budgeting, task coordination, etc)

    • Professional practice (integrity, ethics, standards of behaviour) 

    • Reflective practice (what makes research an intellectual exercise and not simply a technical one)

    • Interpersonal skills (working in teams, motivations others).

PHIRNET Webinar Guides:

If you are interested in joining the webinars please contact Rod Knight, PHIRNET UBC Executive Secretariat Coordinator (phirnet.info@ubc.ca)

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