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Pathways through Partnership: Knowledge Mobilization with Families of Children with Disabilities

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Join the CHILD-BRIGHT Network Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Family Hub for an engaging KM-focused webinar tailored to family members, titled Pathways through Partnership: Knowledge Mobilization with Families of Children with Disabilities. Gain a foundational understanding of KM principles and their relevance in childhood disability research, discover avenues for active participation in the CHILD-BRIGHT Network KM activities, and delve into the conditions vital for fostering fruitful collaborations between families and researchers in KM initiatives!

This webinar will be led by partners with lived experience and researchers from the CHILD-BRIGHT Network.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

Following this webinar, participants will be able to do the following:

  • Define Knowledge Mobilization (KM) 

  • Understand how partners can get involved in the CHILD-BRIGHT Network KM activities 

  • Determine the conditions that foster the family-researcher collaboration in KM including identifying the facilitators and barriers to engaging in KM activities  

SPEAKERS

  • Connie Putterman, Knowledge Mobilization Program Co-Lead, CHILD-BRIGHT Network; Knowledge Mobilization Family Hub Lead, CHILD-BRIGHT Network; and Parent advocate for autism research, parent engagement, and inclusion

  • Gunjan Seth, Engagement Council, CHILD-BRIGHT Network; Family Mentor, Family as Faculty, and FAC co-chair, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

  • Gillian Backlin, National Youth Advocate Council (NYAC) and Knowledge Mobilization Committee, CHILD-BRIGHT Network

  • Kelsey Seguin, National Youth Advocacy Council (NYAC), CHILD-BRIGHT Network

  • Patrick McGrath, Practicing clinician, Researcher, IWK Health Centre; Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University; co-Principal Investigator, Strongest Families Neurodevelopmental Program CHILD-BRIGHT Network research project

  • Linda Nguyen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Knowledge Mobilization Program, CHILD-BRIGHT Network; McGill University, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy

  • Roberta Cardoso, Research Associate, Knowledge Mobilization Program, CHILD-BRIGHT Network

  • Alix Zerbo, Information Officer / Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator, Knowledge Mobilization Program, CHILD-BRIGHT Network 

Earlier Event: February 21
Let’s Talk Disability and Sex! The power of co-creation and knowledge mobilization to meet the needs of pre-teens with disabilities
Later Event: June 26
Strengths-Based Health Care Leadership – How to create space for strengths in a deficit-minded system

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The CHILD-BRIGHT Network is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) under Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Initiative.

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