November 26, 2010 12:00 PM

The School of Social Work, the Global Health Network, Liu Institute for Global Issues, and the Social Accountability and Community Engagement Initiative, Faculty of Medicine are pleased to present Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco, Program Manager, Universities Without Walls

 

 

Do you despair that academic research evidence continues to be inaccessible to non-academic communities? Why do we need to translate research evidence into action? What are some practical ways in which your research evidence can be disseminated to communities in friendly ways? What is the role of experiential and outreach workers in community based research and dissemination of results? This presentation will offer some basic Knowledge Translation and Exchange (KTE) tenets and tips in the context of community based research that will benefit your research and your professional work. This workshop includes one community based example from the Downtown east Side in Vancouver with one hands-on activity on how to begin to develop a KTE plan for your research, your team or your non-profit organization.

Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco has been the driving force behind Universities Without Walls, tirelessly promoting the centre, enlisting faculty, coodinating UWW Fellowship reviews, establishing Community Service Learning opportunities and inspiring the Class of 2010 Fellows. His career was recently recognized as the winner of the 2010 Award of Excellence of the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR). An AIDS activist, teacher, and researcher, Francisco was born in Santiago de Chile where he taught high school during the Pinochet bloody regime. He came to Canada in 1985 and tested HIV positive six months later. Since completing his PhD in Education in 1999 his research interests are in community based research, gay men’s sexuality, and rehabilitation in the context of HIV. Between 2003 and 2009, he built the HIV/AIDS British Columbia Community Based Research Facilitator program at BC Persons With AIDS Society (CIHR funded).

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