Category: Knowledge Mobilization

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Days 2023 – November 13-16

GIS Days offer you the chance to learn more about geography, mapping and real-world applications of GIS that impact our communities and can be used for research. Drop in and out depending on what presentations pique your interest and listen to presenters from around the world.

The virtual event runs from Monday, Nov. 13 to Thursday, Nov. 16 and is free to attend. It will include presentations, tutorials, demos, and virtual social events. All presentation times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Presentations will be offered by a variety of speakers ranging from geospatial professionals to GIS newbies. Short lightning talks (7-min) offer you a quick taste of a topic, while longer demonstrations (20-min) provide a deeper dive into a GIS project.

Register to attend.

See the full schedule

Western’s GIS Days Open House (in-person), Wednesday, November 15, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

The Conversation Canada: How to Write an Op-Ed – Workshop at Western

The Conversation Canada: How to Write an Op-Ed

Scott White
Editor-in-Chief, The Conversation Canada

November 14, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Weldon Community Room 

An interactive, hands-on workshop on how to write an effective opinion editorial (op-ed) for publication in The Conversation or other mainstream media outlets.

Open to faculty members, post docs and PhD candidates.

The Conversation is a daily independent online publication, delivering analysis and explanatory journalism from the research community directly to the public.

This is an interactive workshop where participants are encouraged to bring op-ed ideas to work on.

The workshop is presented by Western Communications and Western Research’s Knowledge Exchange, Research Impact and EDID in Research team.

To reserve your spot in the workshop please email Media Relations Officer Justin Zadorsky at jzadorsk@uwo.ca.

24th Annual Graduate Symposium on Music

The Society of Graduate Students in Music at Western University is pleased to announce the 24th annual Graduate Symposium on August 25th and 26th.

Call for Papers, Presentations, and Lecture–Recitals
The University of Western Ontario
August 25th-26th, 2023

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Joanna Bosse (Michigan State University)

This year, WUGSOM will be held virtually and in person. August 25th will be dedicated to virtual presentations and August 26th will be in person with a virtual option. Attendees who are able to join us in person will be invited to a reception following the keynote presentation.

Paper presentations will be allotted twenty minutes and lecture-recitals forty minutes. A ten-minute question period will follow each presentation. Submissions should include a title, a 350-word abstract (please leave out any identifying information), and your preference for a virtual or in-person presentation. All abstracts will be evaluated anonymously and should be suitable for publication in the conference program.

Submission Deadline: June 30th, 2023
Please email your submission to: 2023wugsom@gmail.com

Any questions or concerns can be sent to Donna Janowski: djanowsk@uwo.ca

Further information will be posted to the conference website as it becomes available: https://www.sogsim.com/conferences

Infographics: A Visual Storytelling Workshop

The Faculty of Health Sciences invites you to:

 Infographics: A Visual Storytelling Workshop

Monday, July 10, 9AM-12PM ET.

The goal for this session is to help participants unlock the potential of visual storytelling with infographics. This three-hour, hands-on workshop is designed for students, research staff and faculty members who want to elevate their skills in creating engaging, informative, and visually appealing infographics.

In today’s fast-paced, information-driven world, infographics have become an essential tool for conveying complex data and ideas in a simple and visually appealing manner. By the end of this workshop, you should have a solid foundation in infographic design and creation that you can use to translate complex data into informative and engaging visual narratives.

This is a hybrid event. You can join in-person at Western University (Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building, Room 232), remote (via Zoom), or asynchronously (post event video).

Registration (free) is available at https://bit.ly/infographics-workshop

Western Libraries – Upcoming June Research Skills Workshops

Western Libraries hosts Research Skills Workshops that offer an introduction to many of the research services and supports offered at the library.  Most workshops are held on Zoom; more information is provided on the event pages (linked below). Follow the links to register.

Upcoming workshops:

To find more upcoming Western Library events and workshops visit the Western Libraries Events page.  If you have questions about workshops, please email rsclib@uwo.ca.

Knowledge Mobilization via The Conversation Canada

The Conversation Canada is a digital publication that brings together the expertise of academia and journalism, where all of the authors are from Canadian universities. The Conversation works with professional journalists to expose academic research to a wider audience, a model that serves as a “knowledge mobilization” vehicle for academics who want to raise their profiles and share their expertise across Canada and around the world.

The Conversation Canada’s authors are researchers and academics  who have expertise in the area they’re writing about.

The Conversation has a team of talented editors who help you, the researcher, shape your work so it can be enjoyed by a non-academic audience.

Western has seen many of our profs and grad students write articles for the Conversation.  If you are interested in writing for The Conversation you can either contact them directly or contact Western Research Communications for assistance.

More information on Western’s webpage…

One of the major benefits of writing for The Conversation is that articles are often picked up by other media outlets so this increases the exposure of your work.

SSHRC – Storytellers Challenge

SSHRC’s Storytellers Challenge asks postsecondary students to show Canadians, in up to three minutes or 300 words, how social sciences and humanities research is affecting our lives, our world and our future for the better.

Description: Create a video or audio clip of up to three minutes or a text or infographic of up to 300 words of original work featuring SSHRC-funded research carried out at the institution at which you are enrolled at the time of submission. Prizes will be awarded to 25 finalists.

Eligibility: Must a Canadian resident, be 19 years of age and must be enrolled at a Canadian postsecondary institution

Deadline: Monday, January 30, 2023, 11:59 p.m. (eastern)

More information…

Indigenous Research Symposium at Western

SAGE, Western’s Indigenous Graduate Student Support Network, is hosting a research symposium to showcase Indigenous brilliance at Western and in the local community. Biidaaskonenjigewag means “they come with a light” in the Anishinaabe language and highlights the diverse gifts that knowledge keepers and scholars contribute to their communities. Join for the day to celebrate and honour Indigenous artists, language speakers, and researchers.

Wednesday, November 23 rd, 2022
9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

To register and for more information…

Western Research’s 2021 Knowledge Exchange School

Western’s third annual Knowledge Exchange School will be held virtually via Zoom, with sessions on December 1st, 8th, and 15th, 2021. Attendees are welcome to sign up for as few or as many sessions as they wish. This year’s topics are geared to providing attendees with information and tools aligned to the current research landscape.

For more information about the school, accessibility or to request accommodations, please contact Mariam Hayward, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Manager.

Check out the line-up of sessions and find more information at Western Research’s Knowledge Exchange and Research Impact website.

Asynchronous sessions will be available beginning November 29, 2021.

  • Introduction to Knowledge Exchange 
  • Writing Knowledge Exchange into Grant Applications

December 1

  • Knowledge Exchange and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

December 8

  • Six Tools to Help You Show Your Research Impact
  • Setting Up a Global Digital Identity to Track Your Research Impact (limited to 40 participants)

December 15

  • Translating Research into Policy Change: Tips & Techniques to Reach Decision-Makers
  • Media and Social Media to Enhance Research Exchange & Dissemination

Register for the KEx School

Western’s Inspiring Minds Initiative

Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research, while enhancing transferrable skills.

Inspiring Minds has one rule:  graduate students (master’s and doctoral) are asked to describe their research, scholarship, or creative activity in any language in no more than 150 written words.  They can also include supplementary digital files to support their work including music, images, or video clips.

Some reasons to participate:

  1. It’s great written communications practice (which is the key goal of the exercise)
  2. It’s not a competition – 26 randomly selected submissions will receive some extra coaching and be turned into digital artwork
  3. You’ll be contributing to a first-of-its-kind, multi-disciplinary collection of the research being done at Western

More information: https://grad.uwo.ca/academics/inspiringminds.html

Submissions will be accepted until June 11, 2021.