Past Events

Do you want to learn how to make visually appealing and effective infographics? Join speaker Alex Sawatsky, Creative Advisor, Arrell Food Institute to gain new infographic design skills.

Want to learn more about how to dessiminate your research to non-academic audiences? Join speaker Elizabeth Shantz, Knowledge Mobilization Manager, Arrell Food Institute and Project Co-Lead, Agricultural Genomics Action Centre to learn more!

Join speaker Kendra Schnarr, Research Projects Assistant at CESI to learn more about actively engaging audiences in the research process.

Learn how to strengthen your clear language communication skills. Hear from speaker Kim Garwood, Production Manager, Stiletto to get tips on clear language writing.

Do you want to enhance your knowledge mobilization skills? Attend the Planning for Research Impact session with speaker Victoria Holla, Knowledge Mobilization Manager, Office of Research, Agri-food Partnership

We invite you to attend the 8th annual International Women’s Day Online Conference hosted by CESI at the University of Guelph on Friday, March 7th from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm! This year, we will have researchers, students, practitioners, artists, and community members from all backgrounds sharing ideas, presentations and creative offerings about the ways they facilitate and/or grapple with rooting and reckoning in their work.

When all is said and done, how do you know it worked? Go beyond the anecdote and learn to use evaluation techniques to assess the impact of your knowledge mobilization efforts. After attending this workshop, participants will be able to:

Actively engaging your audiences in your research process is one of the most effective ways to increase the uptake and impact of your research. But how does that work? By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Hone your clear communications skills! Get tips on how to structure and write clear language summaries of your research for dissemination to lay audiences. At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

How do you share your research with non-academic audiences? Learn about a number of potential mechanisms you can use for knowledge mobilization, discover how to choose a mechanism that’s appropriate for your audience, and take a deep dive into several popular mechanisms for dissemination, including social media, research summaries, infographics, and media.  By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: