Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. People with lived experience of disabilities, advocates, community organizations, researchers, and policy makers are driving change and dismantling systemic barriers.

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Are you passionate about co-creating research that matters? Dr. Heather Gainforth at the Applied Behaviour Change (ABC) Lab at UBC Okanagan is recruiting a PhD student for September 2026 (flexible). Find out more ▶️ abclab.ok.ubc.ca/about/

We are so proud to share this big news!

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The University of British Columbia’s seed2STEM summer research program for Indigenous high school students has been awarded the City of Vancouver’s Leadership in Reconciliation Award for 2025. Read more here ➡️ www.med.ubc.ca/news/ubcs-se...

The Canadian Disability Participation Project (CDPP) 2.0 is looking for qualified exercise professionals and adults with lived experience of disability to complete their brief survey. Participants will entered in a draw for one of ten $25 Amazon gift cards!
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asPERusual A podcast on patient engagement. asperusual.substack.com

What kind of leadership does the future demand? Dr. Stephanie Nixon shares a personal, powerful talk that challenges how we see ourselves—and the systems we’ve inherited.

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To support professionals to effectively engage with clients with #SCI about physical activity, evidence-based training and resources are needed. Read more here from
@FHoekstra_Groot
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This paper considers the potential of podcasting as a knowledge translation (KT) tool within participatory research on sport and physical activity:
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This article describes principles essential to conducting co-production research (sharing power, relational resilience, and adopting a learning mindset) and provide tangible, practical strategies, and processes to engage these values @johnnybourke.bsky.social www.frontiersin.org/journals/reh...

Our findings indicate that to transform SCI research systems change is needed at individual, relational, and institutional levels. Read more here --> www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How to engage people with lived experience in #SCI research - developed with praxisinstitute.org

"Challenges in Partnered Research" is a Q&A series by UBC Partnering in Research that highlights individuals transforming policies, practices, and communities through collaborative research. Watch our very own Heather Gainforth in episode 3 ➡️
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Our work focuses on closing the gap between research and practice through knowledge translation, ensuring that research findings are implemented in real-world settings. A huge THANK YOU to all who contributed to our Research in Partnership Training. We learned so much!

WEBINAR: Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Guiding Principles for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Research
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Using an integrated knowledge translation approach, we aimed to explore the barriers and facilitators to making changes to bowel care in individuals with SCI. Read more here ⏩ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The aim of this study was to review research using an integrated knowledge translation approach to explore how power is addressed within research studies =>

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