IKT Guiding Principles
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IKT Guiding Principles
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The team behind the Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Guiding Principles for Conducting and Disseminating Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Research in Partnership www.iktprinciples.com
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December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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/
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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...
UBC’s seed2STEM honoured with City of Vancouver’s Leadership in Reconciliation Award - UBC Faculty of Medicine
Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across Bri...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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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September 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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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Dr. Stephanie Nixon | Why future building demands a new kind of leader | 5 à 7 Research Talks
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August 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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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The co-development and evaluation of an e-learning course on spinal cord injury physical activity counselling: a randomized controlled trial | BMC Medical Education
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August 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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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August 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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...
Frontiers | Shining a light on the road towards conducting principle-based co-production research in rehabilitation
Moving from participatory approaches incorporating co-design to co-production in health research involves a commitment to full engagement and partnership wit...
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July 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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....
July 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
How to engage people with lived experience in #SCI research - developed with praxisinstitute.org
July 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"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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Challenges in Partnered Research: Navigating Conflict with Dr. Heather Gainforth
YouTube video by UBC Community Engagement
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July 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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!
July 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
WEBINAR: Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Guiding Principles for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Research
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Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Guiding Principles for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Research
YouTube video by IKT Principles
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July 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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...
July 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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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Addressing power imbalance in research: exploring power in integrated knowledge translation health research - Research Involvement and Engagement
Introduction Integrated knowledge translation (IKT) is a knowledge translation framework that focuses collaboration between researchers and knowledge users (KUs) to generate research findings. KUs can...
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July 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM