Knowledge Mobilization and Evaluation

Knowledge Mobilization and Evaluation

What We Do

Support and build Diabetes Action Canada’s knowledge mobilization capacity through various resources, including a learning toolkit, a consultation service, and a virtual community of practice.
Work collaboratively with Diabetes Action Canada members to help support the sharing of their research findings and to mobilize their research results into practice and policy.
Optimize Diabetes Action Canada’s knowledge mobilization activities and objectives through the continuous evaluation and improvement of knowledge mobilization processes and resources.
Use our expertise to provide evaluation design and methodological support to all patient-oriented research programs, using various types and approaches as needed.

Get Involved

You will participate in discussions approximately once a month pertaining to research projects and strategic goals of the Network. You can also get involved in a research team! Researchers need your feedback to make sure research projects are relevant for people living with diabetes.

Become a Patient Partner

Knowledge Mobilization Consultation Service

The Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Consultation Service is a program to support DAC research teams with their KM needs at any stage of the research process.

Monika Kastner

PhD, HBSc

Valeria Rac

MD, PhD

Jim Bowen

BScPhm, MSc

Julie Makarski

BSc, MSc

Diabetes Canada Provides Funding Support for Knowledge Mobilization Program

As we move into phase two of Diabetes Action Canada, the Network has a clear goal of translating the research and learnings from our first phase into understandable and implementable deliverables that aim to better support those living with diabetes in Canada. To further this, we are pleased to announce funding support from Diabetes Canada […]

New Knowledge Mobilization Tools and Consultation Service Available

Our Knowledge Mobilization (KM) team is pleased to launch two new resources for Diabetes Action Canada’s community as part of our DAC 2.0 KM Plan. “WHAT is Knowledge Mobilization and WHY it matters”, is the first in a series of 5 short videos that describe the basics of knowledge mobilization in simple, straightforward language. Watch the video […]

Knowledge Mobilization

Knowledge Translation. What is it, why is it important and how do we achieve it?

Knowledge Mobilization 101

Knowledge Mobilization Basics. Learn how we move research results to the ‘real world’ so that we can positively improve health systems, how people access these systems and the health of all those living with diabetes in Canada