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e e g d e d e a e communities …” l ding Kg n o w l Showcase The Canadian Geographer for publication, Y “Our relationships with the communities we work This pooling of collective experience, together with T “Good, ethical, responsible relationships are a goal and hopefully a result in our work with T Group Interactions Spark Knowledge Mobilization projects students’ some while that, explains Furgal Prof. (for mobilization knowledge of issues explore directly territorial of communication the evaluating example, knowledge communities), northern to results survey health interactions the of product direct a also is mobilization example prime A itself. group HEIC the within sparked by authored paper, research collective new a is this of of importance the around group HEIC the of members Aboriginal in and with research conducting in relationship to issue this about communicate to how and communities, forms. different in and audiences different with is something we spend a lot of time discussing and learning about in the group and in our individual “It ties in directly with issues projects,” says Prof. Furgal. Good, ethical, of research ethics and social responsibility. responsible relationships are a goal and hopefully a result in our work with communities; they are not just a means through which we gather our data – and this is something a lot about the have learned We we recognize and respect. importance of relationship in the research we do and the group wanted to explore ways of sharing our collective learning on this topic with a broader audience.” Research Public Taking which has been submitted to Highlighted in the paper, the journal are direct learnings from the research projects and These projects experiences of several HEIC members. include: a study on the ecology of a hunted population Arctic using both science and of beluga whales in the facilitating an exchange of communication of what they are learning, means students in the HEIC collective are working together to achieve knowledge mobilization in the truest sense of the word. I N E N hen Dr. Chris Furgal decided to unite his group Chris Furgal hen Dr. of diverse graduate students and research assistants under one umbrella several years “These students, like me, are doing research which The graduate students, research assistants and post- “The group has facilitated and, to a degree, promoted The Evolution of a Research Collective The Evolution of a ago, he had no idea that the group would evolve into the dynamic formal research collective it has become today. disciplines and topics, lies at the intersection of different easily fit in one discipline,” says Professor so they don’t Indigenous Environmental Trent’s a professor in Furgal, Studies program, who is cross-appointed between the Environmental Resource Science/Studies and Indigenous Studies Departments. “When I first formed the group, the intention was to provide a common collective and a supportive environment for graduate students and young researchers. It evolved when my students wanted to contribute and take on more, even above and beyond simply sharing their experiences and getting support for their own thesis projects.” doctoral fellows who make up the group are all studying and or working under the supervision of Prof. Furgal represent a variety of graduate programs, from the Indigenous Studies Ph.D. and the Environmental & Life Sciences M.Sc. and Ph.D., to the Sustainability Studies M.A. and the Canadian Studies & Indigenous 24 current members, the With programs. Studies M.A recently formalized Health Environment and Indigenous Communities (HEIC) research group is the second largest Trent. group of its kind at W Common Themes Unite Researchers Inspired by the discovery of (sometimes surprising) commonalities between their research projects, students and researchers in the HEIC group gain motivation from the collective and interactive atmosphere the group provides. common themes around research that no single student or researcher in the group could have taken on entirely by themselves,” says Prof. Furgal. TRE RS U iv Learn more about the HEIC group: www.heicresearch.com the video at http://goo.gl/pJolOa Watch the management of nitrogen and phosphorous on improving Shafiri’s research focuses Shafiri’s Sustainable Agriculture Sustainable Canada Research Chair in thinks so. Professor and Resource Studies and lzheimer’s is a major disease is a lzheimer’s concern that is of increasing professor of Environmental Rethinking Memory Loss Rethinking A as our population ages. But what as our population ages. and other forms Alzheimer’s if diseases, but of dementia are not a normal part of aging asks rather, professor of Stephen Katz, Dr. who is researching Mild Sociology, (MCI) along Cognitive Impairment Peters (Psychology) Kevin with Dr. @trentuniversity an smart use of manure, compost, worm castings, and other agricultural biowaste improve economic “Ecological-based nutrient management reduces By collaborating with industry partners, such as “Studying people with MCI researchers Through focus groups and interviews, the in agricultural systems to advance environmental and protect the quality of soil and water, sustainability, increase economic returns for growers. excess nutrients in the environment which are susceptible to leaching to the ground water or runoff And by encouraging into rivers and water bodies. diversification of species in the system and less reliance intensive practices, we can lower production on energy costs and increase the chances of reasonable yield under climate change scenarios,” says Prof. Sharifi whose research is driven by the needs of both food consumers and producers. the Grain Farmers of Ontario, Prof. Sharifi is able to disseminate his findings to an audience who can use his work to improve the economic viability of the industry And interest in while meeting consumer demands. sustainable agricultural extends beyond food: Prof. Sharifi is currently working with an Ontario company to improve the growing of hemp and medical marijuana plants under controlled conditions. viability for agricultural producers and reduce Mehdi Sharifi, assistant environmental impacts? Dr. Feeding our Food C and Dr. Peri Ballantyne (Sociology). Their three-year Their three-year (Sociology). Peri Ballantyne and Dr. project is funded by CIHR. may help us learn more about the early development of and assist in Alzheimer’s, the creation of intervention strategies,” says Professor Katz. “But we also need to question the medicalization of memory loss, and its negativizing disease model of we should losses and treatments. Perhaps causes, affects, sense – be talking about the ageing mind in a positive cope with what is gained, what changes, and how we memory loss.” doctors, are giving a voice to patients, caregivers, to share professionals and experts, and are planning audiences their research with professionals and public hope such discovery at an upcoming symposium. “We in healthcare can be useful to all stakeholders involved for aging persons,” says Prof. Katz, “and we hope to cultural focus communicate that MCI is part of a larger on aging.” For media inquiries, please contact the Marketing & Communications Office at 705-748-1011 x6184 Distributed in accordance with Canada Post Mail Sales Agreement #40064326 Goes Mobile (knowledge mobilization, that is) (knowledge mobilization, trentuniversity Prof. Tyerman will be Tyerman Prof. while we assess and discuss their actions and responses.” evaluating whether simulation improves the nursing students’ knowledge, self-confidence, and self-efficacy in dealing with unresponsive patient The findings will be scenarios. disseminated into the nursing a student can actively learn curriculum. “The research trentu.ca/fifty #trentu50 hat could be better for a nursing student hat could the potential impacts of climate change look like for local infrastructure, industries and The simulation will utilize human-like mannequins The simulation will utilize human-like mannequins “Our objective was to take what academics already Check out plans for Trent’s 50th Anniversary Check out plans for Trent’s Showcase is printed bi-annually by the Marketing & Trent University. Communications Office at This publication is also available online in an accessible format at trentu.ca/showcase Join the conversation than practicing on a real, live than practicing on a practicing patient? How about on a high-fidelity simulator a real, that looks and acts like what Ph.D. That’s live patient? of Nursing student and professor will be exploring Tyerman Jane when she begins simulation enrolled in the B.Sc.N. program. research with students will focus on The research, which begins January 2014, unresponsive patient scenarios. can be remotely which can exhibit patient symptoms that actions. “We’re manipulated to respond to a student’s knowledge allowing the student to apply the theoretical into simulated, gained in the classroom, clinical, and lab threats to the real-life experiences where there are no “Using a simulator, Tyerman. said Prof. safety,” patient’s will highlight which areas of theoretical content needs to be further enhanced, so students are knowledgeable to respond to these life-threatening and better-prepared said. Tyerman situations,” Prof. Stephen Hill, associate professor of environment? Dr. Environmental and Resource Studies, and graduate Langford developed a research paper student Lynda for the Peterborough region which helped to make the findings relevant to local policy-makers.It also identified barriers to action and suggested strategies for adaptation The research was conducted on behalf of the planning. on Climate Group Working Sustainable Peterborough Change which included local municipalities and health The project was and environmental organizations. working group. and members of the funded by MITACS understand about climate change and make it real for local politicians and policy-makers,” says Professor Hill. “Partnering with the municipal working group helped to keep the research relevant As to the local audience. a result of the research, both the City and County of Peterborough are moving forward to develop a climate change action plan, and will use our research paper as a basis for obtaining further funding. 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5 knowledge/research into knowledge/research 1 2 7 4 Knowledge Mobilization 1 5 9 2 Welcome to “Digital Communitas”: Mobilizing Math 2 1 3 2 Mete A tretu nt s dent Trent Website Provides Global Forum for Technology and Education Dr. Cathy Bruce Wins Provincial Teaching Breaking Barriers: Realizing a New Vision hat better way accessible and responsible. “This site is important,” she how technology can be successfully incorporated into “Knowledge mobilization is not about passing on Prof. Bruce. “Then the digital assets created during the to learn early says. “A lot of people are doing these fantastic things in learning and the student’s role in innovating how they information,” says Dr. Catherine Bruce. “It’s about taking research are being made publicly available online, along That willingness to “do whatever it takes” has addition to receiving free tuition by achieving an modern text research labs and digital media zones. This is a site where manage and use what they learn,” Ms. Gallagher says. what we have learned and extending it to wider groups with bundles of lessons and other resources which were led to a world of new opportunity for Mr. Cole at average of over 90% each year, Mr. Cole has also been Dr. Sara Humphreys W Trent. Support, guidance and funding from the Student awarded the Lodge Physics Scholarship two years in a than by having students teachers and researchers can go and gather. I’m hoping “It’s exciting to think what digital media can offer that of people in ways that are relevant and actionable.” field-tested by the teachers. And I am taking the research tweet it in conversation it empowers users in their use of media in the classroom other technologies cannot, including project development, An associate professor in the School of Education and back to my teacher candidates at Trent, so they will also be Accessibility Services Office has translated into the row for attaining the highest average in his year in the with each other? If you’re part of the current “NetGen” and in their research, and inspires them to make research networking, and interactivity on a level that has never been Professional Learning, Professor Bruce coordinates learning from the experience of Ontario teachers. There are discovery, purchase and application of new technology program, as well as the R.B. Johnson Prize for quantum demographic, born between 1980 and 2000, it’s an ideal accessible.” seen before.” l and instructs the mathematics program, helping teacher layers to how the research learning is mobilized.” that has allowed Mr. Cole to take his own notes as well mechanics, the Breukelaar Prize for Laboratory approach. The NetGens are wired to be multi-taskers due Digital Communitas also has a significant research candidates better understand math, not only preparing them as conduct vital lab work on his own, both for the first Proficiency in Physics, the Peterborough Professional to exposure to digital technology during their formative component. The views expressed in the posts collected on to teach the subject, but also to really enjoy it. At a time Unlocking the Teaching Potential time. Engineers Wives’ Prize, and the LEC Fellows Prize. years of development. Facebook updates, tweets and the site are part of a research project examining the use, Digital pedagogy and knowledge mobilization are when math teaching is under fire in the media, Prof. Bruce in Technology Most recently, Mr. Cole was awarded a prestigious online chats often happen simultaneously. In order to reach creation and implementation of digital technologies in the high calibre words. They describe the marriage of is so widely recognized for her innovative methods, she was The role that technology can play in creating and Technological Breakthrough Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) Legally blind Physics student Ryan Cole demonstrates this fast-paced generation, the exploration and use of the classroom. An in-depth investigation into the proliferation recently named one of Ontario’s most outstanding university mobilizing knowledge is being further explored in Dr. When Mr. Cole decided to major in Chemical Physics, through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research limitless technological resources and research and new technology which allows him to see his research in latest technology is crucial. of “digital media labs” or “zones” in Canadian universities teachers by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Bruce’s research project, funded by the Social Sciences it was imperative for him to conduct the lab work Council (NSERC), which allowed him to work this its responsible delivery to eager learners. The Digital a whole new light. For educators, students, creators and technology users will also be published through a series of blog posts. Associations (OCUFA). and Humanities Research Council, in which researchers himself. Having already experimented with a variety past summer alongside Trent’s Canada Research Chair Communitas website, funded by Trent’s Instructional who want to know how to access technology, effectively Possible plans for the future include the production of an and teachers are working together to collect and analyze OCUFA award-winning professor Dr. Cathy Bruce ne Trent student’s journey to pursue a degree of aids, including an unsuccessful braille translation of in Physics of Biomaterials, Dr. Aaron Slepkov. With Development Centre and Research Office, is a new harness its power, and make it work in the world of interactive eBook showcasing the research results. Closing the Gap, Building Capacity digital video data. “We are filming clinical interviews Oin the field of study he loves most, despite the a first-year calculus textbook and the more successful Professor Slepkov, Mr. Cole is working to set up a new academia, a thought-provoking Trent alumnus and research portal where technology and education collide “What is the purpose of educational research unless there restrictions of a personal disability, is helping to change acquisition of a projector that made the text in books state-of-the-art laser lab at Trent which will be devoted “I’m hoping it empowers users in their use of of children with their teachers and analyzing them to virtual meeting place called assistant, Allen Kempton is and collaborate. The online discussion to be found is action? Our goal is to close research practice gaps in understand what the child is thinking mathematically and Student Praise for Dr. Cathy Bruce the landscape of learning for future students. and on exams large enough for him to read, Ryan carried to characterizing and imaging biomaterials. media in the classroom and in their research Speaking of Mr. Cole and his work, Prof. Slepkov Digital Communitas will be a conducting the digital lab at Digital Communitas is fascinating, the future education by having researchers and practitioners work using that knowledge to plan lessons and units of study,” Ryan Cole, who has been legally blind since birth, but out an intensive search for new piece of technology that welcome development. Led by and inspires to make research accessible.” research project. “What would open up a new world of opportunity. says: “What is special about Ryan’s USRA is that he implications, astounding. together,” says Prof. Bruce. This approach to sharing says Prof. Bruce. “We are also video recording teachers as has limited vision, came to Trent four years ago to study Dr. Sara Humphreys, an assistant drew me to the project was knowledge is reflected in her research, which focuses “She inspired us to look at math in a way Chemical Physics. He chose Trent largely because the had not considered applying for one before his fourth http://digitalcommunitas.org they give math lessons in the classroom, then asking them professor in the Department of English Literature at Trent the opportunity to do real-world applications of theory on helping teachers do a better job of teaching children to watch themselves and provide a commentary on what that we’d never thought to. Her positive spirit contacts he made early at the University assured him they “Most blind students don’t know this technology year because he didn’t envision himself working in University Oshawa, the site hosts scholarly articles. It’s a and technology,” says Mr. Kempton, who is pursuing a to understand mathematics. She explains that a current was happening. This provides immediate learning for the was contagious. A weak math student in my could find ways to assist him in his educational pursuit. exists. We want to spread the word so others can a research lab. He indicated to me that he thought place where technological and educational visionaries reveal Master’s degree in Sociology. it would be inaccessible to him and that possibly research project on more effective methods of teaching teacher, and afterwards, the videos can be shared online so elementary years, I was personally inspired to As a student entering university with an impressive know about the opportunities available.” their expertise through online interviews. Educators and fractions is illustrative of how knowledge mobilization 95% average, Mr.Cole was welcome to attend professors wouldn’t see him as someone who could/ that other teachers benefit.” become a math teacher, and to teach it in a way students post their personal experiences. The information Where the Luminaries Gather. Virtually. works on multiple levels. The project involves a team of Prof. Bruce sees technology, like web-based materials, whichever school he chose, but the larger universities or should do research. Working with Ryan has changed that made my students truly enjoy math. Cathy is accessible and the dialogue inclusive. As the editor and Throughout the site, scholars and media luminaries researchers who collaborate with teachers in the schools, digital resources, and interactive white boards, as having who boasted about their top science and math programs Mr. Cole describes the high resolution camera that my expectations for what an inexperienced but engaged project leader of Digital Communitas, Professor Humphreys weigh in on the topic of technology and education. Trent trying out different ways of representing fractions, which infinite potential in creating and sharing knowledge. “Our had ignited a flame inside of me that made me all gave him the same response: “They told me I was acts as a powerful electronic magnifier, which he found summer student can accomplish.” quickly saw the site transformed into a clearinghouse of chancellor Don Tapscott, who is recognized as one of the are captured and analyzed on video. goal is to get new knowledge out there in ways that are excited to help and inspire my students.” welcome to come, but that they didn’t really know how online in his second year and purchased through a information examining how people use digital tools in top business thinkers in the world, conducted an interview meaningful – that’s where the digital video comes in to play, l to deal with a student who is legally blind who wants Bursary for Students with Disabilities, as “quite possibly, Spreading the Word research and in the classroom. for the site emphasizing the importance of technology for “Our goal is to close research practice gaps in to study science,” Mr. Cole recalls, remarking on the my favourite piece of equipment ever.” The camera, Mr. Cole and Professor Slavin are now working to because you can see and hear in a real context,” she says. “I “Cathy inspired me to change the trajectory today’s students. To view the video, visit: education by having researchers and practitioners think we’ve underestimated the ability of technology to help rarity of students with disabilities pursuing degrees which is mounted on a mobile articulating arm and works spread the word about what this enabling piece of of my career, and has made mathematics Demystifying Technology http://digitalcommunitas.wordpress.com/how-to-videos/ work together.” people learn, to understand, and to problem solve. It’s used in the sciences. He notes there is often a tendency to in conjunction with a large monitor, allows Mr. Cole to technology can do for other potential students in Mr. Prof. Humphreys believes that knowledge mobility is don-tapscott/ . more as a tool for entertainment and consumption, but we’ve education a life-long passion.” steer them into the arts and social sciences. “There isn’t keep his hands free to take notes and undertake lab work. Cole’s situation. This past summer, the pair published really about accessibility and taking information learned in Site research assistant, Sara Gallagher is a student in “By working directly with teachers, we are building got to get past the ‘wow’ factor and into the ‘how’ factor – l really a braille option for quantum mechanics,” Mr. “My strong suit has always been theoretical work; it a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Visual the ivory tower and moving it to the street in a way that’s the M.A. English (Public Texts) program. “Our site shows their capacity to more effectively teach fractions, so how can technology help our students and what can we do to “She opened the world of exploration, inquiry- Cole quips. had to be. So until my second year of university, I had Impairment and Blindness, focused on the camera and they benefit by participating in the research,” explains A subsequent survey conducted by Professor never done any solo lab work,” Mr. Cole says, explaining how it is being used in university context for a student make it more powerful to support their learning?” l based problems, collaboration, technology and Emeritus Dr. Alan Slavin of the Trent Physics how he always had a seeing lab partner to assist him. in sciences. Experiential Learning: Gaining Valuable Skills conceptual understandings in mathematics.” Department, Mr. Cole’s first-year instructor, also “But to get a degree in Chemical Physics, I really needed “I get annoyed with the social push for blind people Visit Prof. Bruce’s website at: www.tmerc.ca or follow her on Twitter @drcathybruce revealed how unique Mr. Cole’s situation is. According to be able to do certain tasks and lab work on my own. I not to pursue study in math and science. It’s a real loss.” through the Trent Centre for Community-Based Education to the survey, there has been only one other legally had a lack of experience with experimental work but this Mr. Cole says. “Most blind students don’t know this blind student has studied university physics in Canada technology opened up a whole new world for me.” technology exists. We want to spread the word so others in the last 12 years. can know about the opportunities available. If Trees Could Talk Knowledge Mobilization A Good Life: “Like other universities, Trent didn’t directly know Taking Research to the Next Level “You have to do what you love,” he adds, eritage trees provide far more than a pretty canopy on a through the Trent Centre how to accommodate for my needs, but unlike the other Before and after the acquisition of the new equipment, “Sometimes it’s hard. It was hard for a legally blind Hquaint street. They offer shade, shelter, cleaner air and The Knowledge Within Urban Aboriginal Communities universities, Trent’s response was: ‘We’ll do whatever it Mr. Cole has excelled in his courses at Trent, winning person who loves Chemical Physics, but you have to savings on electrical bills. Trees can also talk. They share for Community-Based takes,’” Mr. Cole says. “It was like a breath of fresh air.” most of the top academic prizes in his program. In fight for it.” l the hidden stories of long ago and commemorate personal and Education (TCCBE) Mino-bimaadiziwin is an Anishinaabe phrase that means problems. We are trying to uncover the knowledge that is “Because every community has different needs. there community milestones. ReFraming Film History fostering a good life. The concept provides a research available within urban Aboriginal communities and use it to is a wide diversity in the research projects across the The TCCBE is an excellent example Jasmine Cabanaw is a fourth-year History student. Through oday, watching movies is something we do more and more at home framework for the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge inform government policy and influence the development of country,” says Prof. Newhouse. “Each project examines a of how Trent enables knowledge Climate Change Mapper Bridges Gap between Science and Stakeholders the TCCBE, she is working with the local environmental Tand on our portable digital devices. Although viewing in recent Network (UAKN), says Professor David Newhouse, programs and interventions by local agencies. The overall different aspect of the urban Aboriginal experience. For mobilization in its surrounding Dr. Raul Ponce-Hernandez is preoccupied with the transfer of knowledge. “There Although the Climate Change Mapper is currently focused on agriculture, Prof. organization GreenUP on a book entitled, Beneath the Canopy: years has become a private affair, this was not always the case. Going associate professor of Indigenous Studies and Business objective is to help create better lives for Aboriginal people example, in Sudbury we’re exploring the development of communities. This dynamic Centre is a huge information gap between what scientists know, and what the public and Ponce-Hernandez points out that it can be adapted for other research at Trent. “The Peterborough’s Urban Forest and Heritage Trees. to the movies has changed dramatically over the past century. From Administration, and chair of Trent University’s residing in urban settings. Our national partner, the National an urban Aboriginal middle class, while in Thunder Bay brings together talented Trent students policy-makers know, regarding the impacts of climate change,” says the professor procedures for generating and downscaling spatial-explicit data can be used in The book is a collection of stories and photos gathered from opulent theatres to drive-ins to multiplexes, Department of Indigenous Studies. Prof. Newhouse is the Association of Friendship Centres, has been working at this we’re looking at the ways in which the local friendship and faculty with local organizations of Environmental and Resource Studies and Geography. As a member of a working different models, such as one that shows where water will go, accumulate and create local residents that shares the scientific, cultural and historic Peterborough once had a vibrant and lead researcher for UAKN, which was formed to explore task since the early 1970s.” centre and non-Aboriginal agencies can stimulate the to create community-based research, group of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Professor Ponce- floods.” He cites the example of an incoming grad student, whose thesis will focus on anecdotes of Peterborough’s most memorable trees. varying movie scene. how Aboriginal people are building and living fulfilling development of a local Aboriginal economy.” community service learning and Hernandez has viewed climate change scenarios, some of which he describes as developing flood risk scenarios for the Central Lake Ontario ConservationAuthority. A new exhibit being researched by Trent lives in urban settings. Trent University received $2.5 “Aboriginal peoples have remarkable knowledge The involvement of academic institutions from across experiential education opportunities. dire. “Although there is a band of uncertainty to these scenarios, and they may be Faculty Support Helps Meet Community Master’s student Eric Lehman, will enable million over five years from the Social Sciences and within our communities, which can be mobilized the country provides a multi-disciplinary approach says The TCCBE provides students with unpleasant and scary for some, it’s Info Transfer through Townhall Meetings on local residents to learn how a film-going Humanities Council (SSHRC) to fund the initiative. Prof. Newhouse. “We have researchers from a diverse Need exceptional opportunities to lead to improve daily life.” important that people know about these “We need to first close the gap between what Climate Change Ms. Cabanaw’s studies at Trent complemented her work on the public in Peterborough was formed through More than half of Canada’s Aboriginal people reside group of disciplines including Urban Studies, Geography, research projects that help small, things so we can figure out how to adapt science and what stakeholders know. Then we Prof. Ponce-Hernandez hopes to start the process of information transfer book. An essay she wrote as an assignment about the historical the history of its theatres and the stories in an urban area, but until recently there has been virtually Law, and Native Studies. Of course, the Indigenous not-for-profit groups to move forward A Model for Collaboration to the changes that will occur.” to public audiences by organizing, with the support of the OCC, a series significance of the trees at Trent’s Sadleir House was translated of the people who worked in and attended no research on the experiences of urban Aboriginal people, Studies program at Trent is multi-disciplinary. Other need to transfer knowledge to the public.” on essential initiatives – from cultural Graduate student The research project, which is entering its second year, is a That’s why Prof. Ponce-Hernandez is of local and regional “town hall” public information meetings on climate these venues. The TCCBE project counts as explains Prof. Newhouse. “The premise of the research is universities and disciplines are also beginning to come into a photo essay that will be included in the publication. Eric Lehman excited about the prototype online tool he events to social service interests to a course credit toward Mr. Lehman’s M.A. model of collaboration. It brings together local Aboriginal change, with the first scheduled for January 2014. He expects to be able “The book is a very creative project encompassing elements that Aboriginal peoples have remarkable knowledge within on board.” and his students have developed for mapping climate change impacts on agriculture projects related to environmental in English (Public Texts) at Trent. Not only was he able to apply the groups with researchers, government agencies, and local to present the prototype Climate Change Mapper at that time. “We need to first close like photography, storytelling, and design,” she says. “It has also our communities, which can be mobilized to improve daily in Ontario. It represents a useful example of how scientific knowledge can be made protection. considerable research skills he has gained in part from his Master’s work; NGOs who have an interest in urban Aboriginal issues. the gap between what science and what stakeholders know. Then we need to transfer been an important learning experience for me and has shifted life,” he says. “We know that there are problems; the focus available to practitioners to help them understand the impacts of climate change and Projects like Ms. Cabanaw’s and but he has also made a significant contribution to a valued local festival. “Our approach is to build connections at the local level,” Transferring Knowledge knowledge to the public. This is where we have been lagging behind. We know my perspective. My supervising professor, Finis Dunaway, of our work is not the problems that we encounter, but the to help them make appropriate policy decisions. Mr. Lehman’s allow Trent students The well-known ReFrame Film Festival provides educational says Prof. Newhouse. Prof. Newhouse stresses that a focus of UAKN is on these climate change events are occurring, but how do you make them visible and assigned some very informative readings. For example, I was way in which communities come together to address these The Climate Change Mapper takes sophisticated calculations from general to contribute in a small but important opportunities about social and justice issues through films created by UAKN currently has fifty-seven partners, including transferring knowledge from urban Aboriginal people accessible so anyone can look at these scenarios?” l unaware of the cultural concept of wilderness and forests prior circulation models of the atmosphere and down scales them to one kilometer square way to processes of change and local, national and international filmmakers. a lead partner: the National Association of Friendship to agencies, indicating that senior levels of government to this course.” areas along with local estimates of rainfall, evaporation, and temperature. Using crop innovation that are ongoing in our Renowned and important directors John Greyson, Richard Fung and Centres, which is helping to facilitate community research have identified knowledge gaps with respect to urban SAVE THE DATE Sheryl Loucks is the book’s editor for GreenUP. She says, growth models, it maps out crop growth and crop yields, to predict how they will be community. At a broader level, many through local friendship centres. “We don’t initiate the Aboriginal people. Although the project is in its Join us for the first OCC town hall public information session: “Trent’s archives, historical data, and the course materials Alanis Obomsawin have showcased films and attended the ReFrame of the projects that the TCCBE helps projects as a national council, but we work with local early stages, the process of transferring learning has affected by future changes in the climate. The tool allows the user to choose from regarding community history have been a great asset. The book Film Festival (2005-present). Decades earlier they came to the Underestimating the Impact of Climate Change in Peterborough and the Kawarthas facilitate enable local organizations friendship centres and help them to identify projects already begun. “In the past year, the researchers made different climate change scenarios – benign, medium, and severe – to view a range of will credit Trent resources and is a great way for the public to Canadian Images Festival (1978-1984) as less experienced, emerging Wednesday, January 22, 2014 to undertake their work with better based on their local needs. It is truly community-driven presentations to regional friendship centre associations possible outcomes, along with a level of probability. see how this wonderful institution is benefiting the community. filmmakers. Widely-respected Trent Professor Emeritus John Wadland Market Hall, Downtown Peterborough background research and planning. research,” he says, pointing out that the concept of mino- on their findings,” he says. “Locally, we’re asking The quality of Trent students and of the departments that support was instrumental in the creation of the Canadian Images Festival and is Students working with the TCCBE bimaadiziwin can differ from community to community friendship centres and researchers to make presentations Online Tool to Empower Everyone from Farmers them made this collaboration an excellent choice. Trent fosters currently involved with the ReFrame Film Festival. Roots between the The Climate Change Mapper can be viewed at gain skills highly valued by today’s according to their priorities. to city councils, social service agencies, urban Aboriginal to Agencies creative thinking, inquisitive students, that we knew would be of festival and Trent run deep. http://www.clic-on-agric.info/simulations.htm. employers, by regularly conducting Ten local projects are currently underway with more to councils, social planning councils and senior levels of Prof. Ponce-Hernandez says governments and industries are very receptive to the tool, value to us.” l Through the TCCBE, Mr. Lehman worked on the installation literature reviews, key-informant about the film history of Peterborough for the festival alongside local come. They are overseen by host institutions in four regional government.” citing the positive response he received for his presentation at a recent symposium of the interviews, surveys, program historian, Robert Clarke and was guided and mentored by Professor centres: Atlantic (University of New Brunswick); Ontario As the project unfolds over the next four years, Prof. Ontario Climate Consortium (OCC). He sees the OCC, which brings together research Knowledge Mobilization evaluations, and other research Emeritus Wadland and Dr. Michael Eamon, principal of Lady Eaton (Trent University and University of Sudbury); Prairies Newhouse also sees the opportunity for Trent University scientists and government agencies, as an ideal platform for promoting the Climate activities that help organizations move College. Krista English of ReFrame and Brittany Cadence also sat on (University of Saskatchewan and University of Winnipeg) students to become involved. l Change Mapper. “The purpose of OCC is to link science, policy and community, and forward better-informed and with a the committee. and the West (University of Northern British Columbia). serve as an umbrella under which we can transfer knowledge,” he says. greater likelihood of success. Mr. Lehman said, “I think the TCCBE’s outreach has made an “Eventually, the tool will be online and available to everyone, from farmers to Prof. David Newhouse, lead researcher investigating agencies, who want to check the agricultural impacts of climate change. It’s important unbelievable impact in Peterborough and it is tremendous that they Information on the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network how Aboriginal people lead “ a good life” in urban to demystify the complexity of general circulation models, as part of the knowledge Book editor are looking for projects that serve a community need and link it with can be found at www.uakn.org. Sheryl Loucks faculty and the experience of Trent’s human resources.” l settings. transfer process.” 2 3 4 Dr. Ponce-Hernandez Knowledge Mobilization 1 2 7 4 Knowledge Mobilization 1 5 9 2 Welcome to “Digital Communitas”: Mobilizing Math 2 1 3 2 Mete A tretu nt s dent Trent Website Provides Global Forum for Technology and Education Dr. Cathy Bruce Wins Provincial Teaching Breaking Barriers: Realizing a New Vision hat better way accessible and responsible. “This site is important,” she how technology can be successfully incorporated into “Knowledge mobilization is not about passing on Prof. Bruce. “Then the digital assets created during the to learn early says. “A lot of people are doing these fantastic things in learning and the student’s role in innovating how they information,” says Dr. Catherine Bruce. “It’s about taking research are being made publicly available online, along That willingness to “do whatever it takes” has addition to receiving free tuition by achieving an modern text research labs and digital media zones. This is a site where manage and use what they learn,” Ms. Gallagher says. what we have learned and extending it to wider groups with bundles of lessons and other resources which were led to a world of new opportunity for Mr. Cole at average of over 90% each year, Mr. Cole has also been Dr. Sara Humphreys W Trent. Support, guidance and funding from the Student awarded the Lodge Physics Scholarship two years in a than by having students teachers and researchers can go and gather. I’m hoping “It’s exciting to think what digital media can offer that of people in ways that are relevant and actionable.” field-tested by the teachers. And I am taking the research tweet it in conversation it empowers users in their use of media in the classroom other technologies cannot, including project development, An associate professor in the School of Education and back to my teacher candidates at Trent, so they will also be Accessibility Services Office has translated into the row for attaining the highest average in his year in the with each other? If you’re part of the current “NetGen” and in their research, and inspires them to make research networking, and interactivity on a level that has never been Professional Learning, Professor Bruce coordinates learning from the experience of Ontario teachers. There are discovery, purchase and application of new technology program, as well as the R.B. Johnson Prize for quantum demographic, born between 1980 and 2000, it’s an ideal accessible.” seen before.” l and instructs the mathematics program, helping teacher layers to how the research learning is mobilized.” that has allowed Mr. Cole to take his own notes as well mechanics, the Breukelaar Prize for Laboratory approach. The NetGens are wired to be multi-taskers due Digital Communitas also has a significant research candidates better understand math, not only preparing them as conduct vital lab work on his own, both for the first Proficiency in Physics, the Peterborough Professional to exposure to digital technology during their formative component. The views expressed in the posts collected on to teach the subject, but also to really enjoy it. At a time Unlocking the Teaching Potential time. Engineers Wives’ Prize, and the LEC Fellows Prize. years of development. Facebook updates, tweets and the site are part of a research project examining the use, Digital pedagogy and knowledge mobilization are when math teaching is under fire in the media, Prof. Bruce in Technology Most recently, Mr. Cole was awarded a prestigious online chats often happen simultaneously. In order to reach creation and implementation of digital technologies in the high calibre words. They describe the marriage of is so widely recognized for her innovative methods, she was The role that technology can play in creating and Technological Breakthrough Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) Legally blind Physics student Ryan Cole demonstrates this fast-paced generation, the exploration and use of the classroom. An in-depth investigation into the proliferation recently named one of Ontario’s most outstanding university mobilizing knowledge is being further explored in Dr. When Mr. Cole decided to major in Chemical Physics, through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research limitless technological resources and research and new technology which allows him to see his research in latest technology is crucial. of “digital media labs” or “zones” in Canadian universities teachers by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Bruce’s research project, funded by the Social Sciences it was imperative for him to conduct the lab work Council (NSERC), which allowed him to work this its responsible delivery to eager learners. The Digital a whole new light. For educators, students, creators and technology users will also be published through a series of blog posts. Associations (OCUFA). and Humanities Research Council, in which researchers himself. Having already experimented with a variety past summer alongside Trent’s Canada Research Chair Communitas website, funded by Trent’s Instructional who want to know how to access technology, effectively Possible plans for the future include the production of an and teachers are working together to collect and analyze OCUFA award-winning professor Dr. Cathy Bruce ne Trent student’s journey to pursue a degree of aids, including an unsuccessful braille translation of in Physics of Biomaterials, Dr. Aaron Slepkov. With Development Centre and Research Office, is a new harness its power, and make it work in the world of interactive eBook showcasing the research results. Closing the Gap, Building Capacity digital video data. “We are filming clinical interviews Oin the field of study he loves most, despite the a first-year calculus textbook and the more successful Professor Slepkov, Mr. Cole is working to set up a new academia, a thought-provoking Trent alumnus and research portal where technology and education collide “What is the purpose of educational research unless there restrictions of a personal disability, is helping to change acquisition of a projector that made the text in books state-of-the-art laser lab at Trent which will be devoted “I’m hoping it empowers users in their use of of children with their teachers and analyzing them to virtual meeting place called assistant, Allen Kempton is and collaborate. The online discussion to be found is action? Our goal is to close research practice gaps in understand what the child is thinking mathematically and Student Praise for Dr. Cathy Bruce the landscape of learning for future students. and on exams large enough for him to read, Ryan carried to characterizing and imaging biomaterials. media in the classroom and in their research Speaking of Mr. Cole and his work, Prof. Slepkov Digital Communitas will be a conducting the digital lab at Digital Communitas is fascinating, the future education by having researchers and practitioners work using that knowledge to plan lessons and units of study,” Ryan Cole, who has been legally blind since birth, but out an intensive search for new piece of technology that welcome development. Led by and inspires to make research accessible.” research project. “What would open up a new world of opportunity. says: “What is special about Ryan’s USRA is that he implications, astounding. together,” says Prof. Bruce. This approach to sharing says Prof. Bruce. “We are also video recording teachers as has limited vision, came to Trent four years ago to study Dr. Sara Humphreys, an assistant drew me to the project was knowledge is reflected in her research, which focuses “She inspired us to look at math in a way Chemical Physics. He chose Trent largely because the had not considered applying for one before his fourth http://digitalcommunitas.org they give math lessons in the classroom, then asking them professor in the Department of English Literature at Trent the opportunity to do real-world applications of theory on helping teachers do a better job of teaching children to watch themselves and provide a commentary on what that we’d never thought to. Her positive spirit contacts he made early at the University assured him they “Most blind students don’t know this technology year because he didn’t envision himself working in University Oshawa, the site hosts scholarly articles. It’s a and technology,” says Mr. Kempton, who is pursuing a to understand mathematics. She explains that a current was happening. This provides immediate learning for the was contagious. A weak math student in my could find ways to assist him in his educational pursuit. exists. We want to spread the word so others can a research lab. He indicated to me that he thought place where technological and educational visionaries reveal Master’s degree in Sociology. it would be inaccessible to him and that possibly research project on more effective methods of teaching teacher, and afterwards, the videos can be shared online so elementary years, I was personally inspired to As a student entering university with an impressive know about the opportunities available.” their expertise through online interviews. Educators and fractions is illustrative of how knowledge mobilization 95% average, Mr.Cole was welcome to attend professors wouldn’t see him as someone who could/ that other teachers benefit.” become a math teacher, and to teach it in a way students post their personal experiences. The information Where the Luminaries Gather. Virtually. works on multiple levels. The project involves a team of Prof. Bruce sees technology, like web-based materials, whichever school he chose, but the larger universities or should do research. Working with Ryan has changed that made my students truly enjoy math. Cathy is accessible and the dialogue inclusive. As the editor and Throughout the site, scholars and media luminaries researchers who collaborate with teachers in the schools, digital resources, and interactive white boards, as having who boasted about their top science and math programs Mr. Cole describes the high resolution camera that my expectations for what an inexperienced but engaged project leader of Digital Communitas, Professor Humphreys weigh in on the topic of technology and education. Trent trying out different ways of representing fractions, which infinite potential in creating and sharing knowledge. “Our had ignited a flame inside of me that made me all gave him the same response: “They told me I was acts as a powerful electronic magnifier, which he found summer student can accomplish.” quickly saw the site transformed into a clearinghouse of chancellor Don Tapscott, who is recognized as one of the are captured and analyzed on video. goal is to get new knowledge out there in ways that are excited to help and inspire my students.” welcome to come, but that they didn’t really know how online in his second year and purchased through a information examining how people use digital tools in top business thinkers in the world, conducted an interview meaningful – that’s where the digital video comes in to play, l to deal with a student who is legally blind who wants Bursary for Students with Disabilities, as “quite possibly, Spreading the Word research and in the classroom. for the site emphasizing the importance of technology for “Our goal is to close research practice gaps in to study science,” Mr. Cole recalls, remarking on the my favourite piece of equipment ever.” The camera, Mr. Cole and Professor Slavin are now working to because you can see and hear in a real context,” she says. “I “Cathy inspired me to change the trajectory today’s students. To view the video, visit: education by having researchers and practitioners think we’ve underestimated the ability of technology to help rarity of students with disabilities pursuing degrees which is mounted on a mobile articulating arm and works spread the word about what this enabling piece of of my career, and has made mathematics Demystifying Technology http://digitalcommunitas.wordpress.com/how-to-videos/ work together.” people learn, to understand, and to problem solve. It’s used in the sciences. He notes there is often a tendency to in conjunction with a large monitor, allows Mr. Cole to technology can do for other potential students in Mr. Prof. Humphreys believes that knowledge mobility is don-tapscott/ . more as a tool for entertainment and consumption, but we’ve education a life-long passion.” steer them into the arts and social sciences. “There isn’t keep his hands free to take notes and undertake lab work. Cole’s situation. This past summer, the pair published really about accessibility and taking information learned in Site research assistant, Sara Gallagher is a student in “By working directly with teachers, we are building got to get past the ‘wow’ factor and into the ‘how’ factor – l really a braille option for quantum mechanics,” Mr. “My strong suit has always been theoretical work; it a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Visual the ivory tower and moving it to the street in a way that’s the M.A. English (Public Texts) program. “Our site shows their capacity to more effectively teach fractions, so how can technology help our students and what can we do to “She opened the world of exploration, inquiry- Cole quips. had to be. So until my second year of university, I had Impairment and Blindness, focused on the camera and they benefit by participating in the research,” explains A subsequent survey conducted by Professor never done any solo lab work,” Mr. Cole says, explaining how it is being used in university context for a student make it more powerful to support their learning?” l based problems, collaboration, technology and Emeritus Dr. Alan Slavin of the Trent Physics how he always had a seeing lab partner to assist him. in sciences. Experiential Learning: Gaining Valuable Skills conceptual understandings in mathematics.” Department, Mr. Cole’s first-year instructor, also “But to get a degree in Chemical Physics, I really needed “I get annoyed with the social push for blind people Visit Prof. Bruce’s website at: www.tmerc.ca or follow her on Twitter @drcathybruce revealed how unique Mr. Cole’s situation is. According to be able to do certain tasks and lab work on my own. I not to pursue study in math and science. It’s a real loss.” through the Trent Centre for Community-Based Education to the survey, there has been only one other legally had a lack of experience with experimental work but this Mr. Cole says. “Most blind students don’t know this blind student has studied university physics in Canada technology opened up a whole new world for me.” technology exists. We want to spread the word so others in the last 12 years. can know about the opportunities available. If Trees Could Talk Knowledge Mobilization A Good Life: “Like other universities, Trent didn’t directly know Taking Research to the Next Level “You have to do what you love,” he adds, eritage trees provide far more than a pretty canopy on a through the Trent Centre how to accommodate for my needs, but unlike the other Before and after the acquisition of the new equipment, “Sometimes it’s hard. It was hard for a legally blind Hquaint street. They offer shade, shelter, cleaner air and The Knowledge Within Urban Aboriginal Communities universities, Trent’s response was: ‘We’ll do whatever it Mr. Cole has excelled in his courses at Trent, winning person who loves Chemical Physics, but you have to savings on electrical bills. Trees can also talk. They share for Community-Based takes,’” Mr. Cole says. “It was like a breath of fresh air.” most of the top academic prizes in his program. In fight for it.” l the hidden stories of long ago and commemorate personal and Education (TCCBE) Mino-bimaadiziwin is an Anishinaabe phrase that means problems. We are trying to uncover the knowledge that is “Because every community has different needs. there community milestones. ReFraming Film History fostering a good life. The concept provides a research available within urban Aboriginal communities and use it to is a wide diversity in the research projects across the The TCCBE is an excellent example Jasmine Cabanaw is a fourth-year History student. Through oday, watching movies is something we do more and more at home framework for the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge inform government policy and influence the development of country,” says Prof. Newhouse. “Each project examines a of how Trent enables knowledge Climate Change Mapper Bridges Gap between Science and Stakeholders the TCCBE, she is working with the local environmental Tand on our portable digital devices. Although viewing in recent Network (UAKN), says Professor David Newhouse, programs and interventions by local agencies. The overall different aspect of the urban Aboriginal experience. For mobilization in its surrounding Dr. Raul Ponce-Hernandez is preoccupied with the transfer of knowledge. “There Although the Climate Change Mapper is currently focused on agriculture, Prof. organization GreenUP on a book entitled, Beneath the Canopy: years has become a private affair, this was not always the case. Going associate professor of Indigenous Studies and Business objective is to help create better lives for Aboriginal people example, in Sudbury we’re exploring the development of communities. This dynamic Centre is a huge information gap between what scientists know, and what the public and Ponce-Hernandez points out that it can be adapted for other research at Trent. “The Peterborough’s Urban Forest and Heritage Trees. to the movies has changed dramatically over the past century. From Administration, and chair of Trent University’s residing in urban settings. Our national partner, the National an urban Aboriginal middle class, while in Thunder Bay brings together talented Trent students policy-makers know, regarding the impacts of climate change,” says the professor procedures for generating and downscaling spatial-explicit data can be used in The book is a collection of stories and photos gathered from opulent theatres to drive-ins to multiplexes, Department of Indigenous Studies. Prof. Newhouse is the Association of Friendship Centres, has been working at this we’re looking at the ways in which the local friendship and faculty with local organizations of Environmental and Resource Studies and Geography. As a member of a working different models, such as one that shows where water will go, accumulate and create local residents that shares the scientific, cultural and historic Peterborough once had a vibrant and lead researcher for UAKN, which was formed to explore task since the early 1970s.” centre and non-Aboriginal agencies can stimulate the to create community-based research, group of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Professor Ponce- floods.” He cites the example of an incoming grad student, whose thesis will focus on anecdotes of Peterborough’s most memorable trees. varying movie scene. how Aboriginal people are building and living fulfilling development of a local Aboriginal economy.” community service learning and Hernandez has viewed climate change scenarios, some of which he describes as developing flood risk scenarios for the Central Lake Ontario ConservationAuthority. A new exhibit being researched by Trent lives in urban settings. Trent University received $2.5 “Aboriginal peoples have remarkable knowledge The involvement of academic institutions from across experiential education opportunities. dire. “Although there is a band of uncertainty to these scenarios, and they may be Faculty Support Helps Meet Community Master’s student Eric Lehman, will enable million over five years from the Social Sciences and within our communities, which can be mobilized the country provides a multi-disciplinary approach says The TCCBE provides students with unpleasant and scary for some, it’s Info Transfer through Townhall Meetings on local residents to learn how a film-going Humanities Council (SSHRC) to fund the initiative. Prof. Newhouse. “We have researchers from a diverse Need exceptional opportunities to lead to improve daily life.” important that people know about these “We need to first close the gap between what Climate Change Ms. Cabanaw’s studies at Trent complemented her work on the public in Peterborough was formed through More than half of Canada’s Aboriginal people reside group of disciplines including Urban Studies, Geography, research projects that help small, things so we can figure out how to adapt science and what stakeholders know. Then we Prof. Ponce-Hernandez hopes to start the process of information transfer book. An essay she wrote as an assignment about the historical the history of its theatres and the stories in an urban area, but until recently there has been virtually Law, and Native Studies. Of course, the Indigenous not-for-profit groups to move forward A Model for Collaboration to the changes that will occur.” to public audiences by organizing, with the support of the OCC, a series significance of the trees at Trent’s Sadleir House was translated of the people who worked in and attended no research on the experiences of urban Aboriginal people, Studies program at Trent is multi-disciplinary. Other need to transfer knowledge to the public.” on essential initiatives – from cultural Graduate student The research project, which is entering its second year, is a That’s why Prof. Ponce-Hernandez is of local and regional “town hall” public information meetings on climate these venues. The TCCBE project counts as explains Prof. Newhouse. “The premise of the research is universities and disciplines are also beginning to come into a photo essay that will be included in the publication. Eric Lehman excited about the prototype online tool he events to social service interests to a course credit toward Mr. Lehman’s M.A. model of collaboration. It brings together local Aboriginal change, with the first scheduled for January 2014. He expects to be able “The book is a very creative project encompassing elements that Aboriginal peoples have remarkable knowledge within on board.” and his students have developed for mapping climate change impacts on agriculture projects related to environmental in English (Public Texts) at Trent. Not only was he able to apply the groups with researchers, government agencies, and local to present the prototype Climate Change Mapper at that time. “We need to first close like photography, storytelling, and design,” she says. “It has also our communities, which can be mobilized to improve daily in Ontario. It represents a useful example of how scientific knowledge can be made protection. considerable research skills he has gained in part from his Master’s work; NGOs who have an interest in urban Aboriginal issues. the gap between what science and what stakeholders know. Then we need to transfer been an important learning experience for me and has shifted life,” he says. “We know that there are problems; the focus available to practitioners to help them understand the impacts of climate change and Projects like Ms. Cabanaw’s and but he has also made a significant contribution to a valued local festival. “Our approach is to build connections at the local level,” Transferring Knowledge knowledge to the public. This is where we have been lagging behind. We know my perspective. My supervising professor, Finis Dunaway, of our work is not the problems that we encounter, but the to help them make appropriate policy decisions. Mr. Lehman’s allow Trent students The well-known ReFrame Film Festival provides educational says Prof. Newhouse. Prof. Newhouse stresses that a focus of UAKN is on these climate change events are occurring, but how do you make them visible and assigned some very informative readings. For example, I was way in which communities come together to address these The Climate Change Mapper takes sophisticated calculations from general to contribute in a small but important opportunities about social and justice issues through films created by UAKN currently has fifty-seven partners, including transferring knowledge from urban Aboriginal people accessible so anyone can look at these scenarios?” l unaware of the cultural concept of wilderness and forests prior circulation models of the atmosphere and down scales them to one kilometer square way to processes of change and local, national and international filmmakers. a lead partner: the National Association of Friendship to agencies, indicating that senior levels of government to this course.” areas along with local estimates of rainfall, evaporation, and temperature. Using crop innovation that are ongoing in our Renowned and important directors John Greyson, Richard Fung and Centres, which is helping to facilitate community research have identified knowledge gaps with respect to urban SAVE THE DATE Sheryl Loucks is the book’s editor for GreenUP. She says, growth models, it maps out crop growth and crop yields, to predict how they will be community. At a broader level, many through local friendship centres. “We don’t initiate the Aboriginal people. Although the project is in its Join us for the first OCC town hall public information session: “Trent’s archives, historical data, and the course materials Alanis Obomsawin have showcased films and attended the ReFrame of the projects that the TCCBE helps projects as a national council, but we work with local early stages, the process of transferring learning has affected by future changes in the climate. The tool allows the user to choose from regarding community history have been a great asset. The book Film Festival (2005-present). Decades earlier they came to the Underestimating the Impact of Climate Change in Peterborough and the Kawarthas facilitate enable local organizations friendship centres and help them to identify projects already begun. “In the past year, the researchers made different climate change scenarios – benign, medium, and severe – to view a range of will credit Trent resources and is a great way for the public to Canadian Images Festival (1978-1984) as less experienced, emerging Wednesday, January 22, 2014 to undertake their work with better based on their local needs. It is truly community-driven presentations to regional friendship centre associations possible outcomes, along with a level of probability. see how this wonderful institution is benefiting the community. filmmakers. Widely-respected Trent Professor Emeritus John Wadland Market Hall, Downtown Peterborough background research and planning. research,” he says, pointing out that the concept of mino- on their findings,” he says. “Locally, we’re asking The quality of Trent students and of the departments that support was instrumental in the creation of the Canadian Images Festival and is Students working with the TCCBE bimaadiziwin can differ from community to community friendship centres and researchers to make presentations Online Tool to Empower Everyone from Farmers them made this collaboration an excellent choice. Trent fosters currently involved with the ReFrame Film Festival. Roots between the The Climate Change Mapper can be viewed at gain skills highly valued by today’s according to their priorities. to city councils, social service agencies, urban Aboriginal to Agencies creative thinking, inquisitive students, that we knew would be of festival and Trent run deep. http://www.clic-on-agric.info/simulations.htm. employers, by regularly conducting Ten local projects are currently underway with more to councils, social planning councils and senior levels of Prof. Ponce-Hernandez says governments and industries are very receptive to the tool, value to us.” l Through the TCCBE, Mr. Lehman worked on the installation literature reviews, key-informant about the film history of Peterborough for the festival alongside local come. They are overseen by host institutions in four regional government.” citing the positive response he received for his presentation at a recent symposium of the interviews, surveys, program historian, Robert Clarke and was guided and mentored by Professor centres: Atlantic (University of New Brunswick); Ontario As the project unfolds over the next four years, Prof. Ontario Climate Consortium (OCC). He sees the OCC, which brings together research Knowledge Mobilization evaluations, and other research Emeritus Wadland and Dr. Michael Eamon, principal of Lady Eaton (Trent University and University of Sudbury); Prairies Newhouse also sees the opportunity for Trent University scientists and government agencies, as an ideal platform for promoting the Climate activities that help organizations move College. Krista English of ReFrame and Brittany Cadence also sat on (University of Saskatchewan and University of Winnipeg) students to become involved. l Change Mapper. “The purpose of OCC is to link science, policy and community, and forward better-informed and with a the committee. and the West (University of Northern British Columbia). serve as an umbrella under which we can transfer knowledge,” he says. greater likelihood of success. Mr. Lehman said, “I think the TCCBE’s outreach has made an “Eventually, the tool will be online and available to everyone, from farmers to Prof. David Newhouse, lead researcher investigating agencies, who want to check the agricultural impacts of climate change. It’s important unbelievable impact in Peterborough and it is tremendous that they Information on the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network how Aboriginal people lead “ a good life” in urban to demystify the complexity of general circulation models, as part of the knowledge Book editor are looking for projects that serve a community need and link it with can be found at www.uakn.org. Sheryl Loucks faculty and the experience of Trent’s human resources.” l settings. transfer process.” 2 3 4 Dr. Ponce-Hernandez Knowledge Mobilization 1 2 7 4 Knowledge Mobilization 1 5 9 2 Welcome to “Digital Communitas”: Mobilizing Math 2 1 3 2 Mete A tretu nt s dent Trent Website Provides Global Forum for Technology and Education Dr. Cathy Bruce Wins Provincial Teaching Breaking Barriers: Realizing a New Vision hat better way accessible and responsible. “This site is important,” she how technology can be successfully incorporated into “Knowledge mobilization is not about passing on Prof. Bruce. “Then the digital assets created during the to learn early says. “A lot of people are doing these fantastic things in learning and the student’s role in innovating how they information,” says Dr. Catherine Bruce. “It’s about taking research are being made publicly available online, along That willingness to “do whatever it takes” has addition to receiving free tuition by achieving an modern text research labs and digital media zones. This is a site where manage and use what they learn,” Ms. Gallagher says. what we have learned and extending it to wider groups with bundles of lessons and other resources which were led to a world of new opportunity for Mr. Cole at average of over 90% each year, Mr. Cole has also been Dr. Sara Humphreys W Trent. Support, guidance and funding from the Student awarded the Lodge Physics Scholarship two years in a than by having students teachers and researchers can go and gather. I’m hoping “It’s exciting to think what digital media can offer that of people in ways that are relevant and actionable.” field-tested by the teachers. And I am taking the research tweet it in conversation it empowers users in their use of media in the classroom other technologies cannot, including project development, An associate professor in the School of Education and back to my teacher candidates at Trent, so they will also be Accessibility Services Office has translated into the row for attaining the highest average in his year in the with each other? If you’re part of the current “NetGen” and in their research, and inspires them to make research networking, and interactivity on a level that has never been Professional Learning, Professor Bruce coordinates learning from the experience of Ontario teachers. There are discovery, purchase and application of new technology program, as well as the R.B. Johnson Prize for quantum demographic, born between 1980 and 2000, it’s an ideal accessible.” seen before.” l and instructs the mathematics program, helping teacher layers to how the research learning is mobilized.” that has allowed Mr. Cole to take his own notes as well mechanics, the Breukelaar Prize for Laboratory approach. The NetGens are wired to be multi-taskers due Digital Communitas also has a significant research candidates better understand math, not only preparing them as conduct vital lab work on his own, both for the first Proficiency in Physics, the Peterborough Professional to exposure to digital technology during their formative component. The views expressed in the posts collected on to teach the subject, but also to really enjoy it. At a time Unlocking the Teaching Potential time. Engineers Wives’ Prize, and the LEC Fellows Prize. years of development. Facebook updates, tweets and the site are part of a research project examining the use, Digital pedagogy and knowledge mobilization are when math teaching is under fire in the media, Prof. Bruce in Technology Most recently, Mr. Cole was awarded a prestigious online chats often happen simultaneously. In order to reach creation and implementation of digital technologies in the high calibre words. They describe the marriage of is so widely recognized for her innovative methods, she was The role that technology can play in creating and Technological Breakthrough Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) Legally blind Physics student Ryan Cole demonstrates this fast-paced generation, the exploration and use of the classroom. An in-depth investigation into the proliferation recently named one of Ontario’s most outstanding university mobilizing knowledge is being further explored in Dr. When Mr. Cole decided to major in Chemical Physics, through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research limitless technological resources and research and new technology which allows him to see his research in latest technology is crucial. of “digital media labs” or “zones” in Canadian universities teachers by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Bruce’s research project, funded by the Social Sciences it was imperative for him to conduct the lab work Council (NSERC), which allowed him to work this its responsible delivery to eager learners. The Digital a whole new light. For educators, students, creators and technology users will also be published through a series of blog posts. Associations (OCUFA). and Humanities Research Council, in which researchers himself. Having already experimented with a variety past summer alongside Trent’s Canada Research Chair Communitas website, funded by Trent’s Instructional who want to know how to access technology, effectively Possible plans for the future include the production of an and teachers are working together to collect and analyze OCUFA award-winning professor Dr. Cathy Bruce ne Trent student’s journey to pursue a degree of aids, including an unsuccessful braille translation of in Physics of Biomaterials, Dr. Aaron Slepkov. With Development Centre and Research Office, is a new harness its power, and make it work in the world of interactive eBook showcasing the research results. Closing the Gap, Building Capacity digital video data. “We are filming clinical interviews Oin the field of study he loves most, despite the a first-year calculus textbook and the more successful Professor Slepkov, Mr. Cole is working to set up a new academia, a thought-provoking Trent alumnus and research portal where technology and education collide “What is the purpose of educational research unless there restrictions of a personal disability, is helping to change acquisition of a projector that made the text in books state-of-the-art laser lab at Trent which will be devoted “I’m hoping it empowers users in their use of of children with their teachers and analyzing them to virtual meeting place called assistant, Allen Kempton is and collaborate. The online discussion to be found is action? Our goal is to close research practice gaps in understand what the child is thinking mathematically and Student Praise for Dr. Cathy Bruce the landscape of learning for future students. and on exams large enough for him to read, Ryan carried to characterizing and imaging biomaterials. media in the classroom and in their research Speaking of Mr. Cole and his work, Prof. Slepkov Digital Communitas will be a conducting the digital lab at Digital Communitas is fascinating, the future education by having researchers and practitioners work using that knowledge to plan lessons and units of study,” Ryan Cole, who has been legally blind since birth, but out an intensive search for new piece of technology that welcome development. Led by and inspires to make research accessible.” research project. “What would open up a new world of opportunity. says: “What is special about Ryan’s USRA is that he implications, astounding. together,” says Prof. Bruce. This approach to sharing says Prof. Bruce. “We are also video recording teachers as has limited vision, came to Trent four years ago to study Dr. Sara Humphreys, an assistant drew me to the project was knowledge is reflected in her research, which focuses “She inspired us to look at math in a way Chemical Physics. He chose Trent largely because the had not considered applying for one before his fourth http://digitalcommunitas.org they give math lessons in the classroom, then asking them professor in the Department of English Literature at Trent the opportunity to do real-world applications of theory on helping teachers do a better job of teaching children to watch themselves and provide a commentary on what that we’d never thought to. Her positive spirit contacts he made early at the University assured him they “Most blind students don’t know this technology year because he didn’t envision himself working in University Oshawa, the site hosts scholarly articles. It’s a and technology,” says Mr. Kempton, who is pursuing a to understand mathematics. She explains that a current was happening. This provides immediate learning for the was contagious. A weak math student in my could find ways to assist him in his educational pursuit. exists. We want to spread the word so others can a research lab. He indicated to me that he thought place where technological and educational visionaries reveal Master’s degree in Sociology. it would be inaccessible to him and that possibly research project on more effective methods of teaching teacher, and afterwards, the videos can be shared online so elementary years, I was personally inspired to As a student entering university with an impressive know about the opportunities available.” their expertise through online interviews. Educators and fractions is illustrative of how knowledge mobilization 95% average, Mr.Cole was welcome to attend professors wouldn’t see him as someone who could/ that other teachers benefit.” become a math teacher, and to teach it in a way students post their personal experiences. The information Where the Luminaries Gather. Virtually. works on multiple levels. The project involves a team of Prof. Bruce sees technology, like web-based materials, whichever school he chose, but the larger universities or should do research. Working with Ryan has changed that made my students truly enjoy math. Cathy is accessible and the dialogue inclusive. As the editor and Throughout the site, scholars and media luminaries researchers who collaborate with teachers in the schools, digital resources, and interactive white boards, as having who boasted about their top science and math programs Mr. Cole describes the high resolution camera that my expectations for what an inexperienced but engaged project leader of Digital Communitas, Professor Humphreys weigh in on the topic of technology and education. Trent trying out different ways of representing fractions, which infinite potential in creating and sharing knowledge. “Our had ignited a flame inside of me that made me all gave him the same response: “They told me I was acts as a powerful electronic magnifier, which he found summer student can accomplish.” quickly saw the site transformed into a clearinghouse of chancellor Don Tapscott, who is recognized as one of the are captured and analyzed on video. goal is to get new knowledge out there in ways that are excited to help and inspire my students.” welcome to come, but that they didn’t really know how online in his second year and purchased through a information examining how people use digital tools in top business thinkers in the world, conducted an interview meaningful – that’s where the digital video comes in to play, l to deal with a student who is legally blind who wants Bursary for Students with Disabilities, as “quite possibly, Spreading the Word research and in the classroom. for the site emphasizing the importance of technology for “Our goal is to close research practice gaps in to study science,” Mr. Cole recalls, remarking on the my favourite piece of equipment ever.” The camera, Mr. Cole and Professor Slavin are now working to because you can see and hear in a real context,” she says. “I “Cathy inspired me to change the trajectory today’s students. To view the video, visit: education by having researchers and practitioners think we’ve underestimated the ability of technology to help rarity of students with disabilities pursuing degrees which is mounted on a mobile articulating arm and works spread the word about what this enabling piece of of my career, and has made mathematics Demystifying Technology http://digitalcommunitas.wordpress.com/how-to-videos/ work together.” people learn, to understand, and to problem solve. It’s used in the sciences. He notes there is often a tendency to in conjunction with a large monitor, allows Mr. Cole to technology can do for other potential students in Mr. Prof. Humphreys believes that knowledge mobility is don-tapscott/ . more as a tool for entertainment and consumption, but we’ve education a life-long passion.” steer them into the arts and social sciences. “There isn’t keep his hands free to take notes and undertake lab work. Cole’s situation. This past summer, the pair published really about accessibility and taking information learned in Site research assistant, Sara Gallagher is a student in “By working directly with teachers, we are building got to get past the ‘wow’ factor and into the ‘how’ factor – l really a braille option for quantum mechanics,” Mr. “My strong suit has always been theoretical work; it a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Visual the ivory tower and moving it to the street in a way that’s the M.A. English (Public Texts) program. “Our site shows their capacity to more effectively teach fractions, so how can technology help our students and what can we do to “She opened the world of exploration, inquiry- Cole quips. had to be. So until my second year of university, I had Impairment and Blindness, focused on the camera and they benefit by participating in the research,” explains A subsequent survey conducted by Professor never done any solo lab work,” Mr. Cole says, explaining how it is being used in university context for a student make it more powerful to support their learning?” l based problems, collaboration, technology and Emeritus Dr. Alan Slavin of the Trent Physics how he always had a seeing lab partner to assist him. in sciences. Experiential Learning: Gaining Valuable Skills conceptual understandings in mathematics.” Department, Mr. Cole’s first-year instructor, also “But to get a degree in Chemical Physics, I really needed “I get annoyed with the social push for blind people Visit Prof. Bruce’s website at: www.tmerc.ca or follow her on Twitter @drcathybruce revealed how unique Mr. Cole’s situation is. According to be able to do certain tasks and lab work on my own. I not to pursue study in math and science. It’s a real loss.” through the Trent Centre for Community-Based Education to the survey, there has been only one other legally had a lack of experience with experimental work but this Mr. Cole says. “Most blind students don’t know this blind student has studied university physics in Canada technology opened up a whole new world for me.” technology exists. We want to spread the word so others in the last 12 years. can know about the opportunities available. If Trees Could Talk Knowledge Mobilization A Good Life: “Like other universities, Trent didn’t directly know Taking Research to the Next Level “You have to do what you love,” he adds, eritage trees provide far more than a pretty canopy on a through the Trent Centre how to accommodate for my needs, but unlike the other Before and after the acquisition of the new equipment, “Sometimes it’s hard. It was hard for a legally blind Hquaint street. They offer shade, shelter, cleaner air and The Knowledge Within Urban Aboriginal Communities universities, Trent’s response was: ‘We’ll do whatever it Mr. Cole has excelled in his courses at Trent, winning person who loves Chemical Physics, but you have to savings on electrical bills. Trees can also talk. They share for Community-Based takes,’” Mr. Cole says. “It was like a breath of fresh air.” most of the top academic prizes in his program. In fight for it.” l the hidden stories of long ago and commemorate personal and Education (TCCBE) Mino-bimaadiziwin is an Anishinaabe phrase that means problems. We are trying to uncover the knowledge that is “Because every community has different needs. there community milestones. ReFraming Film History fostering a good life. The concept provides a research available within urban Aboriginal communities and use it to is a wide diversity in the research projects across the The TCCBE is an excellent example Jasmine Cabanaw is a fourth-year History student. Through oday, watching movies is something we do more and more at home framework for the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge inform government policy and influence the development of country,” says Prof. Newhouse. “Each project examines a of how Trent enables knowledge Climate Change Mapper Bridges Gap between Science and Stakeholders the TCCBE, she is working with the local environmental Tand on our portable digital devices. Although viewing in recent Network (UAKN), says Professor David Newhouse, programs and interventions by local agencies. The overall different aspect of the urban Aboriginal experience. For mobilization in its surrounding Dr. Raul Ponce-Hernandez is preoccupied with the transfer of knowledge. “There Although the Climate Change Mapper is currently focused on agriculture, Prof. organization GreenUP on a book entitled, Beneath the Canopy: years has become a private affair, this was not always the case. Going associate professor of Indigenous Studies and Business objective is to help create better lives for Aboriginal people example, in Sudbury we’re exploring the development of communities. This dynamic Centre is a huge information gap between what scientists know, and what the public and Ponce-Hernandez points out that it can be adapted for other research at Trent. “The Peterborough’s Urban Forest and Heritage Trees. to the movies has changed dramatically over the past century. From Administration, and chair of Trent University’s residing in urban settings. Our national partner, the National an urban Aboriginal middle class, while in Thunder Bay brings together talented Trent students policy-makers know, regarding the impacts of climate change,” says the professor procedures for generating and downscaling spatial-explicit data can be used in The book is a collection of stories and photos gathered from opulent theatres to drive-ins to multiplexes, Department of Indigenous Studies. Prof. Newhouse is the Association of Friendship Centres, has been working at this we’re looking at the ways in which the local friendship and faculty with local organizations of Environmental and Resource Studies and Geography. As a member of a working different models, such as one that shows where water will go, accumulate and create local residents that shares the scientific, cultural and historic Peterborough once had a vibrant and lead researcher for UAKN, which was formed to explore task since the early 1970s.” centre and non-Aboriginal agencies can stimulate the to create community-based research, group of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Professor Ponce- floods.” He cites the example of an incoming grad student, whose thesis will focus on anecdotes of Peterborough’s most memorable trees. varying movie scene. how Aboriginal people are building and living fulfilling development of a local Aboriginal economy.” community service learning and Hernandez has viewed climate change scenarios, some of which he describes as developing flood risk scenarios for the Central Lake Ontario ConservationAuthority. A new exhibit being researched by Trent lives in urban settings. Trent University received $2.5 “Aboriginal peoples have remarkable knowledge The involvement of academic institutions from across experiential education opportunities. dire. “Although there is a band of uncertainty to these scenarios, and they may be Faculty Support Helps Meet Community Master’s student Eric Lehman, will enable million over five years from the Social Sciences and within our communities, which can be mobilized the country provides a multi-disciplinary approach says The TCCBE provides students with unpleasant and scary for some, it’s Info Transfer through Townhall Meetings on local residents to learn how a film-going Humanities Council (SSHRC) to fund the initiative. Prof. Newhouse. “We have researchers from a diverse Need exceptional opportunities to lead to improve daily life.” important that people know about these “We need to first close the gap between what Climate Change Ms. Cabanaw’s studies at Trent complemented her work on the public in Peterborough was formed through More than half of Canada’s Aboriginal people reside group of disciplines including Urban Studies, Geography, research projects that help small, things so we can figure out how to adapt science and what stakeholders know. Then we Prof. Ponce-Hernandez hopes to start the process of information transfer book. An essay she wrote as an assignment about the historical the history of its theatres and the stories in an urban area, but until recently there has been virtually Law, and Native Studies. Of course, the Indigenous not-for-profit groups to move forward A Model for Collaboration to the changes that will occur.” to public audiences by organizing, with the support of the OCC, a series significance of the trees at Trent’s Sadleir House was translated of the people who worked in and attended no research on the experiences of urban Aboriginal people, Studies program at Trent is multi-disciplinary. Other need to transfer knowledge to the public.” on essential initiatives – from cultural Graduate student The research project, which is entering its second year, is a That’s why Prof. Ponce-Hernandez is of local and regional “town hall” public information meetings on climate these venues. The TCCBE project counts as explains Prof. Newhouse. “The premise of the research is universities and disciplines are also beginning to come into a photo essay that will be included in the publication. Eric Lehman excited about the prototype online tool he events to social service interests to a course credit toward Mr. Lehman’s M.A. model of collaboration. It brings together local Aboriginal change, with the first scheduled for January 2014. He expects to be able “The book is a very creative project encompassing elements that Aboriginal peoples have remarkable knowledge within on board.” and his students have developed for mapping climate change impacts on agriculture projects related to environmental in English (Public Texts) at Trent. Not only was he able to apply the groups with researchers, government agencies, and local to present the prototype Climate Change Mapper at that time. “We need to first close like photography, storytelling, and design,” she says. “It has also our communities, which can be mobilized to improve daily in Ontario. It represents a useful example of how scientific knowledge can be made protection. considerable research skills he has gained in part from his Master’s work; NGOs who have an interest in urban Aboriginal issues. the gap between what science and what stakeholders know. Then we need to transfer been an important learning experience for me and has shifted life,” he says. “We know that there are problems; the focus available to practitioners to help them understand the impacts of climate change and Projects like Ms. Cabanaw’s and but he has also made a significant contribution to a valued local festival. “Our approach is to build connections at the local level,” Transferring Knowledge knowledge to the public. This is where we have been lagging behind. We know my perspective. My supervising professor, Finis Dunaway, of our work is not the problems that we encounter, but the to help them make appropriate policy decisions. Mr. Lehman’s allow Trent students The well-known ReFrame Film Festival provides educational says Prof. Newhouse. Prof. Newhouse stresses that a focus of UAKN is on these climate change events are occurring, but how do you make them visible and assigned some very informative readings. For example, I was way in which communities come together to address these The Climate Change Mapper takes sophisticated calculations from general to contribute in a small but important opportunities about social and justice issues through films created by UAKN currently has fifty-seven partners, including transferring knowledge from urban Aboriginal people accessible so anyone can look at these scenarios?” l unaware of the cultural concept of wilderness and forests prior circulation models of the atmosphere and down scales them to one kilometer square way to processes of change and local, national and international filmmakers. a lead partner: the National Association of Friendship to agencies, indicating that senior levels of government to this course.” areas along with local estimates of rainfall, evaporation, and temperature. Using crop innovation that are ongoing in our Renowned and important directors John Greyson, Richard Fung and Centres, which is helping to facilitate community research have identified knowledge gaps with respect to urban SAVE THE DATE Sheryl Loucks is the book’s editor for GreenUP. She says, growth models, it maps out crop growth and crop yields, to predict how they will be community. At a broader level, many through local friendship centres. “We don’t initiate the Aboriginal people. Although the project is in its Join us for the first OCC town hall public information session: “Trent’s archives, historical data, and the course materials Alanis Obomsawin have showcased films and attended the ReFrame of the projects that the TCCBE helps projects as a national council, but we work with local early stages, the process of transferring learning has affected by future changes in the climate. The tool allows the user to choose from regarding community history have been a great asset. The book Film Festival (2005-present). Decades earlier they came to the Underestimating the Impact of Climate Change in Peterborough and the Kawarthas facilitate enable local organizations friendship centres and help them to identify projects already begun. “In the past year, the researchers made different climate change scenarios – benign, medium, and severe – to view a range of will credit Trent resources and is a great way for the public to Canadian Images Festival (1978-1984) as less experienced, emerging Wednesday, January 22, 2014 to undertake their work with better based on their local needs. It is truly community-driven presentations to regional friendship centre associations possible outcomes, along with a level of probability. see how this wonderful institution is benefiting the community. filmmakers. Widely-respected Trent Professor Emeritus John Wadland Market Hall, Downtown Peterborough background research and planning. research,” he says, pointing out that the concept of mino- on their findings,” he says. “Locally, we’re asking The quality of Trent students and of the departments that support was instrumental in the creation of the Canadian Images Festival and is Students working with the TCCBE bimaadiziwin can differ from community to community friendship centres and researchers to make presentations Online Tool to Empower Everyone from Farmers them made this collaboration an excellent choice. Trent fosters currently involved with the ReFrame Film Festival. Roots between the The Climate Change Mapper can be viewed at gain skills highly valued by today’s according to their priorities. to city councils, social service agencies, urban Aboriginal to Agencies creative thinking, inquisitive students, that we knew would be of festival and Trent run deep. http://www.clic-on-agric.info/simulations.htm. employers, by regularly conducting Ten local projects are currently underway with more to councils, social planning councils and senior levels of Prof. Ponce-Hernandez says governments and industries are very receptive to the tool, value to us.” l Through the TCCBE, Mr. Lehman worked on the installation literature reviews, key-informant about the film history of Peterborough for the festival alongside local come. They are overseen by host institutions in four regional government.” citing the positive response he received for his presentation at a recent symposium of the interviews, surveys, program historian, Robert Clarke and was guided and mentored by Professor centres: Atlantic (University of New Brunswick); Ontario As the project unfolds over the next four years, Prof. Ontario Climate Consortium (OCC). He sees the OCC, which brings together research Knowledge Mobilization evaluations, and other research Emeritus Wadland and Dr. Michael Eamon, principal of Lady Eaton (Trent University and University of Sudbury); Prairies Newhouse also sees the opportunity for Trent University scientists and government agencies, as an ideal platform for promoting the Climate activities that help organizations move College. Krista English of ReFrame and Brittany Cadence also sat on (University of Saskatchewan and University of Winnipeg) students to become involved. l Change Mapper. “The purpose of OCC is to link science, policy and community, and forward better-informed and with a the committee. and the West (University of Northern British Columbia). serve as an umbrella under which we can transfer knowledge,” he says. greater likelihood of success. Mr. Lehman said, “I think the TCCBE’s outreach has made an “Eventually, the tool will be online and available to everyone, from farmers to Prof. David Newhouse, lead researcher investigating agencies, who want to check the agricultural impacts of climate change. It’s important unbelievable impact in Peterborough and it is tremendous that they Information on the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network how Aboriginal people lead “ a good life” in urban to demystify the complexity of general circulation models, as part of the knowledge Book editor are looking for projects that serve a community need and link it with can be found at www.uakn.org. Sheryl Loucks faculty and the experience of Trent’s human resources.” l settings. transfer process.” 2 3 4 Dr. Ponce-Hernandez Knowledge Mobilization h l c o n r i

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Good, ethical, of research ethics and social responsibility. responsible relationships are a goal and hopefully a result in our work with communities; they are not just a means through which we gather our data – and this is something a lot about the have learned We we recognize and respect. importance of relationship in the research we do and the group wanted to explore ways of sharing our collective learning on this topic with a broader audience.” Research Public Taking which has been submitted to Highlighted in the paper, the journal are direct learnings from the research projects and These projects experiences of several HEIC members. include: a study on the ecology of a hunted population Arctic using both science and of beluga whales in the facilitating an exchange of communication of what they are learning, means students in the HEIC collective are working together to achieve knowledge mobilization in the truest sense of the word. I N E N hen Dr. Chris Furgal decided to unite his group Chris Furgal hen Dr. of diverse graduate students and research assistants under one umbrella several years “These students, like me, are doing research which The graduate students, research assistants and post- “The group has facilitated and, to a degree, promoted The Evolution of a Research Collective The Evolution of a ago, he had no idea that the group would evolve into the dynamic formal research collective it has become today. disciplines and topics, lies at the intersection of different easily fit in one discipline,” says Professor so they don’t Indigenous Environmental Trent’s a professor in Furgal, Studies program, who is cross-appointed between the Environmental Resource Science/Studies and Indigenous Studies Departments. “When I first formed the group, the intention was to provide a common collective and a supportive environment for graduate students and young researchers. It evolved when my students wanted to contribute and take on more, even above and beyond simply sharing their experiences and getting support for their own thesis projects.” doctoral fellows who make up the group are all studying and or working under the supervision of Prof. Furgal represent a variety of graduate programs, from the Indigenous Studies Ph.D. and the Environmental & Life Sciences M.Sc. and Ph.D., to the Sustainability Studies M.A. and the Canadian Studies & Indigenous 24 current members, the With programs. Studies M.A recently formalized Health Environment and Indigenous Communities (HEIC) research group is the second largest Trent. group of its kind at W Common Themes Unite Researchers Inspired by the discovery of (sometimes surprising) commonalities between their research projects, students and researchers in the HEIC group gain motivation from the collective and interactive atmosphere the group provides. common themes around research that no single student or researcher in the group could have taken on entirely by themselves,” says Prof. Furgal. TRE RS U iv Learn more about the HEIC group: www.heicresearch.com the video at http://goo.gl/pJolOa Watch the management of nitrogen and phosphorous on improving Shafiri’s research focuses Shafiri’s Sustainable Agriculture Sustainable Canada Research Chair in thinks so. Professor and Resource Studies and lzheimer’s is a major disease is a lzheimer’s concern that is of increasing professor of Environmental Rethinking Memory Loss Rethinking A as our population ages. But what as our population ages. and other forms Alzheimer’s if diseases, but of dementia are not a normal part of aging asks rather, professor of Stephen Katz, Dr. who is researching Mild Sociology, (MCI) along Cognitive Impairment Peters (Psychology) Kevin with Dr. @trentuniversity an smart use of manure, compost, worm castings, and other agricultural biowaste improve economic “Ecological-based nutrient management reduces By collaborating with industry partners, such as “Studying people with MCI researchers Through focus groups and interviews, the in agricultural systems to advance environmental and protect the quality of soil and water, sustainability, increase economic returns for growers. excess nutrients in the environment which are susceptible to leaching to the ground water or runoff And by encouraging into rivers and water bodies. diversification of species in the system and less reliance intensive practices, we can lower production on energy costs and increase the chances of reasonable yield under climate change scenarios,” says Prof. Sharifi whose research is driven by the needs of both food consumers and producers. the Grain Farmers of Ontario, Prof. Sharifi is able to disseminate his findings to an audience who can use his work to improve the economic viability of the industry And interest in while meeting consumer demands. sustainable agricultural extends beyond food: Prof. Sharifi is currently working with an Ontario company to improve the growing of hemp and medical marijuana plants under controlled conditions. viability for agricultural producers and reduce Mehdi Sharifi, assistant environmental impacts? Dr. Feeding our Food C and Dr. Peri Ballantyne (Sociology). Their three-year Their three-year (Sociology). Peri Ballantyne and Dr. project is funded by CIHR. may help us learn more about the early development of and assist in Alzheimer’s, the creation of intervention strategies,” says Professor Katz. “But we also need to question the medicalization of memory loss, and its negativizing disease model of we should losses and treatments. Perhaps causes, affects, sense – be talking about the ageing mind in a positive cope with what is gained, what changes, and how we memory loss.” doctors, are giving a voice to patients, caregivers, to share professionals and experts, and are planning audiences their research with professionals and public hope such discovery at an upcoming symposium. “We in healthcare can be useful to all stakeholders involved for aging persons,” says Prof. Katz, “and we hope to cultural focus communicate that MCI is part of a larger on aging.” For media inquiries, please contact the Marketing & Communications Office at 705-748-1011 x6184 Distributed in accordance with Canada Post Mail Sales Agreement #40064326 Goes Mobile (knowledge mobilization, that is) (knowledge mobilization, trentuniversity Prof. Tyerman will be Tyerman Prof. while we assess and discuss their actions and responses.” evaluating whether simulation improves the nursing students’ knowledge, self-confidence, and self-efficacy in dealing with unresponsive patient The findings will be scenarios. disseminated into the nursing a student can actively learn curriculum. “The research trentu.ca/fifty #trentu50 hat could be better for a nursing student hat could the potential impacts of climate change look like for local infrastructure, industries and The simulation will utilize human-like mannequins The simulation will utilize human-like mannequins “Our objective was to take what academics already Check out plans for Trent’s 50th Anniversary Check out plans for Trent’s Showcase is printed bi-annually by the Marketing & Trent University. Communications Office at This publication is also available online in an accessible format at trentu.ca/showcase Join the conversation than practicing on a real, live than practicing on a practicing patient? How about on a high-fidelity simulator a real, that looks and acts like what Ph.D. That’s live patient? of Nursing student and professor will be exploring Tyerman Jane when she begins simulation enrolled in the B.Sc.N. program. research with students will focus on The research, which begins January 2014, unresponsive patient scenarios. can be remotely which can exhibit patient symptoms that actions. “We’re manipulated to respond to a student’s knowledge allowing the student to apply the theoretical into simulated, gained in the classroom, clinical, and lab threats to the real-life experiences where there are no “Using a simulator, Tyerman. said Prof. safety,” patient’s will highlight which areas of theoretical content needs to be further enhanced, so students are knowledgeable to respond to these life-threatening and better-prepared said. Tyerman situations,” Prof. Stephen Hill, associate professor of environment? Dr. Environmental and Resource Studies, and graduate Langford developed a research paper student Lynda for the Peterborough region which helped to make the findings relevant to local policy-makers.It also identified barriers to action and suggested strategies for adaptation The research was conducted on behalf of the planning. on Climate Group Working Sustainable Peterborough Change which included local municipalities and health The project was and environmental organizations. working group. and members of the funded by MITACS understand about climate change and make it real for local politicians and policy-makers,” says Professor Hill. “Partnering with the municipal working group helped to keep the research relevant As to the local audience. a result of the research, both the City and County of Peterborough are moving forward to develop a climate change action plan, and will use our research paper as a basis for obtaining further funding. This is a good example of conducting research in a way which mobilizes action.” W Learning with Robots Learning W Localizing Climate Change Impacts

t n r ir A e in T ven i O e n Ivst ng ater Solutions l W ombine market opportunity, positive environmental ombine market opportunity, Bake at 1200 impact, technology and research together. product and degrees Celsius until new processes, new they appreciate what they bring to the table.” “When students interact with industry partners, In terms of learning both the science and the business aspects The research capabilities of Trent University and the Trent The research capabilities of The One of the core businesses of SDE is demolition. the oven now in place, the goal of the research is to use With The new oven along with the SDE partnership will enable onation of onation Clear akes Up Learning the Business of Science president of new products at SDE, Paul Pede has always Vice Trent been a proponent of supporting local resources and felt that was a natural place to turn to investigate and collaborate on the The donation of the oven serves as a lesson in research project. The outcome of the research students. Trent and technology for and its possible implementation into the market makes the leap from work in the lab to a solid business application. Pede says, “If you can see how what you’re of the project, Mr. studying is applied, I think it creates a better frame of reference and context.” 6 Dr. Andrew Vreugdenhil with graduate student Jayme Stabler Andrew Vreugdenhil Dr. C to a generous donation of Thanks new knowledge are achieved. rotary oven), a new Sentrotech STTR 1200, (a state-of-the-art materials research laboratory inorganic Vreugdenhil’s Andrew Dr. is making research red hot. Sittler Demolition and donor, business acumen of the oven’s Environmental (SDE), are joining forces to create a product that will turn wood scraps into biochar and activated carbon that can be used to clean water and air. company takes a sustainable view to its business practices and to research a new use for the wood debris Trent is aligning with removed from demolition sites. Currently wood remnants can be turned into mulch, animal bedding or boiler fuel. Often the wood scraps are destined for the landfill. it to transform these reusable scraps into a product destined for a more substantial market and with a greater positive impact wider, The product will be an absorbent material for the environment. that can be used to clean up unexpected spills, to help in cleaning Activated carbon required municipal water and air purification. for this type of application is usually made from coal. Students Interact with Industry Chemistry is an associate professor of Vreugdenhil Professor and the director of the Materials Science graduate program. He for his research Trent was thrilled when SDE contacted him at expertise. He also feels his students can benefit from being exposed to the process. “When students interact with industry They see partners, they appreciate what they bring to the table. but learn to ask the question: Is it that it is exciting chemistry, commercially viable? Just being made aware of some of the issues is tremendously valuable to our students.” to continue to research new protocols and processes in ways Trent The oven heats up to 1200 that have never been done before. degrees Celsius and provides a more dynamic environment than a standard oven that simply provides static heat. Materials can be rotated and agitated in a manner that creates new chemical reactions within test materials. Raw material goes in and beneficial product comes out. potentially a new, D B and

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Good, ethical, of research ethics and social responsibility. responsible relationships are a goal and hopefully a result in our work with communities; they are not just a means through which we gather our data – and this is something a lot about the have learned We we recognize and respect. importance of relationship in the research we do and the group wanted to explore ways of sharing our collective learning on this topic with a broader audience.” Research Public Taking which has been submitted to Highlighted in the paper, the journal are direct learnings from the research projects and These projects experiences of several HEIC members. include: a study on the ecology of a hunted population Arctic using both science and of beluga whales in the facilitating an exchange of communication of what they are learning, means students in the HEIC collective are working together to achieve knowledge mobilization in the truest sense of the word. I N E N hen Dr. Chris Furgal decided to unite his group Chris Furgal hen Dr. of diverse graduate students and research assistants under one umbrella several years “These students, like me, are doing research which The graduate students, research assistants and post- “The group has facilitated and, to a degree, promoted The Evolution of a Research Collective The Evolution of a ago, he had no idea that the group would evolve into the dynamic formal research collective it has become today. disciplines and topics, lies at the intersection of different easily fit in one discipline,” says Professor so they don’t Indigenous Environmental Trent’s a professor in Furgal, Studies program, who is cross-appointed between the Environmental Resource Science/Studies and Indigenous Studies Departments. “When I first formed the group, the intention was to provide a common collective and a supportive environment for graduate students and young researchers. It evolved when my students wanted to contribute and take on more, even above and beyond simply sharing their experiences and getting support for their own thesis projects.” doctoral fellows who make up the group are all studying and or working under the supervision of Prof. Furgal represent a variety of graduate programs, from the Indigenous Studies Ph.D. and the Environmental & Life Sciences M.Sc. and Ph.D., to the Sustainability Studies M.A. and the Canadian Studies & Indigenous 24 current members, the With programs. Studies M.A recently formalized Health Environment and Indigenous Communities (HEIC) research group is the second largest Trent. group of its kind at W Common Themes Unite Researchers Inspired by the discovery of (sometimes surprising) commonalities between their research projects, students and researchers in the HEIC group gain motivation from the collective and interactive atmosphere the group provides. common themes around research that no single student or researcher in the group could have taken on entirely by themselves,” says Prof. Furgal. TRE RS U iv Learn more about the HEIC group: www.heicresearch.com the video at http://goo.gl/pJolOa Watch the management of nitrogen and phosphorous on improving Shafiri’s research focuses Shafiri’s Sustainable Agriculture Sustainable Canada Research Chair in thinks so. Professor and Resource Studies and lzheimer’s is a major disease is a lzheimer’s concern that is of increasing professor of Environmental Rethinking Memory Loss Rethinking A as our population ages. But what as our population ages. and other forms Alzheimer’s if diseases, but of dementia are not a normal part of aging asks rather, professor of Stephen Katz, Dr. who is researching Mild Sociology, (MCI) along Cognitive Impairment Peters (Psychology) Kevin with Dr. @trentuniversity an smart use of manure, compost, worm castings, and other agricultural biowaste improve economic “Ecological-based nutrient management reduces By collaborating with industry partners, such as “Studying people with MCI researchers Through focus groups and interviews, the in agricultural systems to advance environmental and protect the quality of soil and water, sustainability, increase economic returns for growers. excess nutrients in the environment which are susceptible to leaching to the ground water or runoff And by encouraging into rivers and water bodies. diversification of species in the system and less reliance intensive practices, we can lower production on energy costs and increase the chances of reasonable yield under climate change scenarios,” says Prof. Sharifi whose research is driven by the needs of both food consumers and producers. the Grain Farmers of Ontario, Prof. Sharifi is able to disseminate his findings to an audience who can use his work to improve the economic viability of the industry And interest in while meeting consumer demands. sustainable agricultural extends beyond food: Prof. Sharifi is currently working with an Ontario company to improve the growing of hemp and medical marijuana plants under controlled conditions. viability for agricultural producers and reduce Mehdi Sharifi, assistant environmental impacts? Dr. Feeding our Food C and Dr. Peri Ballantyne (Sociology). Their three-year Their three-year (Sociology). Peri Ballantyne and Dr. project is funded by CIHR. may help us learn more about the early development of and assist in Alzheimer’s, the creation of intervention strategies,” says Professor Katz. “But we also need to question the medicalization of memory loss, and its negativizing disease model of we should losses and treatments. Perhaps causes, affects, sense – be talking about the ageing mind in a positive cope with what is gained, what changes, and how we memory loss.” doctors, are giving a voice to patients, caregivers, to share professionals and experts, and are planning audiences their research with professionals and public hope such discovery at an upcoming symposium. “We in healthcare can be useful to all stakeholders involved for aging persons,” says Prof. Katz, “and we hope to cultural focus communicate that MCI is part of a larger on aging.” For media inquiries, please contact the Marketing & Communications Office at 705-748-1011 x6184 Distributed in accordance with Canada Post Mail Sales Agreement #40064326 Goes Mobile (knowledge mobilization, that is) (knowledge mobilization, trentuniversity Prof. Tyerman will be Tyerman Prof. while we assess and discuss their actions and responses.” evaluating whether simulation improves the nursing students’ knowledge, self-confidence, and self-efficacy in dealing with unresponsive patient The findings will be scenarios. disseminated into the nursing a student can actively learn curriculum. “The research trentu.ca/fifty #trentu50 hat could be better for a nursing student hat could the potential impacts of climate change look like for local infrastructure, industries and The simulation will utilize human-like mannequins The simulation will utilize human-like mannequins “Our objective was to take what academics already Check out plans for Trent’s 50th Anniversary Check out plans for Trent’s Showcase is printed bi-annually by the Marketing & Trent University. Communications Office at This publication is also available online in an accessible format at trentu.ca/showcase Join the conversation than practicing on a real, live than practicing on a practicing patient? How about on a high-fidelity simulator a real, that looks and acts like what Ph.D. That’s live patient? of Nursing student and professor will be exploring Tyerman Jane when she begins simulation enrolled in the B.Sc.N. program. research with students will focus on The research, which begins January 2014, unresponsive patient scenarios. can be remotely which can exhibit patient symptoms that actions. “We’re manipulated to respond to a student’s knowledge allowing the student to apply the theoretical into simulated, gained in the classroom, clinical, and lab threats to the real-life experiences where there are no “Using a simulator, Tyerman. said Prof. safety,” patient’s will highlight which areas of theoretical content needs to be further enhanced, so students are knowledgeable to respond to these life-threatening and better-prepared said. Tyerman situations,” Prof. Stephen Hill, associate professor of environment? Dr. Environmental and Resource Studies, and graduate Langford developed a research paper student Lynda for the Peterborough region which helped to make the findings relevant to local policy-makers.It also identified barriers to action and suggested strategies for adaptation The research was conducted on behalf of the planning. on Climate Group Working Sustainable Peterborough Change which included local municipalities and health The project was and environmental organizations. working group. and members of the funded by MITACS understand about climate change and make it real for local politicians and policy-makers,” says Professor Hill. “Partnering with the municipal working group helped to keep the research relevant As to the local audience. a result of the research, both the City and County of Peterborough are moving forward to develop a climate change action plan, and will use our research paper as a basis for obtaining further funding. This is a good example of conducting research in a way which mobilizes action.” W Learning with Robots Learning W Localizing Climate Change Impacts

t n r ir A e in T ven i O e n Ivst ng ater Solutions l W ombine market opportunity, positive environmental ombine market opportunity, Bake at 1200 impact, technology and research together. product and degrees Celsius until new processes, new they appreciate what they bring to the table.” “When students interact with industry partners, In terms of learning both the science and the business aspects The research capabilities of Trent University and the Trent The research capabilities of The One of the core businesses of SDE is demolition. the oven now in place, the goal of the research is to use With The new oven along with the SDE partnership will enable onation of onation Clear akes Up Learning the Business of Science president of new products at SDE, Paul Pede has always Vice Trent been a proponent of supporting local resources and felt that was a natural place to turn to investigate and collaborate on the The donation of the oven serves as a lesson in research project. The outcome of the research students. Trent and technology for and its possible implementation into the market makes the leap from work in the lab to a solid business application. Pede says, “If you can see how what you’re of the project, Mr. studying is applied, I think it creates a better frame of reference and context.” 6 Dr. Andrew Vreugdenhil with graduate student Jayme Stabler Andrew Vreugdenhil Dr. C to a generous donation of Thanks new knowledge are achieved. rotary oven), a new Sentrotech STTR 1200, (a state-of-the-art materials research laboratory inorganic Vreugdenhil’s Andrew Dr. is making research red hot. Sittler Demolition and donor, business acumen of the oven’s Environmental (SDE), are joining forces to create a product that will turn wood scraps into biochar and activated carbon that can be used to clean water and air. company takes a sustainable view to its business practices and to research a new use for the wood debris Trent is aligning with removed from demolition sites. Currently wood remnants can be turned into mulch, animal bedding or boiler fuel. Often the wood scraps are destined for the landfill. it to transform these reusable scraps into a product destined for a more substantial market and with a greater positive impact wider, The product will be an absorbent material for the environment. that can be used to clean up unexpected spills, to help in cleaning Activated carbon required municipal water and air purification. for this type of application is usually made from coal. Students Interact with Industry Chemistry is an associate professor of Vreugdenhil Professor and the director of the Materials Science graduate program. He for his research Trent was thrilled when SDE contacted him at expertise. He also feels his students can benefit from being exposed to the process. “When students interact with industry They see partners, they appreciate what they bring to the table. but learn to ask the question: Is it that it is exciting chemistry, commercially viable? Just being made aware of some of the issues is tremendously valuable to our students.” to continue to research new protocols and processes in ways Trent The oven heats up to 1200 that have never been done before. degrees Celsius and provides a more dynamic environment than a standard oven that simply provides static heat. Materials can be rotated and agitated in a manner that creates new chemical reactions within test materials. Raw material goes in and beneficial product comes out. potentially a new, D B and

knowledge mobility is really about accessibility and taking information learned in the ivory tower and moving it to the street in a way that’s accessible and responsible “The purpose is to link science, “The purpose is to link science, policy and community.”

process from the creation of evidence to its ultimate impact proactive process that involves proactive process that specific efforts to build research relationships between such as producers and users, events, formal and informal networks, and collaboration on resources for research use research, policy and practice and policy research,

collaboration knowledge sharing between research producers and research users Because research matters! implicit in the concept is the need for working relationships with others

bridging the gap between between gap the bridging

getting research out into real world applications KMb recognizes that organizing one’s own intellectual

capital does not necessarily lead to innovation or all about being “It’s change responsive to community.” taking research into public domain active use

connects research and researchers with people and organizations seeking to develop

sustainable solutions to social, environmental,

purpose (meeting knowledge applied to action applied to action knowledge economic and cultural challenges of others to help facilitate real-world impacts real-world to help facilitate and society on policy

needs) and emphasizes they appreciate what they bring to the table.” they appreciate what they bring

educational research

looks to how

one brings in

“When students interact with industry partners, “When students interact with unless there is action?”

“What is the purpose of

moving available moving available

the knowledge research

Knowledge Mobilization? Knowledge

What is What “It inspires

accessible.” them to make

5 knowledge/research into knowledge/research