Schedule

Day 1: Wednesday, May 28

12:30 – 1:00pm	Registration and Check-in
1:00 – 1:15	Welcome
1:15 – 2:15	Knowledge Mobilization Panel "Where Public Engagement meets Knowledge Mobilization" Panel guests: Krista Jensen, Senior Knowledge Mobilization specialist, Innovation York, York University Sarah Worthman, Executive Director, NL Queer Research Initiative Dr. Sevtap Sevas, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University Rochelle Baker, Manager, Communications, Partnerships, and Knowledge Exchange, NL Centre for Applied Health Research Michael Johnny, Manager, Knowledge Mobilization, Innovation York, York University
2:15-2:30	Break and snack
2:30 – 4: 00	KMb Workshops Workshop 1: “Using Plain Language to Communicate Research” Workshop 2: “Collecting and Communicating the Evidence of Impact” (this workshop is not available to virtual participants.)
4:00 – 4:10	Wrap-up and preview of evening and next day’s program

7:00 - 8:30pm	Keynote talk and panel "What does a university owe the public?" Keynote speaker: Dr. Ted Hewitt, President, SSHRC Panel guests: Dr. Barb Neis, Department of Sociology, Memorial University Dr. Chief Mi'sel Joe, Newfoundland District Chief, Mi'kmaq Grand Council
8:30 - 9:00	Wine and Cheese (cash bar)

Day 2: Thursday, May 29

8:30 - 9:00am

Registration and coffee

Featuring youth performance from Blackout

9:00 - 9:15

Welcome

9:15 - 10:15

Concurrent Session 1

Presentations

Redefining Access: Communities of Practice as a Catalyst for Inclusive Education

Dr. Ami Goulden (School of Social Work),
Sean Fardy (Faculty of Education),
Jordan Hollahan (Department of Archaeology), and
Stephanie Evans (National Association of Disabled Students)

Blackout: Celebrating Neuro-Queer Identities Through a Youth-Led Musical Production

Dr. Sarah Pickett (Faculty of Education), et al

Panel

"That won't work here!" . The role of local context in research and engagement in Newfoundland and Labrador

Dr. Rick Audas, Pablo Navarro, and Rochelle Baker (NL Centre for Applied Health Research),
Kelli O’Brien (NL Health Services),
Henry Kielley (Government of NL), and
Mary Walsh (End Sexual Violence NL)

Presentations

Patients as Research Partners: A Model to Enhance Emergency Care

Anna Walsh (Faculty of Medicine);
Jacqueline Fewer and Dorothy Senior (SurgeCon)

Advancing Nurses’ Engagement Competencies: Revising an Online M. ScN Course

Rebecca Puddester and Dr. Joy Maddigan (School of Nursing)

Placing Public Engagement around Wind-Hydrogen Projects in Newfoundland

Dr. Max Cohen (Memorial University - Green Transitions Fund);
Dr. Rachel Jekanowski (English, Grenfell Campus);
Dr. Kevin Pope (Faculty of Engineering);
Dr. Camille Ouellet Dallaire (Environmental Science, Grenfell Campus)

Panel

NL SUPPORT/Quality of Care NL Patient and Public Advisory Council

Chelsey McPhee and Dr. Holly Etchegary (Faculty of Medicine);
additional panelists TBD

10:15 - 10:45

Student Showcase

Student speed presentations and coffee break

10:45 - 11:45

Concurrent Sessions 2

Presentations

Public Interest Group on Cancer Research:

Accomplishments, lessons learnt, and future aspirations

Dr. Sevtap Savas (Faculty of Medicine)

Connecting Communities through Place, Art, and Science: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural-Ecosystem Services and Spruce Budworm Outbreaks in Gros Morne National Park

Dr. Rachel Jekanowski (English, Grenfell Campus)
Mikala Hope-Franklyn (Transdisciplinary Sustainability Studies, Grenfell Campus)

WaveCast: Marine Institute Podcast

(Details to come)

Panel

Empowering TEAL Professionals through Community-Based Research

Dr. Xuemei Li, Dr. Siyin Liang, Mohammad Ehsanul Islam Khan, and Khalid Al Hariri (Faculty of Education),
Khatereh Maryam Bahmanpour and Leo Etchegary (Association for New Canadians)

Panel

Weaving common threads in rural relationship-building: Lessons from Conche

Dr. Brennan Lowery (UNB),
Dr. Shoshannah Ganz (School of Arts and Social Sciences, Grenfell Campus),
Sara Langer (Transdisciplinary Sustainability Studies, Grenfell Campus), and
Joan Simmonds (French Shore Interpretation Centre)

Panel

Mobilizing art and community to explore place and belonging:
Reflections from the ‘What is Somewhere?’ Series

Kaila Mintz (Innovation Coordinator, Grenfell Campus),
Dr. Peter Ride (Dean, School of Fine Arts, Grenfell Campus),
Deantha Edmunds-Ramsey (composer/musician), and
Douglas Walbourne-Gough (poet)

11:45am - 12:45pm

Lunch

12:45-1:45

Concurrent Session 3

Panel

Engaging Labrador: Building Relationships and Fostering Engagement at the Labrador Campus

(Details to come)

Panel

Harris Centre’s Student Fellows program

(Details to come)

Panel

Moving at the Speed of Trust: When Public Engagement Meets the Classroom

Alyssa King (Centre for Social Enterprise),
Dr. Tom Cooper (Faculty of Business Administration)
Amy Tulk, (Home Again Furniture Bank), and
Student representative (TBD)

1:45 - 2:00

Coffee Break

2:00 - 3:00

Concurrent Session 4

Presentations

Welcoming the Public: Patient Initiated Research Conducted by NL SUPPORT

Dr. Robert Wilson (Faculty of Medicine) and
Cris Carter (Patient and Public Advisory Council, NL SUPPORT)

Empowering youth voices in substance use education

Dr. Lisa Bishop and Dr. Jennifer Donnan (School of Pharmacy)

Strengthening Campus-Community Connections: Bridging Research and Engagement through Partnership

Jennifer Buxton (Grenfell Office of Engagement) and
Kristen Pittman (Indigenous Affairs, Grenfell Campus)

Panel

Community-engaged training at Marine Institute

(Details to come)

Workshop

Trauma Informed Public Engagement

Facilitator:

Dr. Kate Lahey (OPE Postdoctoral fellow)

3:00-3:15

Wrap-up and thank you

* Please note that the agenda is still under development and subject to change. More specific details about presentations, panels, workshops, and presenters will be available closer to the event.

Check out our Featured Presenters!

Day 1: Wednesday, May 28

Keynote talk and panel

Day 2: Thursday, May 29