{"id":23601,"date":"2025-06-11T15:46:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/?page_id=23601"},"modified":"2025-06-27T13:07:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:07:42","slug":"2025-specialist-meeting-on-knowledge-mobilization-in-the-digital-age","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/events\/2025-specialist-meeting-on-knowledge-mobilization-in-the-digital-age\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 \u00a0Specialist Meeting on Knowledge Mobilization in the Digital Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KM-Specialist-Meeting--1024x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KM-Specialist-Meeting--1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KM-Specialist-Meeting--300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KM-Specialist-Meeting--768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KM-Specialist-Meeting--1536x384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KM-Specialist-Meeting--2048x512.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KM-Specialist-Meeting--696x174.jpg 696w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KM-Specialist-Meeting--1068x267.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KM-Specialist-Meeting--1680x420.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column .column { padding: 20px; } is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event is supported by the Digital Citizen Contribution Program (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/online-disinformation\/digital-citizen-contribution-program.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DCCP<\/a>) from the Government of Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When: June 26, 2025, 1-3pm(ET)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where: Online<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Who: KM experts (by invitation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact Info<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:info@socialmedialab.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">info@socialmedialab.ca<\/a><br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"15\" class=\"wp-image-23173\" style=\"width: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/32px-Bluesky_Logo.svg_.png\" alt=\"\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/socialmedialab.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@SMLabTO<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Event<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Academic research on controversial, sensitive, or politically charged topics presents unique challenges and opportunities for knowledge mobilization (KM). This specialist meeting will bring together a select group of academic experts to share effective KM strategies, insights, and best practices, with a focus on maximizing impact and minimizing risks associated with disseminating research findings to diverse public audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This event is being convened as part of the Social Media Lab&#8217;s work developing an easy-to-use toolkit to help early-career researchers choose the right strategies for sharing their work more broadly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>FUTURE COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an invitation-only event; however, please check back after the event for details about the resulting publications and opportunities to engage with the group in future research and events on this topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ORGANIZERS <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Anatoliy Gruzd<\/strong>, Professor and Co-Director Social Media Lab, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Philip Mai<\/strong>, Senior Researcher and Co-Director Social Media Lab, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anthony Clements Haines<\/strong>, Research Associate, Social Media Lab, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PARTICIPANTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aengus Bridgman<\/strong>, Director of the Media Ecosystem Observatory and the Canadian Digital Media Research Network (CDMRN), McGill University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><strong>Kara Brisson-Boivin<\/strong><\/strong>, Director of Research, MediaSmarts &#8211; Canada\u2019s centre for digital media literacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>William Hollingshead<\/strong>, Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Media Lab, TMU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jaigris Hodson<\/strong>, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Digital Communication for the Public Interest, Royal Roads University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alberto Lusoli<\/strong>, Deputy Director, Digital Democracies Institute, Simon Fraser University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oleksandr Pankieiev<\/strong>, Editor-in-Chief of the Forum for Ukrainian Studies, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Heidi Tworek<\/strong>, Professor, Canada Research Chair, and Director at the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, University of British Columbia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Beatrice Wayne<\/strong>, Director of Research and Policy, The Samara Centre for Democracy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The event is supported by the Digital Citizen Contribution Program (DCCP) from the Government of Canada Contact Info info@socialmedialab.ca @SMLabTO About the Event Academic research on controversial, sensitive, or politically charged topics presents unique challenges and opportunities for knowledge mobilization (KM). 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