Schedule

Day 1: Wednesday, May 28

12:30 – 1:00pm

Registration and Check-in (Room B2007)

1:00 – 1:15

Welcome

1:15 – 2:15

Knowledge Mobilization Panel 

"Where Public Engagement meets Knowledge Mobilization"

(Room B2007)

 

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

Programming presented in part by the Office of Public Engagement, the Harris Centre, and Research Impact Canada.
2:15-2:30 Break and snack

2:30 – 4: 00

KMb Workshops 

 

Workshop 1: “Clear Language Communication for Research Dissemination"

(Room B2007)

 

Workshop 2: “Collecting and Communicating the Evidence of Impact” (this workshop is not available to virtual participants.) 

(Room B2007A)

4:00 – 4:10

Wrap-up and preview of evening and next day’s program (Room B2007)
   
7:00 - 8:30pm
Keynote talk and panel

"What does a university owe the public?" (Room B2007)

 

Keynote speaker: Dr. Ted Hewitt, President, SSHRC

 

Panel guests:

  • Dr. Barb Neis, Department of Sociology, Memorial University
  • Dr. Chief Mi'sel Joe, C.M., O.N.L, 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 (Room B2007)
8:50 - 9:15

Welcome

Featuring musical performance from the cast of Blackout
9:15 - 10:15

 

Concurrent Session 1

 

Presentations (Room B2007)

 

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)
  • Stephanie Evans (National Association of Disabled Students)

Student Programming at the Harris Centre

(Details to come)

 

Panel (Room B1003)

 

"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)
  • Mary Walsh (End Sexual Violence NL)

Presentations (Room B2007A)

 

WaveCast: Marine Institute Podcast

(Details to come) 

 

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

  • 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 (Room B1002)

 

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

  • Chelsey McPhee and Dr. Holly Etchegary (Faculty of Medicine);
  • Rob Wells, Joan Cranston, and Dorothy Senior (Patient and Public Advisory Council)
10:15 - 10:45 

Student Showcase (Room B2007A)  

Student speed presentations and coffee break
10:45 - 11:45 

 

Concurrent Sessions 2 

  

Presentations (Room B2007)

 

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)

Patients as Research Partners: A Model to Enhance Emergency Care 

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

Panel (Room B2007A)

 

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 (Room B1002)

 

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 (Room B1003)

 

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 (composer/musician)
  • Douglas Walbourne-Gough (poet)
11:45am - 12:45pm  Lunch (served in Room B2007B)
12:45-1:45 

 

Concurrent Session 3

  

Panel (Room B2007A)

 

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

  • Jamie Jackman (Pye Centre)
  • Mckenzie Hutchings (Student Recruitment, Retention, and Relationships)
  • Chelsee Arbour (Research Support and Advancement)
  • Heather Angnatok (Elders, Aunties, and Uncles Program)

Panel (Room B2007)

 

Leading from behind: Experiences with Neuroqueer Arts Based Public Pedagogy

  • Dr. Sarah Pickett, Dr. John Hoben, and Sydney Wells (Faculty of Education)

  • Stefan James (Psychology) 

  • Courtney Fowler and Bronwyn Spracklin-Reid (Courtney Fowler Performance Academy)
  • Kohen Pickett-Hackett and Berry Fowler (Youth Performers)

 

Panel (Room B1003)

 

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

  • Dr. Gillian Morrissey (Centre for Social Enterprise)
  • Alyssa King (Centre for Social Enterprise)
  • Dr. Tom Cooper (Faculty of Business Administration)
  • Amy Tulk (Home Again Furniture Bank)
  • Wisdom Chinedu (Student representative)

Story Swap (Room B1005)

 

This I know is True: Lessons from Publicly Engaged Work: 

 

This session will be a lightly structured opportunity to share stories with public engagement colleagues from across Memorial in a welcoming and informal setting.

 

  • Facilitated by Lisa Browne, Vice-President (Administration, Finance and Advancement)
 
1:45 - 2:00  Creativity Break 
2:00 - 3:00

 

Concurrent Session 4

  

Presentations (Room B2007)

 

Welcoming the Public: Patient Initiated Research Conducted by NL SUPPORT

  • Dr. Robert Wilson (Faculty of Medicine)
  • 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) 
  • Kristen Pittman (Indigenous Affairs, Grenfell Campus)

Panel (Room B1003)

  

Community First: Training and Education at the Fisheries and Marine Institute

  • Sandra Badcock and Randy Hart (Marine Institute)

Workshop (Room B2007A)

 

Trauma Informed Public Engagement

Facilitator:  

  • Dr. Kate Lahey (OPE Postdoctoral fellow)

Story Swap (Room B1005)

 

Flops and Fails: Learning From our Mistakes

 

This session will be a lightly structured opportunity to share stories with public engagement colleagues from across Memorial in a welcoming and informal setting.

  

  • Facilitated by Kelly Anne Butler, Office of Indigenous Affairs
3:00-3:15

Wrap-up and thank you (Room B2007)

* 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.  

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