Draft: KTTC Identity (including Mission, Vision, etc.) 

This is the current draft of the KTTC mission and vision statements. All sections except principal principles have already gone through a round of review within the steering committee, with minor edits made. (The principal principles section was distilled from the notes from our meeting in Winnipeg.)

We would now like to have feedback from the KTTC as a whole. How do you feel about this? Does it reflect how you think of the KTTC and/or what you would like our community to be and do?

This will be open for comments from KTTC members until July 6.

Note 1: Anything enclosed in {curly brackets} is something that would be a link.

Note 2: This is deliberately kept as brief and concise as possible, both for general purposes and for web readability.

WHO WE ARE

The Knowledge Translation Trainee Collaborative (KTTC) is a community of practice in knowledge translation (KT). Members of the KTTC are junior researchers and practitioners who are interested in continuing to learn about and advance the field of KT, and who want to collaborate and build networks with other KT trainees. We define trainees as students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, community learners, and/or others, such as health care practitioners, who are newer to KT and are interested in actively exploring and developing KT research and practice.

VISION

We envision a sustainable network that provides accessible, ongoing opportunities for collaboration and learning; represents diversity of thought in KT theory, methods and tools; and grows and advances the field of KT by contributing to wide application of KT and encouraging the expansion of approaches to KT.

MISSION

We are creating our vision by sharing opportunities for:

    1. collaborative learning
    2. collaborative work
    3. networking
    4. career development

See our {Activities} to learn more about how we are pursuing these goals.

WHY A TRAINEE COLLABORATIVE?

As trainees ourselves, we feel it is important to have an additional space for junior KT researchers to complement existing groups led by KT leaders. This allows trainees to explore ideas in a forum of peers, develop relationships, and make connections with other members of the upcoming generation of KT researchers.

OUR PRINCIPAL PRINCIPLES

We value and uphold the following standards in our interactions within the collaborative:

    - We treat each other with mutual respect and maintain awareness of our different languages and terminology. This means that we take extra care when using acronyms or talking about concepts that might be unfamiliar to those in other disciplines.

    - We strive to strike the right balance between being decisive, action-oriented, and moving forward, and making space for due process and reflection.

    - We bring openness, non-judgmental frankness, and the willingness to challenge and be challenged to our discussions and work.

    - We value our diversity and interdisciplinarity, and we encourage stretching limits and exploring new ideas in research and practice.

OUR HISTORY

The KTTC grew out of the initiative of attendees of the KT Canada Summer Institute 2008 and CIHR KT Summer Institute 2009. Vivian Chan and Evelyn Cornelissen submitted a successful grant application for a meeting to begin forming the KTTC. A planning committee of 15 KT Summer Institute 2008 and 2009 participants organized a meeting for 34 KTTC members and four KT leaders, held in Winnipeg, March 6-7, 2010. Out of that first meeting came our {mission}, a {governance structure}, {working groups} to pursue some {strategic objectives}, and a great deal of enthusiasm for a geographically, disciplinarily and philosophically diverse network of trainees in KT. We look forward to building an ongoing network of collaborators and colleagues.

CONTACT US

info@kttc email address