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Knowledge Mobilization and Engagement Award Recipients

The Knowledge Mobilization and Engagement Award is a university-wide annual award presented to one researcher or a *team of researchers who have demonstrated exceptional and outstanding effort in communicating research beyond the University and/or significant impact in shaping evidence-based policy and practice. This award recognizes the ability of the researcher(s) to facilitate conversations and collaborations with external organizations and communities, combining knowledge from different spheres of society to generate new ideas.

Award recipient(s) will receive a certificate of recognition and a monetary award of $2,000 (per award recipient) as a one-time payment (subject to applicable deductions).

Key criteria: Scholarly, research and creative activity

2024 recipient

Josephine Wong

Faculty of Community Services

Dr. Josephine Pui-Hing Wong holds the position of Research Chair in Urban Health in DCSN. Her research is underpinned by the principles of epistemic justice, knowledge democracy, and health equity. She attends to the structural and sociocultural determinants on health practices. Drawing on her extensive expertise in critical public health, she works closely with systematically marginalized communities, locally and globally, to co-design rigorous community-centred research and innovative interventions to address health disparities. She has an exceptional ability to mobilize different knowledge systems and translate them into social innovations. She is pursued for her generous and empowering approaches in research mentorship.

Past recipients

  • Mandana Vahabi
    Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services
  • Erin Ziegler
    Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services
  • Kristine Newman
    Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services
  • Ivor Shapiro
    School of Journalism, Faculty of Communication and Design
  • Patrice Dutil
    Department of Politics and Public Administration, Faculty of Arts
  • Candice Monson
    Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
  • Marusya Bociurkiw
    RTA School of Media, Faculty of Communication and Design
  • Jennifer Lapum
    Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services