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Peter Norman Levesque

Office: 2-2026 Lanthier Dr., Suite 388, Ottawa (Orleans), ON, K4A 0N6 Canada (613) 841-0858 office, (613) 552-2725 mobile, pnlevesque@gmail.com

Information updated May 15, 2010

Personal Mission Statement

Help create a better world through social & technical innovation and value creation. Work to enhance and promote the world’s knowledge infrastructure by creating productive links between people, places, ideas, and goals. Focus on capacity building, inter-sector connectedness, and developing international opportunities for the development and application of knowledge. Continually seek innovative communication methods and technologies to reduce the costs of moving evidence into practice and practice into evidence.

Interests Aboriginal health, children and youth health, communication, community research, construction of knowledge, education, environment & ecology, innovation, knowledge exchange and mobilization, leadership, mental health, organizational democracy, participation, peer-review, photography, poetry, popular theatre, population health, research infrastructure, science and technology policy, seniors health

Summary of Experience 2005-current: International knowledge mobilization decision-support consultant; speaker; researcher; social entrepreneur; community advocate; public speaker; local, national and international volunteer and advisor 1998-2005: Federal public servant with specialization in inter-sector collaboration and knowledge exchange and mobilization; public speaker; local, national and international volunteer and advisor 1993-1998: Business entrepreneur; local and national volunteer 1982-1993: Post-secondary student; consultant; local volunteer

Current Employment Position

Director, Knowledge Mobilization Works, Ottawa KMbW is an international consulting and research company specializing in knowledge mobilization, collaboration, and participatory methodologies.

Current Voluntary Positions Board Member Team Ottawa-Orleans

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A community-based initiative to implement a population health approach (the social determinants of health) into policy and programs in an eastern suburb of Ottawa. The goal is to improve the overall health and well being knowledge and practices of the community. Elected as Director of the Environmental portfolio of activities. Member, Advisory Board DIALOG: Le réseau québécois d’échange sur les questions autochtones Quebec-based network of knowledge exchange on questions concerning aboriginal populations. Member, Advisory Board University-Community Partnership for Social Action Research An emerging global network of individuals and organizations promoting the role of community in bringing about social change. Fellow The Canadian Centre for Elder Law Studies, Vancouver A national, non-profit body dedicated to exploring the particular legal issues that affect older Canadians. Collaborator CoMPaIR - a program of research about primary healthcare redesign, Calgary Founding Committee Member Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria University-wide structure designed to: increase visibility and support for faculty and students who are or who wish to be engaged in CBR within the greater Victoria area; serve as an open doorway for community groups wishing to establish research partnerships on topics of community interest, and contribute to the strengthening of Canadian and International networks of Community-Based Research.

Current Affiliations

Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario (AFO) Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Community of Practice The Canadian Public Health Association The Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association The International Society for Urban Health The International Sociological Association The Ontario Public Health Association

Experience: Healthcare

2010: Director, Knowledge Exchange Centre, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Calgary Developed a strategic plan for the knowledge exchange in mental health in Canada. 2005-2007: Knowledge Exchange Specialist, Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa

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Strategic consultant on knowledge exchange for the Centre, children and youth mental health agencies in Ontario, and external health organizations; health systems research on collaboration, collective behavior, knowledge exchange and subcomponents, and human-technology interfaces; knowledge mobilization and interactive processes; and catalyst - boundary-spanner creating relationships between sectors, disciplines, and communities.

Experience: Government 2002-2005: Deputy Director, Knowledge Products and Mobilization, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Ottawa Assisted the Vice-president, Knowledge Products and Mobilization, in the development of strategy, policy, and programs to leverage the value of research and research-related activities by linking all actors in the production of knowledge. Included work with the Interdepartmental Knowledge Management Forum of the Treasury Board, Industry Canada, the National Research Council, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, the Canadian Research Transfer Network, the Regionalization Network Advisory Committee, the Intranet Advisory Committee, the Standing Committees of Council, and ad hoc meetings with a range of conferences, professional bodies, disciplinary societies, and a wide assortment of individual researchers and research teams. 2001-2002: Senior Officer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Ottawa Strategic Themes and Joint Initiatives - Redevelopment of the Community-University Research Alliance program, development and implementation of strategic priorities, management of programs, design of program criteria, and communication with partner organizations and researchers. (Included period as Acting Director) 2000-2001: Program Policy Officer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Ottawa Assisted the Vice-president, Program, Policy and Planning Branch, by providing analyses, options and projections for the Council's strategic policy and financial planning. Conducted liaison and representation within the government, with the academic community, as well as with other stakeholders. Program files included harmonizing policy guidelines among federal granting agencies, developing international research policy, researcher remuneration, communication modules for program staff, evaluation of release time policy, standing and subcommittee planning, community university networking, intellectual property and corporate spin-offs, biotechnology, participatory research, and the New Economy. 1998-2000: Program Officer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Ottawa Managed the Community–University Research Alliances pilot program, by developing policies, administration processes, and adjudication procedures for a national, cross-disciplinary pilot program encouraging new partnership-based research alliances. Highlights include funding 37 initiatives and negotiating a partnership with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to supplement funding of Sustainable Communities and Aboriginal Housing themes, tripling the allocated budget in the first cycle and

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doubling it in the second cycle, and assisting the creation of the Community Alliances for Health Research program. 1998: Program Officer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Ottawa Program management for Research and Dissemination Grants Programs Division, Committee 8: Communications, Criminology, Demography, Social Work, and Sociology. Responsible for informing, advising, analyzing and supporting potential applicants and grant holders, university research offices, selection committees, chairs and partner agencies. 1982-1987: Ceremonial Guard and Infantryman, Governor General's Foot Guards, Ottawa Reserve soldier in a high-profile unit, with duties including Parliament Hill, Rideau Hall, and ceremonies for visiting dignitaries as well as standard infantry, weapons, and communications training 1981: Naval Reserve, HMCS Montcalm, Québec City Reserve sailor in an active Naval unit, with duties on land and on the St. Lawrence River.

Experience: Business

1995-1998: General Manager, Moose Mountain Trading Company, Ottawa Founder of a retail gift company with eight locations, responsible for financial planning & budgeting, approval of product design, production & merchandising concepts, hiring, employee evaluations, lease negotiations, short and long-term financing, and development of customer service programs. Introduced the concept of specialty retailing to several property management companies, responsible for the development of successful kiosk and cart programs in numerous locations. 1993-1996: Director, Sales & Marketing, Boxer Source Company, Ottawa Cofounder of a wholesale production company. Held responsibility for the planning and implementation of sales goals, training of sales personnel, development of new product ideas, and development of new markets for a Canadian garment production company. Expanded existing lines of product from selected suppliers, initiated lines in new markets, and conducted significant research and development of new product ideas. 1993-1995: Partner, Winnie and Cecile's Fine Foods, Ottawa WCFF was a distribution agency for specialty condiments, savories, preserves, and sweets across Ontario. 1991-1993: Marketing Agent Analyst, Allstate Insurance Company of Canada Inc., Ottawa Sales and marketing of all insurance and financial products offered by the Allstate Insurance Company of Canada and group plans offered by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of Canada. Responsible for the maintenance of a retail sales office,

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customer development, case by case development of insurance coverage and financial savings programs 1989-1991: Field Research Supervisor, Opinion Search Inc., Ottawa Manager of quantitative research for a marketing research company 1987-1988: Research Associate, KPMG Peat Marwick Consulting, Ottawa

Experience: Civic 1990-1991: Consultant, Levesque and Associates, Ottawa National Consortium of Scientific and Educational Societies (Lobbying), Canadian Association of University Teachers (Lobbying), Community Enterprise Centre (Business Development), Dalhousie Health and Community Services Centre (Business Development), D. Powell Associates (Evaluation of the National Parole Board's prerelease Decision Policies) 1989: Field Manager, Greenpeace Canada, Ottawa and Toronto The field manager provided administration of fund raising and public education canvassers for an international environmental group.

Formal Education 2005-2009: Ph.D.(abd), Population Health, University of Ottawa 2000-2001: Ph.D. studies, Public Policy, Carleton University, Ottawa 1993: M.A. Sociology, University of Ottawa 1988: Honors B.S.Sc. cum laude, Sociology and Biochemistry studies, University of Ottawa 1984: D.E.C., Pure and Applied Sciences, Heritage College, Hull

Certificates and Courses 2006: Academic Writing: The Problem of Value, University of Ottawa 2006: Implementation Research, Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus 2005: Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa 2005: Medical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa 2005: Evidence-based Practice in Medicine and Mental Health, University of Oxford 2003: Tomoye, Simplify Software - Chief Editor, Gatineau 2003: Office XP, Ottawa 2003: Intellectual Properties Policy, Ottawa 2002: How Ottawa Works, CCMD, Ottawa 2002: Career and Learning Decisions for Better Results (Taking Charge), CCMD, Ottawa 2001: Navigating the Wave of Change, Learning Link, Ottawa 2000: Teaching and Learning Resource Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa 1999: Economics, Carleton University, Ottawa. 1998: Fund Raising Management, Algonquin College, Nepean 1992: Insurance and Financial Analysis, Insurance Institute of Canada, Markham 1988: Teaching Assistance, University of Ottawa

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Experience: University and Institute Research 2009: Listening for Direction: Seniors Health Research Transfer Network, Toronto Panelist: Mental Health Commission of Canada: Making the Case for Peer Support, Ottawa Panelist: Curriculum Design, Social Innovation, University of Waterloo, Waterloo Facilitator: Centre for Health Leadership and Research, Facilitation of Advisory Board Meeting and Consultation, Royal Roads University, Victoria Producer: Pod cast series of international leaders in Healthcare for the Centre for Health Leadership and Research at Royal Roads University, Victoria Workshop delivery: Knowledge Mobilization and Grant Proposal Writing: A Researcher’s Guide at Queen’s University, Kingston 2008: Research Assistant, Dr. Louise Bouchard, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa Reviewer: Carthy Foundation, Calgary Reviewer: Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JCACAP) Reviewer: Intervention Research (Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) 2007: Reader, Resuscitation Research Review Committee, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Panel member, Knowledge Exchange Grants Adjudication, Canadian Council on Learning, Vancouver Chair, Knowledge Mobilization Committee, Executive Member of Board of Directors, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF), Toronto (2004-2007) 2006: Panel member, Knowledge Exchange Grants Adjudication, Canadian Council on Learning, Vancouver Member, Committee on the Development of the International Network of Community-based Research, The Netherlands, Canada, France, India Student Team Member, ICEBeRG: Improved Clinical Effectiveness through Behavioral Research Group – knowledge translation interdisciplinary capacity enhancement team, Ottawa External Reviewer, Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, Halifax 2005: Service Learning Project, Queen’s University at Kingston, School of Business, SWITCH (Student Work in Training as Consultants for Health), Ottawa, Kingston

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Chair, Strategic Advisory Group, Centre for Knowledge Transfer, Edmonton Panel Member, PICRI Grants Adjudication, Paris, France Member of Advisory Panel, Science and Technology Foresight, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa Panel Member, CHSRF/CIHR Review: Western Regional Training Centre for Knowledge Transfer, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Student Team Member, ICEBeRG: Improved Clinical Effectiveness through Behavioral Research Group – knowledge translation interdisciplinary capacity enhancement team, Ottawa Chair, Plenary Call to Action, 2nd International Living Knowledge Conference, Seville, Spain Member, Advisory Committee, University of Toronto Community-based Research Project, Toronto Member, Advisory Committee, Learning with Lobsters Community-based Research Project, Augusta, Maine Panel Member, CHSRF/CIHR Chair Review, Jean-Louis Denis: Governance and Transformation of Health Care Organizations, Montreal Member, Board of Advisors, National University Institute, La Jolla, California, USA (2001-2005) 2004: Panel Member, CHSRF/CIHR Chair Review, Paula Goering: Generating and Disseminating Best Practices in Mental Health and Addictions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto Conference Advisory Panel, e-Commerce to e-Economy: Strategies for the 21st Century, Industry Canada, Ottawa Panel Member, CHSRF/CIHR Chair Review, Réjean Landry: Knowledge Transfer and Innovation, Laval University, Québec City Chair, International Science Shop Network Meetings, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2003: Chair, International Science Shop Network Meetings, Paris, France Guest Lecturer, Knowledge Management in the Social Sciences, Queen’s University, School of Business, Kingston Advisor, Crossroads: Critical Issues in Community-Based Research Partnerships, Sponsored by The Institute for Community Research, Hartford, Connecticut 2002: Treasurer, Loka Institute, Amherst, MA and Washington DC, USA

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2001: Guest Lecturer, Civic Culture & Global Awareness, National University, La Jolla, California, USA Chair, Conference, Living Knowledge-Building partnerships for public access to research Leuven, Institute for Ireland in Europe, Belgium Chair, Funding Community-based Research, Reshaping the Culture of Research: People, Participation, Partnerships and Practical Tools, Community Research Network Conference, University of Texas, Austin, USA Session Chair, Fifth International Research Symposium on Public Management (IRSPM V) building public - private partnerships: theoretical and empirical developments. Barcelona, Spain Conference Committee, CRN Conference, University of Texas, Austin, USA 2000: Chairman, Graduate Student's Association - GSA, Carleton University, Ottawa Consultant to Robert Milstein, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA: Planning and Evaluation Systems for Preventing Syndemics Conference Committee, CRN Conference, Common Problems, Uncommon Resources: Exploring the Social and Economic Challenges to Community-Based Research, Morehouse College, Atlanta, USA 1999-2000: Chair, SCIPAS - Study and Conference on Improving Public Access to Science Workshops in the Netherlands and Germany under the 5th Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities Editorial Board: Social Science Paper Publisher Electronic Journal, http://www.sspp.net 1991-1993: Research Associate, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada funded project: Sociopolitical Dynamics of the Introduction of New Strategies of Development. Background analysis, bibliographic and field research, survey design & application, and translation (Dr. Caroline Andrew, Dr. Joseph Yvon Theriault, Dr. Francois Houle) Teaching Assistant, Sociology 2300, Analysis of Scientific Thought, Prof. Fred Caloren, Department of Sociology, University of Ottawa 1990: Teaching Assistant, Anthropology 2125, Social Anthropology, Dr. Victor P. Da Rosa, Department of Sociology, University of Ottawa Teaching Assistant, Sociology 2300, Analysis of Scientific Thought, Prof. Fred Caloren, Department of Sociology, University of Ottawa Associate President: Graduate Student Association, Department of Sociology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa

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1989: Council Representative: Graduate Student Association, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Public Liaison: Conference of the Canadian Anthropological Association, Ottawa 1988: Departmental Representative: General Union of Social Science Students, University of Ottawa 1988-1990: Student Representative: University of Ottawa Day 1988: Coeditor: Sociologie, University of Ottawa Graduate Student's Newsletter, Ottawa 1988 & 1989: Teaching Assistant, Sociology 1401, Principles of Sociology, Dr. David Millett, Department of Sociology, University of Ottawa 1987: Teaching Assistant, Sociology 2303, Methodology of Social Research, Dr. John Baker, Department of Sociology, University of Ottawa 1986: Volunteer: Visiting Lecturers Committee, University of Ottawa, Ottawa 1985-1986: Researcher & Public Education: Ottawa Public Interest Research Group OPIRG 1985-1986: Program Volunteer: Step-by-step - Ottawa Board of Education, York Street P.S.

Grants and Awards 2007: Lead Investigator, Podcasting: Knowledge Exchange for Auditory Learners, Canadian Council on Learning Co-investigator, Lead: Dr. Howard Schachter, Strengthening the Science of Knowledge Translation in Child and Youth Mental Health: synthesizing the evidence, Synthesis Grant: Knowledge Translation in Mental Health and Addiction, Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA), Canadian Institutes of Health Research Co-investigator, Lead: Dr. Melanie Barwick, Emerging Team Grant - Meeting the National Challenge: Putting Mental Health and Addiction Knowledge into Practice, Team Grant - Emerging: Knowledge Translation in Mental Health and Addiction, Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA), Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2006: Collaborator, Dr. Cathie Scott and Dr. Nicolas Myers, Strengthening primary healthcare services through innovative practice networks, Research, Exchange, and Impact for System Support (REISS) Competition, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Collaborator, Dr. Elaine Gallagher, Advance Care Planning in the British Columbia Health Care System, LOI Community-University Research Alliances, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Nominee, 7th Vision Awards, for volunteer work on City of Ottawa Citizen Task Force on Council Remuneration, Ottawa

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2005: Graduate Scholarship, University of Ottawa 2003: Community Investor, Social Planning Council of Ottawa 2001: CIO 100 Award honoring the outstanding achievements of 100 industry-leading organizations for Leadership and Innovation for the Future of the Enterprise - On behalf of the Loka Institute 2001: OGS - Ontario Graduate Scholarship, (declined) 2000: Graduate Scholarship, Carleton University, Ottawa (withdrew from program) 1999: Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre Plaque, Ottawa 1998: Caring Heart Award, Ottawa Inner-city Ministries, Ottawa 1988-1989: Award, Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa, Ottawa 1988-1989: Graduate Scholarship, University of Ottawa, Ottawa 1986-1987: Award, Excellence in Bilingual Study, University of Ottawa, Ottawa 1981-1982: Scholarship, Pettigrew Award, St. Patrick's H.S., Québec City

Publications Levesque P. Conversing Data into Knowledge. Canadian Government Executive, January 2010. Levesque P. Government support for community-campus research: Building infrastructure to gain greater value from the utilization and implementation of research findings. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 2008;1:150-164. Levesque P. Closing the Knowledge to Action Gap: Is Health Promotion and Health Education on the Verge of a Breakthrough? Ontario Public Promotion E-Bulletin 15 June 2007 Levesque P., Davidson, S. & Kidder K. Knowledge Exchange for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Research: An Integrated Evidence and Knowledge Exchange Framework Leading to More Effective Research Dissemination Practices. J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2007(May);16(2): Levesque P. Breaking Stigma. Canada’s Children 2006(Fall): 11-14 Levesque P, Schachter H. Sticks and Stones: Breaking the stigma of child and youth mental health difficulties through our schools. Voices for Children 2006(Sept). Levesque P. Democracy and socio-active software: can open source help youth become better citizens? Principals Online 2005(Dec);1(2):36-40

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Levesque P. You’re Blogging My Wiki: Can electronic communication tools improve information sharing, professional development, and access to professional child and youth mental health services? Ottawa: Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health; 2005 Levesque P, Manion I. Better Together: Child and Youth Mental Health in Ontario. Canadian Association of Principals Journal 2005(Fall);13(3): 27-28 Levesque P. Royal Commissions. in Mitcham C, editor. Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics. Woodbridge: Macmillan Reference USA; 2005 Levesque P. Science Shops. in Mitcham C, editor. Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics. Woodbridge: Macmillan Reference USA; 2005 Levesque P. Policy is a process - Living Knowledge is a flow. Living Knowledge: International Journal of Community Based Research 2004(July);3:5-6 Levesque P. Gaining Ground in Canada. Science Shops: Knowledge for the community, European Commission, Community Research, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities; 2003:14 Wiggin P, Levesque P. CD-ROM: Knowledge Management in Government, Implementing a knowledge-management pilot project. Federated Press; 2003 Levesque P. Many hats: multiple expertise of community-based researchers. Ottawa: Social Planning Council of Ottawa; 2002 Chopyak J, Levesque P. Community-based research and changes in the research landscape, Bulletin of Science. Technology & Society 2002(June);22(3):203-209(7) Levesque P, Graham K, Simboli T. Making the relationship work: two case studies - case two: building CURA from three perspectives”, in Kathy Brock, editor. Improving Connections between Governments and Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press; 2002 Chopyak J, Levesque P. Public participation in science and technology decision-making: trends for the future, American perspectives on science and technology policy. Technology in Society 2003;23(4) Levesque P, Chopyak J. Managing multi-sector research projects: developing models for effective movement from problem identification to problem solving. Washington, DC: Loka Institute; 2001

Theses

Levesque P. Canada's technology triangle: designing a role for regional government in emerging advanced technology-based economy. Ottawa: University of Ottawa; 1993

Reports and Invited Submissions

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Young Worker Health & Safety Interventions and Knowledge Mobilization Strategies, White Paper; 2009 Practice into Evidence into Practice and Policy – Report of the Experiential Knowledge Exchange Forum, Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada; 2009 Community Mobilization Resources. Ottawa: Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health; 2008. Podcasting: Knowledge Exchange for Auditory Learners. Ottawa: Canadian Council on Learning; January 2008 Collaborative Work: Preliminary survey of resources, compiled for the Service Providers Reference Group of the Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health; 2007 Doing More With What We Know Toolkit. Ottawa: Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health; 2006 Doing More in Partnership Toolkit. Ottawa: Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health; 2006 Knowledge Exchange Literature Review. Ottawa: Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health; 2006 Knowledge Exchange Vehicles. Ottawa: Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health; 2006 Knowledge Exchange Glossary. Ottawa: Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health; 2006 Levesque P. Knowledge Exchange: A Primer. Ottawa: Canadian Council on Learning; 2005 Levesque P. Research Time Stipends (RTS) - Program Policy Review. Ottawa: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; 2002 Levesque P. Community–University Research Alliances (CURA) Letter of Intent Adjudication Report. Ottawa: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; 2000 Levesque P, Landriault F. The Future of the Community–University Research Alliances- CURA program. Ottawa: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Ottawa; 2000 Levesque P. Points of Mutual Interest: CURA Program and Organizational Interface. Ottawa: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; 2000 Levesque P. Building Research Partnerships. Ottawa: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; 2000

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Levesque P. Seeds on Fertile Ground, Phase One of the Community–University Research Alliances (CURA) Program. Amherst, MA: Community Research Network, Loka Institute; 2000 Levesque P. Community–University Research Alliances (CURA) Formal Application Adjudication Report. Ottawa: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; 2000 Levesque P. Health Content Survey of Successful Projects: Letters of Intent. Ottawa: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; 1999 Levesque P. Market Study of The Dalhousie Movers: Preliminary Assessment. Ottawa: Levesque & Associates; 1991 Levesque P. Training Workshops Community Economic Development. Ottawa: Community Enterprise Centre; 1991 Levesque P. Editor. Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century. Ottawa: National Consortium of Scientific and Educational Societies; 1991 Levesque P. Rebuilding the Railways: Developing a Vision for the CAW Rail Division in Canadian Railroads. Ottawa: MCM Consulting and Management; 1991 Levesque P. An Evaluation of the National Parole Board's prerelease Decision Policies against Ethnocultural Diversity. Ottawa: D. Powell Associates; 1991 Levesque P. Studies in Canadian Export Opportunities in the U.S. Market: Fish Products, Volume 1. Ottawa: KPMG Peat Marwick Consulting Group; 1989 Levesque P. Studies in Canadian Export Opportunities in the U.S. Market: Fish Products, Volume 2. Ottawa: KPMG Peat Marwick Consulting Group; 1989 Levesque P. Studies in Canadian Export Opportunities in the U.S. Market: Chemical and Chemical Products. Ottawa: KPMG Peat Marwick Consulting Group; 1989 Levesque P. (Editor). Catholic Health Association of Canada Directory. Ottawa: Catholic Health Association of Canada; 1987

Published Artwork Levesque P. Hubcap (poem). Academic Exchange Extra; 2006(June-July) Levesque P. V-Star Runway (photo). Finalist, Bike Puzzle 2006 Calendar Contest

Published Letters Orleans Star, September 22, 2009 East Ottawa, August 4, 2008 EnRoute, December 2006 The Star, March 7, 2006, Volume 22, No 43 EnRoute, June 2005 EnRoute, January 2005

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EnRoute, November 2004 EnRoute, March 2004 EnRoute, February 2004 Ottawa Citizen, January 21, 2004, p. B4 Ottawa Citizen, January 6, 2004, p. A13 EnRoute, November 2003 Geist, Volume 12, Number 49, Summer 2003 EnRoute, July 2003 Elm Street, Summer 2003 Canadian Business, May 12, 2003 Maclean's May 5, 2003 Maclean's, April 21, 2003 Maclean's, April 7, 2003 EnRoute, April 2003 The Star, February 18, 2003, Volume XVII, Number 44

Presentations 2009: Speaker, Knowledge Mobilization: The space in between – getting knowledge to practice, Hamilton Speaker, Native Women’s Association of Canada, Reducing Elder Abuse, Toronto Panelist: Federal Partners in Technology Transfer 2009 National Meeting, Ottawa Co-Presenter: Career Corner at Congress, Knowledge Mobilization: Maximizing your career options -- Inside, outside, and beside the Academy, Carleton, Ottawa Co-Presenter: From Recession to Renewal: The Vital Contribution of Community-based Research, Ottawa Workshop Presenter: NICE Net Knowledge Transfer Conference, Toronto Keynote: Leading Student Achievement: Our Principal Purpose - Networks for Learning Symposium, Ontario Principals Association, Toronto Workshop Facilitator: Knowledge Mobilization and Learning Organizations, Cancer Care Ontario Community of Practice Workshop, Toronto Workshop Facilitator: Creativity and Experimentation for Knowledge Mobilization, Vancouver Workshop Facilitator: Leadership for Knowledge Mobilization, Victoria Presenter: Now What?: Tools for Mobilization, Development: a basic Human Right? Conference, Ottawa Conference Facilitator: Public Health Agency of Canada, Invitational Knowledge Exchange Forum on Experiential Knowledge, Ottawa Workshop Facilitator: Human Resources for Knowledge Mobilization, Toronto

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Workshop Facilitator: Incentives and Infrastructure for Knowledge Mobilization, Ottawa 2008: Speaker, CODE Webinar: Communities of Practice, Toronto Panel Member, Symposium sur la mobilisation des connaissances: pour tisser des liens entre la recherche et la salle de classe, Toronto Café Facilitator, CODE Education for All Summit, Toronto Workshop Facilitator, ACFAS - La grande rencontre Science et société, Montreal Speaker, CODE Webinar: Reculturing: R/evolution in linking knowledge and practice, Toronto Speaker, CODE Webinar: Systems Thinking, Toronto Facilitator, Alzheimer Society of British Columbia Learning Forum, Vancouver Facilitator, Parent Education, Council of Ontario Directors of Education, Rocky Crest, Muskoka Keynote Speaker, Professional Development Institute, Connectable, Connecting, Connected: Improving the social life of what you know. National Association for the Education of Young Children, New Orleans Invitational Knowledge Mobilization Workshop. Harrison Hot Springs Workshop, 10 Steps to producing a podcast, CUEXPO 08, Community-University Partnerships: Connecting for Change, Victoria Workshop, You and Youtube, CUEXPO 08, Community-University Partnerships: Connecting for Change, Victoria Invited Speaker: Knowledge Mobilization Workshop, Université de Montréal, Montreal Invited Speaker: Center for Urban Research and Learning and Community-Engaged Research Center, Chicago Invited Speaker: Federal Policy Influences on Father Involvement, Father Involvement Research Alliance, Ottawa Invited Speaker: Workshop and Conference, Société Santé en français, Toronto Workshop: Ready for Action: Raising the Profile of Child and Youth Health Issues, Workshop on Knowledge Mobilization, Child and Youth Health Network for Eastern Ontario, Ottawa Invited Speaker: Know-Know, Do-Do: Knowledge mobilization & now what do we do? National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, DC Workshop, TIPiN Team, Kingston General Hospital. Kingston

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Guest Lecture: Knowledge Mobilization for Global Health, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine Invited Speaker: Beyond Data: Creating a Knowledge Mobilization Culture, Queen’s University, School of Business, Kingston Invited Speaker: Ten Steps to Producing a Podcast, Special Libraries Association, Ottawa Presenter: Community Mobilization Meetings for the Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health, York Region, Thunder Bay, North Bay 2007: Invited Speaker: An Introduction to Knowledge Mobilization, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Presenter: Domaine 1, Immigration et métropoles - Centre Métropolis du Québec, Montreal Presenter: DIALOG Advisory Committee Meeting, Presentation: Knowledge Mobilization, INRS, Montreal Invited Speaker: Mobilizing What We Know, Putting it all Together: Halton-Hamilton National Conference, Hamilton Panelist: Knowledge Mobilization: Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 27th Annual Conference, Montreal Presenter: Domaine 5, Immigration et métropoles - Centre Métropolis du Québec, Montreal Invited Speaker: UNSIH/REUSSI, Building Coalitions for Global Health Equity, Manifestation: Journal of Community Engaged Research and Learning Partnerships, Ottawa Guest Speaker, Student Workshop on the Social Economy - Linking Communities of Study & Practice: The Social Economy in a Changing World, University of Victoria, Victoria Presentation: Network: The Key to Acting on Knowledge - Discussion paper on a pan-Canadian network of community-engaged research and learning partnerships, Office of Community-based Research, University of Victoria, Victoria Invited Speaker: Knowledge Mobilization and the Education of Young Children, Wingspread Conference, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Racine, WI Invited Speaker: Research Rounds, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Growth in community-engaged research: International trends and opportunities for Canada, Ottawa Panelist: 3rd Living Knowledge Conference, Communities building knowledge: innovation through citizens' science and university engagement, Ottawa Presenter: Podcasting: Knowledge Mobilization Tool for Auditory Learners – CCL Funded Project, Calgary Health Region, Knowledge to Action Office

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Presenter: Leadership for evidence-based practice in child and youth mental health, 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education, Health Promotion Comes of Age: Research, Policy & Practice for the 21st Century, Vancouver Presenter: Podcasting: Health Promotion & Knowledge Transfer Tool for Auditory Learners, 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education, Health Promotion Comes of Age: Research, Policy & Practice for the 21st Century, Vancouver Gala Dinner Speaker: Do You Do What We Know? Ontario Injury Prevention Conference, Thunder Bay Co-presenter: ‘The ties that bind’: the influence of networks and relationships on meaning creation and action in community settings, The Third International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Invited Speaker: Knowledge Exchange Plan Preparation, Halton-Hamilton Regional Conference, Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health, Hamilton Invited Speaker: Community-based Research: What’s Hot, What’s Not. Office of Community-based Research, University of Victoria, Brown Bag Presentation. Invited Speaker: Mobilisation des connaissances: liens, actions, profits sociales? La recherche en sciences sociales a l’heure de la mobilisations des connaissances et de la societe du savoir, INRS, Montreal.

2006: Presenter: Introduction to creating a knowledge mobilization plan, Prevention of Self-Injury, Ottawa Panelist: Finding Common Ground - Bridging the Gap Between the Health Centres and the Community "Best and Most Promising Practices", Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres, Building Blocks for the Future - Improving the Health of Canada's Children and Youth, Vancouver Keynote: Knowledge Mobilization - Bridging the mental health care of children and youth to the long-term mental health in Canada's elders. World Study Group, Canadian Elder Law Conference, Vancouver Panelist: Centre of Excellence - KE Activities & Youth Engagement, Japanese Delegation to Canada, Ottawa Discussant: Deriving Value from Existing Structures to Benefit Community Stakeholders, Building an International Network to Support Community-based Research, Groningen, The Netherlands Invited Speaker, The Adventures of Blog O'Wiki in the land of the Touchy-Feely: The challenges of using electronic media to support evidence-based practice in child and youth mental health in Ontario, Interdepartmental Knowledge Management Forum, Ottawa

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Keynote: Power of Partnerships, Bluewater District School Board, Collingwood Participant: E-dialogue, Biotechnology and Bio-fuels, Royal Roads University Co-presenter: Meeting the Challenges in Implementing Evidence-Based Practices and Treatments, eight-hour workshop, organized by Safeguards in Brockville, Stratford, and Toronto Panelist: Political Will, Multi-Level Community-Based Culturally Situation Intervention Science”, Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Vancouver Panelist: Inter-departmental HRSDC Policy Research Information Fair, Gatineau Invited Speaker: Networking and Knowledge Exchange, Ottawa Youth Justice Services Network, Ottawa Invited Speaker: Health and Learning Knowledge Exchange, Health and Learning Knowledge Network, Victoria Invited Speaker: Knowledge Exchange Basics, Inaugural partnership meeting, Upper Canada District School Board and CHEO, Carleton Place Co-presenter: Knowledge Transfer Implementation in Children and Youth Mental Health, with CMHO (Children’s Mental Health Ontario), CHEO, Ottawa 2005: Presenter: Knowledge Mobilization in Child and Youth Mental Health, CHEO Research Rounds, Ottawa Presenter, Knowledge Exchange and Knowledge Mobilization, Annual General Meeting, Institute for Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addictions, Canadian Institutes of Population Health, Vancouver Co-presenter, Understanding the other: hands-on use of multi-media tools to create open spaces and common ground between multiple voices, Canadian Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation, Ottawa Co-presenter, Knowledge Exchange Basics, CYMH Central West Regional Conference, Mississauga Co-presenter, Unconscious Funding: waking up to the realities of funding community-university research initiatives, CU Expo 2005, Winnipeg Co-presenter, Peril and Promise in Building Community-University Partnerships, CU Expo 2005 Winnipeg Co-presenter, Knowledge Exchange Basics, CYMH Eastern Regional Conference, Ottawa Co-presenter, Knowledge Exchange, Sheishedo Foundation, Ottawa Co-Presenter, An Introduction to Knowledge Exchange: Doing More With What We Know, Centre Eastern Regional Conference, Ottawa

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Concurrent Session: Infrastructure and Incentives: an introduction to the Knowledge Exchange Centre of the Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health, Spring Institute, Centre for Knowledge Transfer, University of Alberta, Edmonton Facilitator: CHSRF Invitational Workshop: Leveraging Knowledge – Tools and Strategies for Action, Montreal Co-presenter, Evidence-based Decision Making Seminar, Public Health Agency of Canada, Building a Knowledge Exchange Centre Chair, Call to Action Session, Advancing Science and Society Interactions, 2nd International Conference, Living Knowledge: the International Science Shop Network, Seville, Spain 2004: Panel Presentation, Innovating Research, Strengthening Communities, Access Alliance Multicultural Community Health Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto Panel Presentation, Forum Sciences Citoyennes, A Historical Overview of the Community- University Research Alliance Program, Paris Keynote Speaker, Knowledge Mobilization for Traffic Safety, Making In-Roads: Partnership, Knowledge and Tools for Traffic Safety, Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research, Edmonton Co-presenter with David Mitchell, Knowledge Mobilization in the Alberta Supernet and SSHRC, New Ways and New Technologies in the Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary Opening Remarks, New Ways and New Technologies in the Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary Panel Member, Invited Address: Funding Agency Perspectives, Overcoming Health Disparities: Global Partnerships between Communities, Health Services and Health Professional Schools, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, The Network: Towards Unity for Health, Atlanta, USA Workshop Leader: Discussion about Creating a Science Shop Association of the Americas, Overcoming Health Disparities: Global Partnerships between Communities, Health Services and Health Professional Schools, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, The Network: Towards Unity for Health, Atlanta, USA Panel Member, Plenary Session: Evaluating the field: A critical look at Community Based Research, Crossroads: Critical Issues in Community-Based Research Partnerships, Institute for Community Research, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Co-presenter, Funding Community Based Research, Community Based Research Network of Ottawa (CBRNO), Ottawa Chair, Revitalizing Local Democracy with John Ralston Saul, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa

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Panel Member, Building High Speed Communities, Symposium on the Alberta Supernet, University of Calgary, Calgary Presenter, Point, Click, Learn, Initiative on the New Economy Ottawa II, Ottawa 2003: Panel Member, Science Shops and Public Science, European Social Forum, Paris, France Presenter, The Transformation of Research in Canada, Knowledge Based Economy Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland Co-presenter, Open Sessions on Knowledge Mobilization Strategy, Ottawa Expert Witness, Public Service Study, Archetypes for the Networked Government, Ottawa Chair, Community Laboratories, CU-expo conference on Community–University Research: Partnerships, Policy & Progress, Saskatoon Presenter, Resources, Credibility, Results – The Community–University Research Alliances Program in a Comparative International Perspective, CU-expo conference on Community–University Research: Partnerships, Policy & Progress, Saskatoon Co-presenter, CURA and Knowledge Mobilization, CU-expo conference on Community–University Research: Partnerships, Policy & Progress, Saskatoon Co-presenter, Federated Press, Knowledge Management in Government, Implementing a knowledge-management pilot project, Ottawa 2002: Co-presenter, Knowledge Mobilization and The Initiative on the New Economy (INE), SSHRC-CESC Seminar, Policy-Relevant Research and Dissemination: A Planning Session, Toronto Speaker, Future of Loka, Building Healthy Communities: Overcoming the Social, Economic, and Environmental Barriers with Community-Based Research, Loyola University, Chicago Keynote Speaker, Research in C Major: Community Involvement in Research Policy and Practice, Research & Evaluation in a Learning Community Symposium, Lakeside Gardens, Britannia Park, Ottawa Speaker, Forum Presentation, What Do You Mean? Working Together after Deciding to Work Together, Ready, Set, Go: Improving the Odds through Integrated Research, Policy, and Practice, Applied Research Branch, Human Resources Development Canada, Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa 2001: Co-presenter, New Frameworks for Research Collaborations: Changing What We Mean By Research, Presentation at the 4S- Society for the Social Study of Science conference, Fashioning the Future; Science, Technology, and Visions of Progress, Cambridge, MA, USA

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Co-presenter, Transforming Through Renewal, Canadian Association of Fine Arts Deans (CAFAD), Annual General Meeting, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Co-presenter, Managing multi-sector research projects: Developing models for effective movement from problem identification to problem solving, Fifth International Research Symposium on Public Management (IRSPM V) building public - private partnerships: theoretical and empirical developments. Barcelona, Spain Co-presenter, Forum on Public-Private Partnerships in University Research, National Graduate Caucus of the Canadian Federation of Students, McGill University, Montréal Presenter, New Academic Research Program for Sustainable Development Regional Workshops Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre, Vancouver, University of Alberta, Edmonton and Environment Canada, Winnipeg Presenter, Funding Challenges of Collaborative Multi-Sector Research Initiatives, Living Knowledge-Building partnerships for public access to research, Leuven, Institute for Ireland in Europe, Belgium 2000: Co-presenter, NHRDP Health Policy Research Nexus, Recipe for Successful Research, Research funding workshops, Queen's University, Kingston Panel member, Improving Connections between Governments and Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations, Annual Conference of the Public Policy and the Third Sector Initiative, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Kingston Presenter, Science Shops and CURA, Multimedia presentation on the international relationship between the Community–University Research Alliances Program and the European Science Shop movement, Ottawa 1999: Presenter, Community–University Research Alliances Program: Funding for community based research in Canada, Community Research Network (CRN) Conference: International Community-Based Research: Expanding our Partnerships, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

Conference and Workshop Participation (excludes presentations and papers)

2009: KM Expo, York University, Toronto Canadian Community Economic Development Network National Conference, Toronto 2008: BlogWorld Conference, Las Vegas Creativity in Mental Health, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa CEFRIO International Symposium: Creative Cities, Regions and Territories, Quebec City 2007: Conference of Montreal, The International Economic Forum of the Americas: Succeeding through uncertainty Congress, Canadian Sociological Association, Sociology Bridging Communities, Saskatoon

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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change, Toronto Past, Present, and Future of Evidence-Informed Decision-Making -1997-2017 – Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, Montreal 2006: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 4th Annual Big Ideas Show, Gatineau Knowledge Transfer Strategies for Community-based Research, Victoria Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, National Forum on Knowledge Transfer and Exchange, Toronto Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), Community Meeting, Casselman 2005: Niagara Conference on Evidence-Based Treatments for Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health Problems, McMaster University, Niagara-on-the-Lake Health and Learning Knowledge Centre Developmental Conference, Canadian Council on Learning, Vancouver Measuring the Health and Well-being of Ontario’s Children, McMaster University, Hamilton The Knowledge Project, Building Canadian Research Leadership, Ottawa Clinical Epidemiology Rounds, Ottawa Hospital Mental Health Research Rounds, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa Research Rounds, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa 2004: Dave Snowden Workshop, Narrative and Knowledge in the Public Service of Tomorrow, Ottawa International Development Research Centre, Making the Most of Research, Ottawa Knowledge Building Discoveries and Innovations, Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto Conference de Montréal - Competing in a Fast Changing World, Strategies for Success, session organization - The Poverty Gap: Myth and Reality, Montréal 2003: Conference de Montréal - Innovating in an Uncertain World, session organization - The crisis of corporate governance: what's next?, Montréal Beyond Best Practice, Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto KU-03 Colloquium, Knowledge Utilization/Transfer: From Theory to Practice, Québec City

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Social Cohesion Indicators Workshop, Policy Research Initiative, Ottawa Placeware Meta Group: Navigating the Pain Chain (web seminar) The Art of the State, National Press Club, Ottawa Knowledge Sharing, Worldbank, Washington, DC Community of Practice Implementation, International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Strategic Planning for Project Management, Saba Human Capital Live Seminars (web seminar) Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development Advisory Committee, Ottawa Citizenship, Values and Social Cohesion, Policy Research Initiative, Ottawa Institute on Governance, Biotechnology and Governance Program, Ottawa Invitational Workshop, Once Upon a Time: the use and abuse of story and anecdote in decision-making, CHSRF, Montréal 2002: Of Mice and Men: Regulating and Using Patents, Biotechnology Forum Session of the Institute on Governance, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa Cultivating Communities of Practice as Enterprise-Wide Human Capital Strategy, William Synder and Etienne Wenger, Saba Human Capital Live Seminars Canadian Federal Science and Technology Forum, Aylmer Knowledge Brokers Meeting, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, Ottawa Knowledge Management in Action: Looking Back and Looking Ahead, Carla O'Dell, Saba Human Capital Live Seminars Leadership and Innovation for the Future of the Integrated Enterprise, CIO 100, 4th Annual, Colorado Springs, USA Conference de Montréal, International Forum on the New Economy, Europe and the Americas, Montréal Workshop, CIHR - Knowledge Translation Strategies for Health Research, Hull Information session, Reporting Bad Results - Demystifying evaluation in a community-based setting, Rishma Peera, Director, Evaluation and Monitoring at Success By 6, Ottawa Centre de recherche en droit publique - 40e anniversaire, Université de Montréal

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2001: Delivering Compliant Grants and Contribution Programs, Infoterra, National Arts Centre, Ottawa Restorative Justice - Working with Youth: Theory, Research and Practice, Sheraton Ottawa Hotel, Ottawa AIRES - Artist-in-Residence for Research Symposium, National Research Council, Ottawa Session Organizer, Merging and diverging: Research and Action Cultures, Bringing Communities Together, 2001 National Policy Research Conference, Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa Fifth National Metropolis Conference, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ottawa Social Cohesion and Citizenship: How Diversity is changing the Parameters of Belonging, Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa Building Democracy from the Grassroots, Hall of the Americas, Organization of American States, Washington, DC, USA CIO 100 Symposium and Awards, Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego, California, USA Reshaping the Culture of Research: People, Participation, Partnerships and Practical Tools, Community Research Network Conference, University of Texas, Austin, USA Metropolis Leadership Planning Meeting, Citizen and Immigration Canada, Ottawa Canadian Association of University Research Administrators, Delta Hotel, Ottawa Toward Citizen-Centered Service Delivery, Service Improvement Initiative, Treasury Board of Canada, Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa Towards a New Perspective on Health and Health Policy, Dr. Sholom Glouberman, Philosopher in Residence, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Institute of Population Health & Department of Epidemiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa The Life Sciences Revolution and Public Policy Symposium, Institute on Governance, Policy Research Initiative, and the Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Police College, Ottawa 2000: PRIME Lecture, Professor Don Kash, George Mason University, Technology Policy in an Era of Complexity, Ottawa. PRIME Lecture, Dr. David Hart, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Technology Policy in the New Economy and the Next American Administration, Ottawa Industry Canada, Distinguished Speakers in Economics Program, Dr. John Helliwell, University of British Columbia, The Persistence and Canadian Policy Relevance of National Border Effects, Ottawa National Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations: Restoring Faith in Social Development, Ottawa

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Observer: Network Centres of Excellence Adjudication Meetings, Ottawa Canadian Archaeological Association, 33rd Annual Meeting, Transitions, Ottawa Canadian Centre for Management Development: Serving Canadians in the Knowledge Age, Ottawa Canadian Centre for Management Development: Leaders and Leading Visions, Ottawa 1999: Institut Interculturel de Montréal: Cultural Diversity for a Social Change, Montréal Innovations Canada Conference: Alliances for the New Millennium, Ottawa. Assisted preparation of the background for the Minster of Industry, Mr. John Manley, announcement of an investment of $13.6 million in Community–University Research Alliances Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies Annual General Meeting, Ottawa OECD Conference: Social Sciences for a Digital Earth: Infrastructure Needs of the Social Sciences, Ottawa National Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations: 21st Century Leaders - Looking In, Looking Out, Looking Ahead, Ottawa Canadian Association of University Research Administrators, Bishop's University, Lennoxville

Selected Voluntary Activities 2008: Member, Continuity & Coordination of Care - National Working Group Member, Children's Health Commissioner in Canada - National Working Group Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres 2007: MC, Defender of the Public Good Awards, Ottawa Director, Team Ottawa-Orleans - a community-driven social and economic development initiative. (2005-2007) 2006: MC, Caring About the Public Good: Talking, Learning, and Contributing Together, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa 2005: MC, Defender of the Public Good Awards, Ottawa Social Entrepreneurship Development, Family Services of Ottawa 2004: Vice-President (2002), President (2003), Past President, Social Planning Council (SPC), Ottawa Member, Citizen Task Force on Council Remuneration, Ottawa Fundraising, Humane Society, Ottawa

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Fundraising, Mayor’s Walk for Volunteerism, Ottawa 2003: Vice-chair, Equality East Citizens Coalition, Ottawa Special Advisor, Orleansonline.ca Youth Achievement Awards, Ottawa Deputy Assistant Commissioner: Group Support, Odawa Area, Scouts Canada, Ottawa 2002: Chair, 1st Orleans Scouts Group, Ottawa (2 years) Member, Queenswood Heights Community Association, Ottawa Member, Selection Committee, Community Builders Awards, Ottawa Founding President, Southeast Innes Community Association, Ottawa (2 years) Member, Interim Steering Committee, Arts Centre East Citizen's Group Member, City of Ottawa, Legacy Fund Committee, Capital expenditures decisions committee for the $2.2 million Legacy Fund allocated to Orleans after the amalgamation of the City of Ottawa Member, City of Ottawa, Environmental Assessment Committee for the Petrie Island Project – a 410-acre multiple use recreation site with beaches, marina, and wetland preserve 2001: United Way Canvasser, Ottawa Fundraising for holiday dinners for the Union Mission, Ottawa 2000: Fundraising and collection of sleeping bags for homeless, Operation Go Home, Ottawa 1999: Toastmasters International, Vice President of Public Relations, Bytown Toastmasters, Ottawa 1998: Coordinator: Collection and distribution of polar fleece to service organizations in Ottawa Fundraising Activity Organization: Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre Foundation Volunteer: The Ottawa Bluesfest Volunteer: Hope Beach Volleyball Tournament, Ottawa Volunteer: The Ottawa Folk Festival 1996-1997: Fundraising: Ottawa Food Bank 1994: Fundraising: Operation Go Home, Ottawa

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1991: Project Funding Committee: Dalhousie Health and Community Services Centre, Ottawa