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Knowledge Exchange Think Tank 2009

Seniors' Mental Health and Dementia: Accelerating Knowledge Transfer and Exchange - a Canadian Networking-the-Networks Initiative - March 29 - 30, Ottawa

Approximately 80 experts and stakeholders in the fields of mental health, dementia, aging and knowledge transfer and exchange came together to help meet the specific goals and objectives of this Think Tank:

  • To identify local, provincial and national organizations involved in knowledge exchange in the area of seniors' mental health and/or dementia and engage them in a partnership
  • To highlight the successful exchanges and raise the profile of seniors' mental health and dementia
  • To understand how strategies in knowledge exchange from mental health and dementia sectors can be applied to all other sectors of seniors health
  • To create a Community of Practice for knowledge exchange in seniors' mental health and dementia.
  • To create a knowledge bank
  • To use technology and creative communication systems to engage in collaborative initiatives across the country.
  • To increase the knowledge and power of stakeholders and advocates by streamlining the knowledge exchange processes in the field of seniors' mental health and dementia

The outcomes of this Think Tank will be used to help the Seniors Advisory Committee provide guidance to the Mental Health Commission of Canada as they initiate the national Knowledge Exchange Centre.

The Canadian Networking the Networks Initiative is a partnership between the following organizations (in alpha order)

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