Registration Call: Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

• Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026
• Time: 2:00 – 4:00 PM
• Location: Maanjiwe Nendamowinan (MN 3230), Collaborative Digital Research Space, University of Toronto Mississauga
• Audience: Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from across disciplines at UofT
• Hosted by: The Centre for Child Development, Mental Health, and Policy 

Snacks and light refreshments will be provided. Attendance is free. 

This 2-hour workshop will: 

• Build skills in knowledge translation and science communication
• Foster interdisciplinary dialogue across research areas
• Support professional development through focused skill-building activities 

• Background and resources on knowledge translation and science communication in the area of child and youth mental health
• Mini skill-building sessions using different knowledge translation tools (e.g., arts-based methods, improv, infographics, policy briefs)
• Time for networking, discussion, and light refreshments 

To make the most of the workshop, we encourage you to bring (or have in mind), one piece of research you’d like to translate. This could be a project, publication, empirical study, review article, methodology, or any other work you’d like to share and adapt for broader impact to a certain target audience. The work can be at any stage (idea, work-in-progress, previously presented work, etc.). 

Register by Thursday January 15, 2026. Complete the registration form here: https://forms.office.com/r/dKgQbqwFZp 

Registration will be capped at 40, so register as soon as possible to secure your spot!