Course Description
Knowledge Translation (KT) is often considered part of the research process in health care and public health. Mainstream, institutional definitions of KT vary, but they generally involve communicating research results to different audiences and working to put “knowledge into action” through changes to practice or policy. In this course (INF2231H – Critical Knowledge Translation in Health Research) we explore how specific ideas about the world are embedded in mainstream research communications, with a focus on what is often termed “health equity” research. This course aims to help knowledge workers identify “red flags” (falsehoods, missing context, vague language) that often show up in mainstream health research and that serve to entrench structural white advantage and structural racism.