Contact person: Manuela Ferrari
Since 2021, the VIVA Mental Health Workshops have offered free training to students and staff at the Douglas Research Centre to help them develop their knowledge translation (KT) and digital content creation skills for public audiences.
The program teaches participants how to design and implement KT projects by combining traditional approaches with design thinking methods, while exploring formats such as infographics, podcasts, and videos. Participants also learn how to use the new VIVA Mental Health Studio to create engaging digital content that showcases their research.
The VIVA Mental Health project is funded by the Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives initiative at McGill University.
Main goal:
To provide training on how to design and implement a successful KT project using multi-media tools (e.g., videos, podcasts, infographics and animation).
Outcomes for each workshop participant:
- Knowledge Translation plan
- KT Digital products
- Certificate of training completion from the VIVA Mental Health Program
- Possibility to participate in VIVA Awards competition
- Promotion on DRC social network accounts
Eligibility:
Douglas PIs, research assistants, students (permission from their supervisors)