Preface
Jonathan Lomas (Canadian Health Services Research Foundation)
Part 1: Overview of the Book and the Experiment
Chapter 1: Book Introduction: Reflections on an Experiment in Research Funding
Louise Potvin (University of Montreal, Social and Preventive Medicine)
Chapter 2: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Experimenting with a Non-traditional Research Chair Model
Erin Morrison (McMaster University, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation/Canadian Institutes of Health Research) and Patricia Conrad (Nova Scotia Department of Health)
Part 2: Innovations in Research Practices
Chapter 3: From Knowledge Transfer to Knowledge Management, and to Value Creation
RÉjean Landry (UniversitÉ Laval, Knowledge Transfer and Innovation) with the collaboration of Nabil Amara (UniversitÉ Laval, Administrative Sciences)
Chapter 4: Evidence-Informed Public Policy Decision Making
Peter Coyte (Chair in Health Services Research from the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation)
Chapter 5: The Mediating Role of Research in the Socio Health Space
Louise Potvin (University of Montreal, Social and Preventive Medicine)
Chapter 6: The Back Roads that Go from a Framework to Policy
Linda O’Brien-Pallas (University of Toronto, Nursing and Medicine) with the collaboration of Laureen Hayes (University of Toronto, Research Officer)
Part 3: Novel Ways of Structuring Learning
Chapter 7: Scaling Up for Systems’ Changes
Nancy Edwards (University of Ottawa, School of Nursing and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine)
Chapter 8: Service Learning Within a Multi Stakeholder Pharmaceutical Program and Policy Arena
Ingrid S. Sketris (Dalhousie University, College of Pharmacy)
Chapter 9: Engaged Scholarship: Building Capacity in Advanced Practice Nursing Research
Alba DiCenso (McMaster University, Nursing)
Part 4: Organisational Transformations and the Academic Career
Chapter 10: Managing to Manage: The Daily Practices of a Chair
Pat Armstrong (York University, Sociology)
Chapter 11: Promoting Evidence-Informed Management in Health Care Organizations: An Experience in Academic Renewal
Jean-Louis Denis (University of Montreal, Health Adminstration) with the collaboration of Lise Lamothe (University of Montreal, Health Adminstration) and Anne McManus
Chapter 12: A Home Away from Home: The Influence of Organizational Setting upon a Chair’s Program
Paula Goering (University of Toronto, Psychiatry)
Part 5: Conclusion
Chapter 13: Lessons Learned from the Chairs Program: An Inductive, Interpretive Analysis
Lesley Degner
