Shawna Reibling

Knowledge Mobilization Officer

Contact Information

Email: sreibling@wlu.ca | @LaurierResearch
Phone: 519-884-0710 ext.4942

Office Location: Alumni Hall AH226
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 4:30

Languages Spoken

English

Academic Background

• BASc, Simon Fraser University (Communications, Community Economic Development)
• MA, Simon Fraser University (Communications) 

Biography

Shawna Reibling comes to Laurier from the University of Guelph, where she was a Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator, serving both the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences and the Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship. She previously managed a knowledge mobilization team in the Faculty of Education, and was a Grants Facilitator, at the University of British Columbia. Her specialties include creating communications strategies that do more with less & sharing knowledge across digital and social media platforms.  

In 2012 Shawna was rated one of the top three knowledge mobilization influencers in Canada, according to a survey by Knowledge Mobilization Works. To view the results of the survey, click here.

Follow Shawna on Twitter @MobilizeShawna

Additional Information

Responsibilities:

• Dissemination of faculty research to the broader public, through materials, events and social media  
• Facilitating research partnerships between community members and university researchers  
• Assisting faculty with knowledge mobilization strategies for grants and research programs

Workshops offered: 

• Knowledge mobilization 101 (staff/faculty/graduate students)
• Building a digital identity (staff/faculty/graduate students)
• How to write a knowledge mobilization plan (faculty)
  
• Clear Language summaries (faculty/graduate students/undergraduate classes)