RaDAR Team marks anniversary milestone for Summit event

10th Annual Summit meeting in Saskatoon, October 23 & 24, 2017

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Dr. Debra Morgan (left) and keynote presenter Dr. Jenny Basran (right)
Dr. Debra Morgan (left) and keynote presenter Dr. Jenny Basran (right)
This year the RaDAR team marked ten years of ongoing research collaboration with community-based stakeholders and knowledge users at the Annual Summit of the Knowledge Network in Rural and Remote Dementia care. Hosted at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon, the Summit brought together researchers and stakeholders over October 23 & 24 to share knowledge and exchange information.
a celebratory cake to mark 10 years!
a celebratory cake to mark 10 years!

The first evening of Summit was a poster session featuring research in the area of rural and remote dementia care. Researchers from the RaDAR team, from other locations in Canada, and student researchers shared their work. Student poster prize winners were announced that evening - sponsored by the Bilokreli Family RaDAR Trust Fund, the student poster prizes go to the top three student posters at Summit as adjudicated by the poster judges.

Members of the Bilokreli family attended to present the student poster prizes for the top three posters. Awardees included: Val Elliot, 1st place; Kaeli Knudsen, 2nd place; Allison Cammer, tied 3rd place; Ben Gould, tied 3rd place.
Members of the Bilokreli family attended to present the student poster prizes for the top three posters. Awardees included: Val Elliot, 1st place; Kaeli Knudsen, 2nd place; Allison Cammer, tied 3rd place; Ben Gould, tied 3rd place.

Learn more about the importance of knowledge translation acitivites like Summit to the RaDAR Team, download resources from this year's event, and view a Flickr album of photos from Summit.