Research Impact Canada (RIC) is a pan-Canadian network of universities committed to maximizing the impact of academic research for the public good in local and global communities. RIC is committed to developing institutional capacities to support creating and assessing impacts of research, scholarship and creative activities by developing and sharing best practices, services and tools.
Highlights
Influencing Policy: Partnerships Move Research into Action
A multi-sectoral research partnership investigating precarious employment directly influenced employment policies. This case illustrates the value of partner organizations with experience in knowledge brokering, and the importance of building relationships to influence policy. Project: Poverty and Employment Precarity in Southern […]
Research Impact Canada Recognized as Canada’s Leading Knowledge Mobilization Network with Three New Member Institutions!
Research Impact Canada (RIC) is growing! Canada’s leading network of universities moving academic research off campuses and into our communities has welcomed the University of […]
Tools for Knowledge Mobilization- Policy Research Forum
University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick Social Policy Research Network Purpose: Typically hosted in partnership with a provincial government department, the Forum is a one-day […]
Tools for Knowledge Mobilization- KM in the AM
York University, Knowledge Mobilization Unit Purpose: KM in the AMs are thematic breakfast events that bring together researchers and community stakeholders over a shared interest. […]
Blog
Mobilizer but no longer mobile
By David Phipps, York University David Phipps tweets as @mobilemobilizer reflecting on his use of social media on the go and more recently his international […]
Message from David Phipps, RIC Network Director
March is supposed to come in like a lion and go out like a lamb. But that’s about the weather, not about a global pandemic. […]
Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum postponed to November 24-25, 2020
Reposting from http://www.knowledgemobilization.net/covid-19-delays-ckf20/ In light of public health concerns related to the coronavirus, Research Impact Canada and the Institute for Knowledge Mobilization are postponing the Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum, originally […]
Journal Club
Knowledge Exchange and Legislatures
UK Parliament (February 2020) Knowledge Exchange and Legislatures. https://www.assembly.wales/en/bus-home/research/academic-engagement/Pages/knowledge-exchange.aspx Abstract Knowledge exchange (KE) refers to any activity or process in which information is exchanged […]
Exploring the frontiers of research co-production: the Integrated Knowledge Translation Research Network concept papers
Graham, I.D., McCutcheon, C. & Kothari, A. Exploring the frontiers of research co-production: the Integrated Knowledge Translation Research Network concept papers. Health Res Policy Sys […]
Outcomes and Impacts of Development Interventions
Belcher, B. and Palenberg, M. (2018) Outcomes and Impacts of Development Interventions: Toward Conceptual Clarity. Am J. Eval. 39(4) 478-495. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1098214018765698 Abstract The terms […]
Our Members
These individual RIC institutions have developed knowledge mobilization (KMb) as service-oriented units designed to link research with need, liasing between their respective institutions and their surrounding communities.
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