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
Call for Papers – Engaged Scholar Journal Special Issue on Engagement in the Anthropologies of Health and Wellbeing
CALL FOR PAPERS For Special Issue in Issue 11 (Volume 6, Issue 1, Spring 2020) Community Engagement and the Anthropologies of Health and Wellbeing Guest Editors: Sylvia Abonyi and Pamela […]
Certificate in Knowledge Mobilization: Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the second iteration of the Certificate in Knowledge Mobilization! This online professional development certificate builds capacity to turn knowledge into […]
Research Connection to Community is Vital
This week’s guest post was first posted on the University of Calgary’s UToday on July 3, 2018 and is reposted here with permission. Conference explores […]
Journal Club
A Better Measure of Research From the Global South
Lebel, J. & McLean, R. (2018). A better measure of research from the global south. Nature, 559, 23-26. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05581-4 Abstract Funders Jean Lebel and Robert […]
Knowledge Mobilization Practices of Researchers
Cooper, A., Rodway, J. and Read R. (2018) Knowledge mobilization practices of researchers. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 48(1), 1 – 21. http://journals.sfu.ca/cjhe/index.php/cjhe/article/view/187983 Abstract Researchers […]
Community-Based Participatory Research and Integrated Knowledge Translation: Advancing the Co-Creation of Knowledge
Jull, J., Giles, A. & Graham, I. D. (2017). Community-based participatory research and integrated knowledge translation: Advancing the co-creation of knowledge. Implementation Science, 12, 150. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0696-3 Abstract […]
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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