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 networking on research impact. But in a world shut down due to COVID-19 this mobilizer is less mobile but no less active because the need to move research into action […]
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. My husband Gary and I reflect frequently about the privilege we have being able to work from home on a full salary, in fact while further saving money on those […]
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 scheduled for June 8-9. The new date is November 24-25 and remains at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We remain committed to co-creating a conference experience that reflects your interests, experience, […]
Julie Bayley, Director of Research Impact Development, University of Lincoln UK, published a response to the leaked internal memo from UK Research & Innovation that was published by Research Professional News, indicating that the UK government is set to remove “pathways to impact. In her blog post, Julie discusses that these changes do not signify a […]
Late last week a leaked internal memo from UK Research & Innovation was published by Research Professional News that indicated the UK government is set to remove “pathways to impact” from all UK grant forms to reduce the administrative burden for grant seekers, reviewers and funders. This has introduced a seismic shock to the UK […]
On January 16, 2020 , Krista Jensen, Knowledge Mobilization Officer at York University, shared her practice on helping researchers use social media to mobilize their research and build partnerships. Topics included how to create a social media strategy, effective ways of using social media and how to measure and evaluate social media activities. […]
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00064-x First posted by Hetan Shah in Nature.com on January 15, 2020. Hetan Shah is the soon to be chief executive of the Royal Society (UK). He writes how all the major issues the world faces cannot be addressed by statistics, data, and STEM disciplines alone. Among other things, Hetan Shah states: – Epidemics are […]
Merry Mobilizing from the Knowledge Mobilization Unit at York University and Research Impact Canada! From left to right: Connie Tang, Manager, Research Impact Canada Sylvia Urbanik, Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator, Research Impact Canada Krista Jensen, Knowledge Mobilization Officer, KMb Unit at YorkU David Phipps, Executive Director, Research & Innovation Services Helen Ng, Knowledge Mobilization Specialist, Research […]
This guest post was first published on the Institute for Knowledge Mobilization website and is reposted here with permission. On behalf of the Institute for Knowledge Mobilization and Research Impact Canada, we are pleased to announce that Dr. Alice Aiken, Vice-President Research & Innovation at Dalhousie University will be the Chair of the 2020 Canadian […]
This guest post was first published on the Institute for Knowledge Mobilization website and is reposted here with permission. The PDF download of the CKF20 Call for Content Description The WORD download of the CKF20 Call for Content FORM to send in your contributions. Introduction to the Forum The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum was created […]
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