JOB TITLE: Research Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator, Making the Shift Inc. TYPE OF POSITION: Contract – annual contract with opportunity for renewal for up to five yearsHOURS OF WORK: Full-time (35 hours/wk) SALARY: $60-65K per year, plus benefits; salary commensurate with experience The Research & Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator (RKMC) will be responsible for supporting the implementation […]
This guest post was first published on the University of Ottawa website and is reposted here with permission. By Monique Roy-Sole Medical science has long proven the benefits of taking folic acid for a healthy pregnancy. However, many prenatal supplements sold in Canada contain more than twice the recommended dose of folic acid. Professor Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson […]
Anne Bergen (https://knowledgetoaction.ca/) is a community based evaluator and an alum from Research Impact Canada when she worked at RIC member, University of Guelph. She helped the RIC Evaluation Committee develop a logic model and evaluation framework. She describes her work in a case study that is introduced below. Do you want to evaluate a […]
Wilfrid Laurier University is hiring! A summary of the job description is as follows: Position Title : Research Facilitator, Social Sciences and Humanities- Waterloo Campus Department : Office of Research Services Job Type : Full-time, Continuing Qualifications: PhD in Humanities and/or Social Science The Research Facilitator (Social Sciences and Humanities) is responsible for […]
This guest post was first published on the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research website and is reposted here with permission. Research knowledge is most likely to be used when it is informed by those who will use it. To support this, our team of knowledge translation (KT) specialists work to advance both […]
The Future Skills Centre – Centre des Compétences futures (FSC-CCF) is an exciting new arms-length research centre established through the Government of Canada’s Future Skills Program to strengthen Canada’s skillsand training ecosystem and ensure Canadians are skilled and equipped to meet the diverse needs of thenation’s employment market. A collaboration between Ryerson University, the Conference […]
I was in Bilbao, Spain recently teaching in a course titled “Implementing a National Health Research Strategy” and one session raised ethical considerations of research impacts. Grimpacts were mentioned and I invented a new term, “himpact”: the impact of research that excludes women and trans people. Disponible en français I think we are all comfortable […]
The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) released their new strategic plan “The Road to 3030” on March 15, 2019. Launching the strategic plan, ACU states “The ACU believes that universities make a critical contribution to sustainable development across the Commonwealth and beyond.” Three of the five goals in this strategic plan link to knowledge mobilization […]
On February 12, 2019, Dr. David Phipps presented this webinar related to his research and practice on research impact planning. […]
Brokers from Memorial University, University of Guelph, McMaster University and Western University share their insights on knowledge brokering practices on May 17, 2018. […]
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