Connie Tang, Author at Research Impact Canada

Impact Cousins, but Maybe Not (yet) Siblings / Cousins par l’impact, mais pas encore tout à fait frères…

Posted on April 28, 2016 (November 23, 2021)

A Canadian, a Brit, two Dutch and someone from Flanders went to Philadelphia for three days. We found an impact tribe, but one that turned out to be more diverse than anticipated. Un Canadien, un Britannique, deux Hollandais et un Flamand s’en vont à Philadelphie pour trois jours. Au-delà de leur parenté certaine, ils se découvrent des […]

Stakeholder Engagement for Research Uptake / La participation des intervenants dans l’exploitation de la recherche

Posted on April 22, 2016 (November 23, 2021)

Last updated in 2013 (so not new, but new to me), DFID UK has produced a guide to aid in research uptake. This guide helps researchers work with stakeholders to maximize the opportunities for research to be taken up and used by organizations making new products, developing policies and/or delivering services. Using this guide will […]

CommunityBUILD Launches the Social Venture Pipeline Accelerator Program for Social Entrepreneurs

Posted on April 8, 2016 (November 23, 2021)

This post originally appeared in YFile on April 6, 2014 and is reposted here with permission. Innovation York announces that communityBUILD, an ongoing collaboration between York University, Seneca College, ventureLAB, United Way Toronto and York Region, has launched a new Social Venture Pipeline initiative to help budding social entrepreneurs in York Region build their social […]

Role Domains of Knowledge Brokering: A Model for the Health Care Setting

Posted on April 2, 2016 (November 23, 2021)

Glegg, S. M and Hoens, A. (2016). Role domains of knowledge brokering: A model for the health care setting. J Neurol Phys Ther, 40(2), 115-23. doi: 10.1097/NPT.0000000000000122. Abstract Knowledge brokering is a strategy to support collaborations and partnerships within and across clinical, research, and policy worlds to improve the generation and use of research knowledge. Knowledge […]

My Journey From Bench to Broker / Du lab de sciences au courtage de connaissances : mon itinéraire

Posted on March 16, 2016 (November 23, 2021)

The e-book, Career Journeys: Leaders share different career journeys in research administration (PDF), is one of six fabulous publications in the Canadian Association of Research Administrators (CARA) bookstore and presents the diverse career journeys of 11 different research administrators. It is a great resource for those wanting to learn about the myriad of career specialties […]

Designing Environmental Research for Impact

Posted on March 13, 2016 (November 23, 2021)

Campbell, C. A., Lefroy, E. C., Caddy-Retalic, S., Bax, N., Doherty, P. J., Douglas, M. M., Johnson, D., Possingham, H. P., Specht, A., Tarte, D & West, J. (2015). Designing environmental research for impact. Science of the Total Environment, 534, 4-13. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969714016830 Highlights This paper explores how environmental research can be more influential. Transdisciplinary research means researchers […]

Canadian Science Policy Fellowship / Bourse pour l’élaboration de politiques canadiennes

Posted on March 2, 2016 (November 23, 2021)

The call for applications opens February 17, 2016, and closes March 31, 2016 at 5 p.m. PDT. Fellowships begin in September 2016 and last for 12 months. L’appel de candidatures débute le 17 février 2016, et prend fin le 31 mars 2016 à 17 h (HAP). Les stages, d’une durée de 12 mois, commenceront en septembre 2016. About the fellowship Mitacs is committed to fostering policy […]

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