Connie Tang, Author at Research Impact Canada

So What the Heck is Knowledge Mobilization and Why Should I Care?

Posted on November 27, 2014 (November 23, 2021)

This week’s guest post comes from Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE). This post first appeared on the CFICE Connections blog on November 24, 2014 and is reposted here with permission. What is Knowledge Mobilization (KMb)? Why should I care? Almost every research funding grant asks for a knowledge mobilization strategy. In general, researchers want […]

Update on KMb Leaders Roundtable in Vancouver January 8-9, 2015

Posted on November 20, 2014 (November 23, 2021)

This week’s guest post comes from Peter Levesque and the Institute for Knowledge Mobilization regarding the upcoming KMb Leaders Roundtable event happening in early 2015. This post first appeared on the Institute for Knowledge Mobilization blog on November 17, 2014 and is reposted here with permission. It is our pleasure to announce that registration for […]

RIR Welcomes McMaster University to Our Network / Le RIR accueille l’Université McMaster

Posted on November 4, 2014 (November 23, 2021)

We are pleased to announce that McMaster University has joined the ResearchImpact-Reseau Impact Recherche network. C’est avec plaisir que nous annonçons l’adhésion de l’Université McMaster au Réseau Impact Recherche-ResearchImpact. On October 21, the ResearchImpact – RéseauImpactRecherche network formally approved an application from McMaster University for admission into the network. RIR now has 11 member institutions […]

Reflections From Our Wonderful Knowledge Mobilization Students – Paula Elias / Quelques réflexions des merveilleux étudiants de l’équipe de mobilisation des connaissances – Paula Elias

Posted on October 22, 2014 (November 23, 2021)

On August 28, 2014, we bid farewell to some of the students who have been instrumental in helping York’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit deliver expert knowledge mobilization services. We are pleased to post the reflections of our students on their time with us. Le 28 août dernier, nous disions au revoir à quelques-uns des étudiants qui […]

Knowledge Translation is like Cellophane

Posted on October 16, 2014 (November 23, 2021)

This week’s blog first appeared on the NeuroDevNet Blog on October 9, 2014 and is reposted here with permission. Knowledge translation catalyzes the movement of research evidence into impacts on policy and practice. We see the research. We see the impacts. We don’t notice the knowledge translation. Knowledge translation is like cellophane. “Cellophane” is a […]

Knowledge Mobilization for Particle Physics? / Mobiliser les connaissances en physique des particules?

Posted on October 8, 2014 (November 23, 2021)

Giving a knowledge mobilization workshop to members of TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, was a new stretch for David Phipps. But it also helped to ask the question, is public engagement in research a necessary precursor for knowledge mobilization? Pour donner aux membres de TRIUMF, le laboratoire national canadien pour la […]

The Retreat of the State and the Future of Social Science

Posted on October 4, 2014 (September 26, 2025)

Baars, S. (2014). The retreat of the state and the future of social science. Management in Education, 28(1) 6-11. http://mie.sagepub.com/content/28/1/6.full.pdf Abstract Amidst deep cuts to public spending, the UK Coalition government announced in 2010 that it would be substantially reducing its subsidy of social science within higher education. As part of the same deficit reduction strategy, the […]

Reflections From Our Wonderful Knowledge Mobilization Students – Christina Ransom / Quelques réflexions des merveilleux étudiants de l’équipe de mobilisation des connaissances – Christina Ransom

Posted on September 30, 2014 (November 23, 2021)

On August 28, 2014 we bid farewell to some of the students who have been instrumental in helping York’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit deliver expert knowledge mobilization services. We are pleased to post the reflections of our students on their time with us. Le 28 août dernier, nous disions au revoir à quelques-uns des étudiants qui […]

Reflections on My Time As NeuroDevNet’s KT Coordinator

Posted on September 12, 2014 (November 23, 2021)

This week’s post comes from Elle Seymour who reflects on her time as KT Coordinator of the NeuroDevNet KT Core, which is housed in York University’s KMb Unit. It first appeared on the NeuroDevNet KT Blog on September 11, 2014. I will always think back on my time with NeuroDevNet with fondness and a great […]

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