Connie Tang, Author at Research Impact Canada

Governor General Returns to Waterloo for Keynote Address / Le gouverneur général revient à Waterloo pour une allocution

Posted on May 23, 2012 (November 23, 2021)

University of Waterloo is known more for industry-associated innovation despite many local community engaged initiatives. But when the Governor General returns to the university where he used to be President he will be speaking on collaboration for social innovation thanks in part to RIR. L’Université de Waterloo est plus connue pour l‘innovation associée à l’industrie, […]

Inspired by clear language writing and design

Posted on May 17, 2012 (November 23, 2021)

ResearchImpact-RéseauImpactRecherche is pleased to publish a post by guest blogger Robyn Schell who contacted David Phipps (RIR-York) after reading his paper published in December 2011 in Scholarly & Research Communications. I’m Robyn Schell and I am a founding member of our fledgling BC KTE group in Vancouver. We keep in close touch with Ontario Knowledge […]

ResearchImpact wants to grow / Le RéseauImpactRecherche veut grandir

Posted on May 6, 2012 (November 23, 2021)

Founded in 2006 by York University and the University of Victoria, ResearchImpact is Canada’s knowledge mobilization network. In 2010-2011 ResearchImpact expanded to include Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, Université du Québec à Montréal, University of Guelph and University of Saskatchewan. Responding to local opportunities and constraints has resulted in different models of institutional knowledge […]

Systems Thinking, Knowledge and Action: Towards Better Models and Methods

Posted on May 6, 2012 (April 1, 2025)

Best, A., Holmes, B. (2010). Systems thinking, knowledge and action: Towards better models and methods. Evidence & Policy, 6(2), 145-159. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/tpp/ep/2010/00000006/00000002/art00002 Abstract The way we think about how research, policy and practice inform and interact with each other shapes our efforts to improve health and social outcomes. In this paper we describe linear, relationship and systems models with […]

Diversity / Diversité

Posted on May 4, 2012 (November 23, 2021)

David Phipps, RIR-York I used to think the ResearchImpact-RéseauImpactRecherche (RIR) partner institutions were diverse in our knowledge mobilization practices: St. John’s to Victoria, institution and research unit based, French and English… and then I spent three days in Hamilton at the K* (Kstar) conference. J’avais l’habitude de penser que les partenaires du RéseauImpactRecherche – ResearchImpact […]

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aha moments from K* – thursday april 26, 2012

Posted on April 26, 2012 (November 23, 2021)

By David Phipps (RIR-York) In the previous two installments of my aha moments from K* you will have seen all the countries that are home to some of the brokers at this conference. What is also impressive is the diversity of disciplines in which we work: communications, health policy, mental health, education, water, climate change, […]

York’s KMb Unit part of inaugural conference on knowledge mobilization

Posted on April 26, 2012 (November 23, 2021)

The following article appeared in York University’s YFile on April 24, 2012 and is reposted with permission. York University is playing an important role in the first conference of its kind that is dedicated to better mobilizing and brokering knowledge. The K*2012 conference, which starts today and continues until April 27, provides a forum for an international […]

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