Congratulations to the winners and honourable mentions of the 2023 Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award!

We are excited to announce the winners and honourable mentions of the Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award! This award recognizes graduate students who have demonstrated exceptional engaged scholarship, co-creation of knowledge or integrated knowledge translation. We are proud to celebrate their outstanding contribution to promoting research impact. This year’s Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award […]

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Research Impact Canada welcomes four new members

On January 30, 2023, Canada’s knowledge mobilization network, Research Impact Canada (RIC), welcomed four new members, including two Canadian universities, one UK university and one Canadian funder. Founded in 2006, RIC is a member driven network that helps research institutions build their capacity for knowledge mobilization and research impact. York University and University of Victoria […]

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2023 Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award for graduate students is now open!

Research Impact Canada Network (RIC) is committed to maximizing the impact of research for the public good in communities. RIC aims to develop the capacity for knowledge mobilization and support activities related to the impacts of research in Canada and beyond. RIC is calling graduate students to apply for the RIC Engaged Scholarship Award. The RIC […]

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2022 RIC Award Winner: Claire Kemp

Claire Kemp was awarded the 2022 RIC award for her project, Optimizing Community-Based Wildlife Monitoring: Prioritizing Indigenous Knowledge & Values. About project Have you ever wondered how wildlife is affected by changes to the environment? We know that complex changes are happening – but there is so much we don’t know about the cascading impacts […]

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2022 RIC Award Winner: Maji Shaikh

Maji Shaikh was awarded the 2022 RIC award for his project, Development and Evaluation of a Sport-based Trauma-sensitive Program for Underserved Youth: The Bounce Back League. About project In 2016, BGC Canada began the process to develop a sport program underpinned by trauma-sensitive youth development principles, known as Bounce Back League (BBL), to address the […]

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2022 RIC Award Honourable Mentions: Nabilah Gulamhusein

Nabilah Gulamhusein received honourable mentions for her project, Route of Post-Menopausal Estrogen Administration and Cardiovascular Risk. About project Globally, 60,000 individuals become menopausal daily, and it is estimated that by the year 2025, there will be more than a billion menopausal individuals on the planet. More than 75% of menopausal individuals will experience vasomotor symptoms, […]

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2022 RIC Award Winner: Hannah Marcus

Hannah Marcus was awarded the 2022 RIC award for her project, Climate Adaptation in the WASH Sector of East Africa’s Lake Victoria Basin. About project Climate change is having increasing impacts on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) worldwide, rendering health-friendly behaviours less achievable in low-resource settings, disrupting WASH service provision, and reversing global progress on […]

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2022 RIC Award Winner: Christine Wildman

Christine Wildman was awarded the 2022 RIC award for her project, Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer +(2SLGBTQ+) Community and Life During a Global Pandemic: A Resistance Based Photovoice Collective. About project Two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, plus (2SLGBTQ+) people live in a cis-heteronormative society and face systematic and systemic exclusion (Manning 2015; Spade […]

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Resources for Research Administrators

Research administration professionals play an important role to support research excellence in a complex and evolving field. Research Impact Canada has compiled a list of helpful resources to support research administrators in mobilizing knowledge into action. Knowledge Mobilization Needs Assessment Planner (PDF) – Assist organizations by helping them assess the knowledge mobilization skills and needs of […]

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