Sandy Chan, Author at Research Impact Canada

Celebrating a Lifetime of Impact: David Phipps Receives Queen’s University’s Highest Alumni Honour

Posted on June 15, 2026 (June 15, 2026)

The Queen’s University Alumni Association (QUAA) has awarded David Phipps (Artsci’85, PhD’91) the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, the highest honour bestowed upon a Queen’s graduate. The award recognizes alumni whose lifetime contributions have made a meaningful impact through leadership, professional excellence, public service, and community engagement. A leader in knowledge mobilization and research impact, […]

RIC 2026 Engaged Scholarship Award Winner (Doctorate Category): Amish Dua

Posted on June 12, 2026 (June 12, 2026)

About the Project Learning About Caribou Together Caribou have held special cultural, spiritual, and economic importance for Indigenous communities for millennia. They are an essential food source, but they are also much more than that. For many communities, caribou are connected to identity, relationships, responsibilities, and ways of life on the land. My PhD research […]

RIC 2026 Engaged Scholarship Award Winner (Master’s Category): Nwabuisi Chibudo Joshua

Posted on June 10, 2026 (June 10, 2026)

About the Project As climate change increasingly threatens food systems around the world, responses often focus on new technologies, improved crop varieties, and policy interventions. While these approaches are important, they can overlook a critical source of resilience: the knowledge and practices that communities have developed and sustained over generations. Our research project, titled “Traditional […]

RIC 2026 Engaged Scholarship Award Winner (Master’s Category): Emily Moore

Posted on June 6, 2026 (June 10, 2026)

About the Project Catching Dementia Early: Why Accessible Cognitive Screening Is a Matter of Equity As we get older, many of us notice subtle changes in our thinking, like forgetting a name or misplacing a set of keys. While our family doctors do an incredible job caring for us, a typical clinic visit is simply […]

RIC 2026 Engaged Scholarship Award Winner (Doctorate Category): Margaret Hughes

Posted on June 4, 2026 (June 10, 2026)

About the Project Canada’s boreal forests are under increasing pressure. Industrial activities like logging and oil and gas development, combined with increasingly frequent and intense wildfires, are leading to habitat loss and changes in ways that negatively impact both wildlife and the northern communities that depend on these ecosystems for food, water, and cultural continuance. […]

Mapping Institutional Pathways for Advancing Research Impacts.

Posted on June 1, 2026 (June 1, 2026)

Research Impact in Society, Advancing. 2025. Mapping Institutional Pathways for Advancing Research Impacts. Oregon State University. https://doi.org/10.5399/osu/1187 Abstract Higher education institutions are expanding collaborations with industry, other institutions, and communities to enhance the societal impact of research. However, significant opportunities remain to scale and sustain publicly engaged research initiatives. This report synthesizes insights from seven nationally relevant […]

2026 RIC Engaged Scholarship Award Winners

Posted on May 13, 2026 (May 13, 2026)

Research Impact Canada (RIC) is proud to announce this year’s 2026 Engaged Scholarship Award winners! These are four outstanding graduate scholars whose work exemplifies the spirit of engaged scholarship, collaborative research, and meaningful knowledge mobilization. Congratulations to our winners on this well-deserved recognition and for their contributions to engaged, impactful research across Canada. Stay tuned […]

How unpredictable is research impact? Evidence from the UK’s Research Excellence Framework

Posted on April 27, 2026 (April 27, 2026)

Yaqub, O. Malkov, D., and Siepel, J. (2023) How unpredictable is research impact? Evidence from the UK’s Research Excellence Framework, Research Evaluation, 32(2). Pages 273–285, https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvad019 Abstract Although ex post evaluation of impact is increasingly common, the extent to which research impacts emerge largely as anticipated by researchers, or as the result of serendipitous and unpredictable processes, is not […]

CBRCanada Summer Institute 2026

Posted on April 24, 2026 (April 24, 2026)

Registration for CBRCanada’s 2026 Summer Institute is now open! The summer institute is designed primarily for students (upper-level undergraduate or graduate), postdoctoral fellows, faculty, staff, and recent graduates (within 2 years). Research Impact Canada is a member of Community-Based Research Canada, a national non-profit that promotes excellence in community-engaged research that drives positive social change? […]

RIC welcomes five new members

Posted on April 13, 2026 (April 14, 2026)

In March, Research Impact Canada (RIC) welcomed five new members, bringing the total number of RIC members to 46. The new members include one university (Laurentian), the first health charity (Canadian Cancer Society), a funder/convener (CIFAR), the Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families and Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) Ontario. Laurentian University (Sudbury, Ontario) […]

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