Sandy Chan, Author at Research Impact Canada

Job Alert: U Calgary – Knowledge Broker to Improve Pain in Children and Families, Anaesthesia

Posted on March 18, 2025 (March 18, 2025)

The Department of Anaesthesia in the Cumming School of Medicine at U Calgary is currently inviting applications for a Knowledge Broker to Improve Pain in Children and Families. This full-time, fixed-term position is for approximately 12 months (based on length of grant funding), with the possibility of extension. This individual should have a passion for improving […]

RIC welcomes four new members in 2025

Posted on March 17, 2025 (April 15, 2025)

In March, Research Impact Canada (RIC) welcomed four new members, bringing the total number of RIC members to 41. The new members include one world-renowned, research hospital (Hospital for Sick Children), two new university members (Brock and Mt. Royal), and one university member re-joining the RIC network (Western). SickKids Learning Institute (Toronto, Ontario): Since its […]

CCEC Workshop: “Engaging Communities in a Good Way”

Posted on March 7, 2025 (March 7, 2025)

Community Campus Engage Canada cordially invites you to its upcoming, virtual workshop, titled “Engaging Communities in a Good Way”, which will be held on March 27, 1:00-4:30 ET. Participants will learn how principles and practices of decolonizing community-campus engagement can inform how we engage with all communities. Dr. Shawna Cunningham, Director of ii’ taa’poh’to’p (Indigenous Strategy), University […]

2025 Discovery Exchange – Optimizing Research and Innovation Impact

Posted on March 7, 2025 (March 7, 2025)

Take part in an exclusive international masterclass hosted and organized by our RIC member, University of Calgary. It will feature esteemed international experts in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, including RIC Network Director, David Phipps. The masterclass, Optimizing Research and Innovation Impact, is part of UCalgary’s Discovery Exchange Series. The course will take place […]

A Knowledge Mobilization Paradigm – with Sierra Woods

Posted on March 3, 2025 (April 15, 2025)

Listen to the episode on Spotify (or the podcast platform of your choice) today! As RIC continues to share new voices from knowledge mobilization practitioners, we’re excited to feature a thoughtful conversation from the Knowledge Fika podcast. In the second episode of the Knowledge Fika podcast (2025), Sierra Woods shares a coffee with Rebecka Isaksson to […]

A Huge Thank You and Farewell to Connie Tang

Posted on February 27, 2025 (April 3, 2025)

Posted on behalf of David Phipps I am sad for us to let you know that Connie Tang will be leaving Research Impact Canada (RIC) on March 12, 2025. I am delighted for Connie that she has taken up a position as Director, Public Sector and Small Business, in the Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst at Toronto […]

Assessing the societal influence of academic research with ChatGPT: Impact case study evaluations

Posted on February 24, 2025 (February 24, 2025)

Kayvan Kousha, K. and Thelwall, M. (2024) Assessing the societal influence of academic research with ChatGPT: Impact case study evaluations. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.19948 Abstract Academics and departments are sometimes judged by how their research has benefitted society. For example, the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) assesses Impact Case Studies (ICS), which are five-page, evidence-based claims of societal […]

RIC featured in AESIS’s newsletter

Posted on January 31, 2025 (January 31, 2025)

RIC was recently featured in the Network of Advancing & Evaluating the Societal Impact of Sciences (AESIS)’s January 2025 newsletter under “AESIS Member Contributions.” Please see below for the post. Another great year for the Research Impact Canada (RIC) network Author(s): David Phipps, York University & Research Impact Canada, Canada RIC was founded in 2006 […]

The Mis‐conceptualisation of Societal Impact: Why the Swiss Approach to Societal Impact is Productive and not Inexistent

Posted on January 27, 2025 (January 27, 2025)

Ochsner, M. (2024). The Mis‐conceptualisation of Societal Impact: Why the Swiss Approach to Societal Impact is Productive and not Inexistent. Swiss Political Science Review. 10.1111/spsr.12618. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/spsr.12618 Abstract Societal impact as a buzz word is high on the agenda of policy-makers around the world. Often, the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) is cited as the initiator […]

Insights from RIC Members Working in the Field of Knowledge Mobilization

Posted on January 17, 2025 (January 21, 2025)

(Click image for full view)These insights were drawn from Research Impact Canada (RIC) members who participated in Dr RIC on December 18, 2024. Dr RIC? What’s that you say? Dr RIC is one of my favourite parts of RIC and that’s saying something because I love most things to do with RIC. Dr RIC is […]

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