Sandy Chan, Author at Research Impact Canada

RIC 2025 Engaged Scholarship Award Winner (Doctorate Category): Katrina Leclerc

Posted on May 21, 2025 (May 21, 2025)

Katrina Leclerc was awarded the 2025 Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award for her project, Accessing Knowledge: Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) Library. ABOUT PROJECT Youth, Peace and Security Is More Than a Policy Agenda: It’s a Framework for Transformation In the peace and security field, young people are often celebrated as the leaders of […]

“KM in the AM” Episode: “Is MobilizeU Right for You?”

Posted on May 15, 2025 (May 15, 2025)

Source: KM in the AM April 2025 newsletter On April 9, 2025, Michael Johnny, Manager, Knowledge Mobilization Unit, York University, was invited to “KM in the AM” podcast to discuss all things knowledge mobilization and MobilizeU. Read more below and watch the recording. “Thank you for joining us for today’s KM in the AM session […]

Canadian approaches to research impact and its assessment

Posted on April 9, 2025 (November 27, 2025)

Source: Cross-posted from Edward Nason’s LinkedIn Post. In Canada, research impact assessment has grown from multiple communities in the research ecosystem, sharing a desire to deliver greater research impact. While we might not have a national system for assessing research impact, we do have significant talent, experience and tools at our disposal to drive, deliver […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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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