Sandy Chan, Author at Research Impact Canada

What is a Research Impact Narrative?

Posted on July 17, 2025 (July 17, 2025)

Check out this 2-minute amazing video from The Research Impact Academy (based in Australia) on how to craft a research impact narrative. In this video, Tamika Heiden explains six elements in an impact narrative: The Research Impact Academy (RIA) supports researchers and organisations to thrive by providing the tools and strategies needed to achieve meaningful […]

Wrapping up the 2025 KxM Research to Impact Fellowship

Posted on July 7, 2025 (July 8, 2025)

This article was originally posted on Knowledge Exchange (KX) at UBC’s website and has been cross-posted here. July 4, 2025 This spring, we wrapped up the inaugural KxM Research to Impact Fellowship, a new UBC initiative designed to build capacity among early-career researchers to mobilize knowledge effectively across academic, policy, nonprofit, and community settings. This intensive program […]

2025 RIC Engaged Scholarship Award Webinar

Posted on July 4, 2025 (July 17, 2025)

If you missed the live event or want to revisit the presentations, now is the perfect opportunity to watch the recording of the 2025 Research Impact Canada (RIC) Engaged Scholarship Award webinar and be inspired by these remarkable projects! This annual event shines a spotlight on exceptional scholars who are strengthening the connections between research […]

Aligning research uptake with context: Supporting researchers’ decisions towards context-appropriate research uptake strategies

Posted on June 26, 2025 (June 26, 2025)

Trouwloon, D.T., Van Laerhoven, F., Hegger, D.L.T., Driessen, P.P.J. (2024) Aligning research uptake with context: Supporting researchers’ decisions towards context-appropriate research uptake strategies. Environmental Science & Policy 159 103882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103822. Abstract Academic and non-academic societal actors alike are seeking to optimize the ways in which scientific research may contribute to sustainable development, for which a […]

2025 RIC Annual Meeting

Posted on June 10, 2025 (October 27, 2025)

Our annual meeting this year is coming up soon in September! A huge thank you to Simon Fraser University (Lupin Battersby and Sophie Ashton) for hosting RIC this year. […]

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RIC exhibits at Congress Expo 2025

Posted on June 5, 2025 (June 17, 2025)

This week, Research Impact Canada (RIC) exhibited at Congress Expo 2025, which was held at George Brown College’s Waterfront Campus in downtown Toronto. As part of the 94th Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, RIC joined over 20 exhibitors in Canada’s largest academic book fair, engaging with researchers, students, and community members to highlight […]

Congratulations to the 2025 RIC Engaged Scholarship Award Winners!

Posted on May 29, 2025 (May 30, 2025)

The Research Impact Canada (RIC) Engaged Scholarship Award for Graduate Students recognizes graduate students who conduct research projects following engaged scholarship principles that lead to increased awareness of audiences beyond academia or changes in stakeholder actions, practices, guidelines, or policies. RIC is thrilled to announce this year’s RIC 2025 Engaged Scholarship Award for Graduate Students! […]

Engaged Research for Societal Benefit, A Call to Funders

Posted on May 26, 2025 (June 6, 2025)

Miyamoto, B., Corbett, K., Boaz, A., Doucet, F., Mahlanza-Langer, L., Jagannathan, K., Tandon, R., and Ranco, D. (2024) Engaged Research for Societal Benefit, A call to funders. Working Paper. https://www.agci.org/wp-content/uploads/imported-files/2024/05/TEFN-Engaged-Research—final.pdf Abstract To make progress on pressing global issues—to create healthy, equitable, peaceful, just, and sustainable societies—funders, researchers, governments, boundary spanners, community groups, civil society actors, […]

RIC 2025 Engaged Scholarship Award Winner (Master’s Category): Sarah Demedeiros

Posted on May 23, 2025 (May 23, 2025)

Sarah Demedeiros was awarded the 2025 Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award for her project, Digital Storytelling for Intergenerational Health and Well-Being: A Decolonized Approach to Disseminating and Preserving Indigenous Elder Knowledge in Health Research. ABOUT PROJECT Background: Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have sustained cultural continuity, social cohesion, and intergenerational well-being through rich knowledge-sharing […]

RIC 2025 Engaged Scholarship Award Winner (Master’s Category): Rowan Harris

Posted on May 21, 2025 (May 29, 2025)

Rowan Harris was awarded the 2025 Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award for her project, Understanding Holistic Indicators of Goose Health around Arviat, Nunavut. ABOUT PROJECT This research supports the Aqqiumavvik Society in Arviat, Nunavut, by developing community-led indicators to identify healthy and sick geese. The goal is to encourage more local harvesting and consumption, […]

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