Sandy Chan, Author at Research Impact Canada

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 […]

RIC Alberta Regional Meeting

Posted on December 13, 2024 (December 13, 2024)

What do four Alberta universities and one polytechnic have in common? L-R: Reisa Klein (U Alberta), Stephanie Warner (U Calgary), Thane Chambers (U Alberta), Vicky Qualie (NAIT), Sarelle Azuelos (U Calgary) University of AlbertaUniversity of CalgaryAthabasca UniversityMacEwan UniversityNorthern Alberta Institute of Technology These are the five Alberta members of Research Impact Canada. There are more […]

Overcoming Common Anxieties in Knowledge Translation: Advice for Scholarly Issue Advocates

Posted on November 28, 2024 (December 4, 2024)

Thank you for another year of reading knowledge mobilization Journal Club posts. We take a break in December so please come back to this space at the end of January for the next Journal Club, which will be on a Swiss approach to research impact. But until then, read on to find out more about […]

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