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

Posted on May 21, 2025 (May 29, 2025) by Sandy Chan

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, […]

RIC 2025 Engaged Scholarship Award Winner (Doctorate Category): Reta Meng

Posted on May 21, 2025 (May 23, 2025) by Sandy Chan

Reta Meng was awarded the 2025 Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award for her project, Mshiikenh Ganaawaabanjige: Weaving Anishinaabe Knowledge and Western Science for Freshwater Turtle Conservation. ABOUT PROJECT Co-developed conservation programs for Species At Risk are a vital shift toward effective species recovery strategies. These programs, created in partnership between Indigenous Nations and non-Indigenous […]

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

Posted on May 21, 2025 (May 21, 2025) by Sandy Chan

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 […]

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

Posted on March 18, 2025 (March 18, 2025) by Sandy Chan

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 (March 24, 2026) by Sandy Chan

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) by Sandy Chan

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) by Sandy Chan

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) by Sandy Chan

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 […]

2025 RIC Engaged Scholarship Award is Open!

Posted on November 15, 2024 (April 3, 2025) by Sandy Chan

The 2025 Research Impact Canada (RIC) Engaged Scholarship Award for Graduate Students is accepting applications now! We encourage graduate students from our Canadian RIC member institutions to apply. Those who are in the process of or have already started conducting knowledge mobilization activities for their research project and are hoping to make an impact are […]

Research Impact Canada announces two new members

Posted on November 4, 2024 (November 21, 2024) by Sandy Chan

Research Impact Canada (RIC) has already welcomed six new members this year: The Royal Ottawa Hospital, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Saint Paul’s University, Université Laval, University of Bristol (UK) and the Centre for International Governance Innovation. To bring out the total new members to eight this year, we are delighted to welcome two […]

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