Congratulations to the 2022 RIC Award Winners!

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners and honorable mentions for the 2022 edition RIC Award!  The Award is dedicated to graduate students’ efforts in conducting research according to engaged scholarship principles. In 2022, the projects of three Masters students and three doctoral students are recognized. Meet the winners and honorable mentions!  Masters recipients  Doctoral recipients  Honorable Mentions  […]

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Research Impact Canada Annual Report

We are pleased to release our annual report. This report showcases the incredible work our network has accomplished over the last year. Read it here to see what you missed!  Some of the highlights include:✨ Welcomed 3 new institutions to the RIC Network, including our first non-academic member✨ Launched 2 online course modules for skills in Knowledge […]

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Two new resources for knowledge mobilization from eCampus Ontario

By David Phipps, York U RIC members and friends of RIC have collaborated to develop free resources for knowledge mobilization. More than just an electronic book, these resources include self directed, interactive learning, videos and tools. Picture this. April 2021. eCampus Ontario announces a grant to Trent University on behalf of five other Ontario universities […]

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Help fill critical gaps in data around the seniors’ transportation in Canada

Across Canada, countless seniors face social isolation and negative health outcomes due to lack of transportation that meets their needs. But before we can fix the problem, we need more information.  That’s where you can help. F.A.S.T. (funding accelerator for seniors transportation) Track is a national initiative supporting transportation innovation, led by HelpAge Canada and delivered […]

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Save the Date for CKF22

The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum (CKF) is a biennial event that provides opportunities for professional development, learning and networking for those interested in knowledge mobilization, translation, and exchange. It brings together a community dedicated to sharing learnings, best practices, tools, and resources.  CKF22 will be taking place in an online format during the week of June 13-17th 2022. In addition to the national event, we will […]

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Research Impact Canada has a new look!

You may have noticed something new about the Research Impact Canada website… Over the past few months, we’ve been hard at work developing a new look! With the help of adHOME Creative we’ve given our website and brand a refresh. We’ve expanded our color palette in a bold new way, re-organized our content more intuitively, and created a searchable repository of tools and […]

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Research Impact Canada is growing again!

Research Impact Canada (RIC) is a member driven network designed to build institutional capacity for knowledge mobilization and research impact by sharing policies, practices, and services for research institutions across Canada. We started out as two institutions in 2006. This month we welcome three more institutions making us 23 universities and one non-academic institution – […]

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2021 Summit Brings Together U.S. and Canada Perspectives on Research Impacts

The Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) and Research Impact Canada (RIC) worked in collaboration to host the 2021 Summit on Research Impact & Public Engagement at the Intersection of the Future Workforce. The virtual Summit took place from May 10th, 2021 to May 12th, 2021. With more than 25 workshops and sessions, […]

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RIC/ARIS 2021 Summit- Call for Proposals Now Open!

  Centre for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) and Research Impact Canada (RIC) are partnering to host the 2021 Conference on Research Impact & Public Engagement at the Intersection of the Future Workforce – Virtual, May 10-13, 2021.   Our Call for Proposals for Presentation Sessions is now open!   Plenary sessions, speakers, and panels will […]

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Building the concept of research impact literacy- FREE access to article until Dec 31st

Bayley, J.E and Phipps, D. (2019) Building the concept of  research impact literacy, Evidence & Policy, vol 15, no 4, 597–606,  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/174426417X15034894876108   Research impact is being recognized as crucial in academia and is being incorporated into its processes. Now it is more important than ever to understand how to assess impact. In Julie […]

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