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CERCA publishes the Research Impact Glossary

Posted on October 24, 2024 (October 25, 2024) by Sandy Chan

David Phipps is chair of the CERCA International Research Impact Assessment Advisory Board which, according to the post, guided the development of the glossary.The new document aims to provide a common theoretical foundation for CERCA centres to craft narratives within their research impact strategies. The glossary outlines the most commonly used terminologies by professionals in […]

Celebrating Leadership in Knowledge Mobilization: Announcing the Winners of the Peter Levesque Award!

Posted on July 26, 2024 (October 24, 2024) by Sandy Chan

Research Impact Canada is excited to announce the winners of the Peter Levesque Award for Knowledge Mobilization Leadership. This award recognizes individuals and teams who have made significant contributions to advancing knowledge mobilization and building capacity for impactful research. The award was presented at the Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2024, held at the Grande Bibliothèque […]

The Bartlett Manual of Impact

Posted on March 25, 2024 (March 25, 2024) by Sandy Chan

The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, based at University College London, is by many measures a place of ‘excellence’. We have a variety of experts working across a huge range of disciplines (from architecture to planning, environment, energy and resources, project management, economics and beyond) sharing their insights with the world and proactively creating […]

Leadership for Knowledge Mobilization

Posted on October 30, 2023 (December 8, 2023) by Sandy Chan

The following post was originally posted to Pathways to Possibility‘s website. On July 5th, 2023, Michael Johnny, Darren Levine, and Laura Stephan co-hosted the webinar “Leadership for Knowledge Mobilization“. In this session, we talked about how knowledge mobilization, leadership and the power of collaborative relationships intersect. It is often said that knowledge mobilization is all about […]

Drafting Societal Impact in Grant Applications

Posted on February 24, 2023 (March 8, 2023) by Sandy Chan

David Phipps was invited to write the following for the Society for Research Administrators International after he presented at their annual conference late in 2022. Please see the original post from SRAI. Picture this. Caesars Palace. The Pompeian room. Standing room only at 11 am on November 4, 2022 at the SRAI conference. A truly […]

Switching from stakeholder

Posted on December 5, 2022 (December 5, 2022) by David Phipps

The word stakeholder is becoming increasingly contested due to its colonial connotations. Has this hit your radar and are you trying out other words? In November, Mark Reed posted a thought piece on the use of the word stakeholder concluding “ultimately that means re-thinking our use of the word “stakeholder”.” The issue with the word […]

So, you’re new to research impact?

Posted on October 27, 2022 (December 2, 2022) by Elisabeth Huang

Please note that the original blog post can be found at The Research Whisperer. The impact that research generates in society is a hot topic internationally. It can be a complex topic and poses different challenges depending on whether you are a researcher, research professional, funder, or research user. Over the last year, the four […]

Meet Caroline Duvieusart-Déry: Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator

Posted on October 24, 2022 (October 25, 2022) by Research Impact

One of Research Impact Canada’s members, University of Guelph, published a blog post on Wednesday, October 19th, 2022, to feature Caroline Duvieusart-Déry’s experience as the Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator at the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI). Haleakala Angus and Caroline Duvieusart-Dery wrote the blog post to provide readers an insights on the benefits of building strong community-campus partnerships, […]

17 years from research to impact – is this true?

Posted on September 9, 2022 (September 12, 2022) by David Phipps

By David Phipps (York University; @mobilemobilizer) We often say that it takes on average 17 years for health research to turn into a new or improved clinical practice. Is this true? And what about in other disciplines? Morris, Wooding and Grant[1] reviewed the literature on time lags between research and its use in clinical practice […]

Virtual and Remote Knowledge Brokering

Posted on May 19, 2020 (November 25, 2021) by Connie Tang

With COVID-19 and the push for working from home (if possible), we’re “Zooming” into more video-conferencing meetings more than ever. Reaching out to our RIC Network of 60+ members from ~20 universities across Canada, we heard that sharing and facilitating knowledge virtually and remotely has its own share of challenges. In response, we wanted to […]

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