Perspectives Archives - Research Impact Canada

“KM in the AM” Episode: “Is MobilizeU Right for You?”

Posted on May 15, 2025 (May 15, 2025) by Sandy Chan

Source: KM in the AM April 2025 newsletter On April 9, 2025, Michael Johnny, Manager, Knowledge Mobilization Unit, York University, was invited to “KM in the AM” podcast to discuss all things knowledge mobilization and MobilizeU. Read more below and watch the recording. “Thank you for joining us for today’s KM in the AM session […]

Canadian approaches to research impact and its assessment

Posted on April 9, 2025 (April 15, 2025) by Sandy Chan

Source: Cross-posted from Edward Nason’s LinkedIn Post. In Canada, research impact assessment has grown from multiple communities in the research ecosystem, sharing a desire to deliver greater research impact. While we might not have a national system for assessing research impact, we do have significant talent, experience and tools at our disposal to drive, deliver […]

A Knowledge Mobilization Paradigm – with Sierra Woods

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

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 […]

Insights from RIC Members Working in the Field of Knowledge Mobilization

Posted on January 17, 2025 (January 21, 2025) by Sandy Chan

(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 […]

Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum (CKF) 2024 Opening Address

Posted on July 3, 2024 (July 4, 2024) by Sandy Chan

On June 19, 2024 in Le grand Bibliotheque de Montréal, Peter Levesque gave the opening address to the conference. Peter founded CKF in 2012 as a place where scholars and practitioners of knowledge mobilization in all disciplines can come together to share experiences, network and make new connections. The drivers for CKF were two fold: […]

Back on the Exhibiting Circuit

Posted on March 8, 2024 (March 8, 2024) by Sandy Chan

A global pandemic and a highly skilled team of network professionals have more than efficiently taken exhibiting on our collective work at RIC off my portfolio. And having done this for many, many years a part of me has not missed it. This said, opportunity knocked over the past 6 months and it was enjoyable to […]

CIHR Virtual Listening Workshop: Refresh of SPOR

Posted on February 15, 2024 (June 17, 2024) by Sandy Chan

On February 14, 2024, Research Impact Canada (RIC) hosted a two-hour, virtual listening workshop with RIC members across Canada to hear their insights on the refresh of Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR). Research that puts patients and families at the core of the research project is a strong knowledge mobilization method designed to meet […]

Knowledge Mobilization in The Hill Times

Posted on February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2024) by Sandy Chan

The Hill Times is a publication for the Canadian federal government. The February 5, 2024 edition was on Innovation and featured an Op Ed from Amir Asif (VP Research & Innovation, York University) and David Phipps (Assistant VP Research Strategy & Impact). The Op Ed makes the case for more funding for knowledge mobilization to […]

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 […]

The Pedagogic Guide to KMb : an invaluable resource for graduate students

Posted on August 21, 2023 (August 21, 2023) by Louis Melancon

Dancause, Luc. “Guide pédagogique sur la mobilisation des connaissances.” (2023). Summary of the original document in French https://www.erudit.org/fr/livres/hors-collection/guide-pedagogique-sur-la-mobilisation-des-connaissances/000580li.pdf Written by Louis Melançon, Research Assistant at Research Impact Canada University students are increasingly asked to apply their research results to concrete use and to acquire a better understanding of the needs expressed by civil society groups. […]

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