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What role can equitable partnerships play in decolonizing research and policy toward strengthening local resilience?

Posted on January 4, 2023 (January 4, 2023) by Sandy Chan

The title is the talk I was asked to deliver at the conference of the Africa Research & Impact Network on December 8, 2022. My role as Assistant VP Research Strategy & Impact has included work on EDI in research in general and decolonizing research and research administration specifically. And in Research Impact Canada we […]

Knowledge mobilization in French in Canada: portrait of Équipe RENARD

Posted on December 5, 2022 (December 5, 2022) by Louis Melancon

Here we publish the first in a series of portraits on different French-speaking groups and organizations working in the field of knowledge mobilization and transfer in Canada. Today, we introduce Équipe RENARD, affiliate of the Université de Montréal in Quebec. —— Équipe RENARD (Recherche sur les Effets Non-Académiques de la Recherche et ses Déterminants) [Research […]

Knowledge mobilization between 2010 and 2020 in Quebec: overview and achievements

Posted on December 5, 2022 (December 5, 2022) by Louis Melancon

Dancause, Luc. “ Diagnostic de l’expertise québécoise dans le domaine de la mobilisation des connaissances [Assessment of expertise in Quebec in the field of knowledge mobilization]. ” (October 2020). https://oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/pls/public/gscw031?owa_no_site=2100 In the wake of the publication of its Cadre sur le bilinguisme [Bilingualism Framework] where it commits to make more room for French content, the RIC is […]

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 […]

Speech From the Throne calls for more knowledge mobilization for Canada

Posted on January 17, 2022 (March 8, 2023) by David Phipps

“The Speech from the Throne opens every new session of Parliament. The Speech introduces the government’s direction and goals, and outlines how it will work to achieve them. On November 23, 2021, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, delivered the Speech from the Throne to open the first session of the 44th Parliament […]

The impact of history research is knowable for those who wish to know it

Posted on November 24, 2021 (November 25, 2021) by Research Impact

Gary Myers and David Phipps (both from York University) wrote a response to an article that posited that the impact of history research is ultimately unknowable. A summary of their response and link to their article is below. In winter 2021 Penny Bryden, President (at the time) of the Canadian Historical Association wrote in the […]

A conjecture on “Internal Knowledge Mobilization”

Posted on November 15, 2021 (November 25, 2021) by Research Impact

A few weeks ago, I was asked by someone in a Faculty of Education if there were models of “internal knowledge mobilization”. By this, they meant “how can we mobilize the education research we are doing to benefit our teacher training”. The following was my reply. I think it is relevant beyond education, for example […]

Innovation and Knowledge Mobilization

Posted on August 10, 2021 (November 25, 2021) by Research Impact

A colleague at a Research Impact Canada member university recently asked me (David Phipps) about innovation, knowledge mobilization and indicators to know the difference. This is the e-mail exchange. Sharon: How do you know when innovation is happening in a knowledge mobilization process? What are the indicators? David: Do you mean an innovative KMb process […]

University of Ottawa’s growth as a knowledge mobilization university

Posted on May 26, 2021 (November 24, 2021) by Connie Tang

Since 2018, the University of Ottawa’s Research Connexions Unit has demonstrated excellent growth as a knowledge mobilization university. In collaboration with Terry Campbell, Marie-Eve Girard, and Aislinn Gallivan, Research Impact Canada has co-designed an infographic to illustrate the amazing knowledge mobilization work of the Research Connexions Unit! […]

Category: Perspectives

What role can equitable partnerships play in decolonizing research and policy toward strengthening local resilience?

Knowledge mobilization in French in Canada: portrait of Équipe RENARD

Knowledge mobilization between 2010 and 2020 in Quebec: overview and achievements

So, you’re new to research impact?

Speech From the Throne calls for more knowledge mobilization for Canada

The impact of history research is knowable for those who wish to know it

A conjecture on “Internal Knowledge Mobilization”

Innovation and Knowledge Mobilization

University of Ottawa’s growth as a knowledge mobilization university

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