RIC Award Archives - Research Impact Canada

RIC 2026 Engaged Scholarship Award Winner (Doctorate Category): Amish Dua

Posted on June 12, 2026 (June 12, 2026) by Sandy Chan

About the Project Learning About Caribou Together Caribou have held special cultural, spiritual, and economic importance for Indigenous communities for millennia. They are an essential food source, but they are also much more than that. For many communities, caribou are connected to identity, relationships, responsibilities, and ways of life on the land. My PhD research […]

RIC 2026 Engaged Scholarship Award Winner (Master’s Category): Nwabuisi Chibudo Joshua

Posted on June 10, 2026 (June 10, 2026) by Sandy Chan

About the Project As climate change increasingly threatens food systems around the world, responses often focus on new technologies, improved crop varieties, and policy interventions. While these approaches are important, they can overlook a critical source of resilience: the knowledge and practices that communities have developed and sustained over generations. Our research project, titled “Traditional […]

RIC 2026 Engaged Scholarship Award Winner (Master’s Category): Emily Moore

Posted on June 6, 2026 (June 10, 2026) by Sandy Chan

About the Project Catching Dementia Early: Why Accessible Cognitive Screening Is a Matter of Equity As we get older, many of us notice subtle changes in our thinking, like forgetting a name or misplacing a set of keys. While our family doctors do an incredible job caring for us, a typical clinic visit is simply […]

RIC 2026 Engaged Scholarship Award Winner (Doctorate Category): Margaret Hughes

Posted on June 4, 2026 (June 10, 2026) by Sandy Chan

About the Project Canada’s boreal forests are under increasing pressure. Industrial activities like logging and oil and gas development, combined with increasingly frequent and intense wildfires, are leading to habitat loss and changes in ways that negatively impact both wildlife and the northern communities that depend on these ecosystems for food, water, and cultural continuance. […]

2026 RIC Engaged Scholarship Award Winners

Posted on May 13, 2026 (May 13, 2026) by Sandy Chan

Research Impact Canada (RIC) is proud to announce this year’s 2026 Engaged Scholarship Award winners! These are four outstanding graduate scholars whose work exemplifies the spirit of engaged scholarship, collaborative research, and meaningful knowledge mobilization. Congratulations to our winners on this well-deserved recognition and for their contributions to engaged, impactful research across Canada. Stay tuned […]

Applications Now Open: RIC 2026 Engaged Scholarship Award

Posted on November 27, 2025 (March 24, 2026) by Sandy Chan

Research Impact Canada (RIC) is pleased to open the call for applications for the 2026 Engaged Scholarship Award for Graduate Students – our annual recognition of exceptional community-engaged research that drives meaningful impact. This year (and moving forward), non-university member organizations in the RIC Network are invited to submit applications!* We’re excited to expand this […]

Nominations Open: Peter Levesque Award for Knowledge Mobilization Leadership 2026

Posted on November 24, 2025 (March 24, 2026) by Sandy Chan

Research Impact Canada is pleased to announce the Peter Levesque Award for Knowledge Mobilization Leadership 2026 is now open for nominations! This award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to advancing knowledge mobilization (KMb) as a profession and is named in honor of Peter Levesque, a pioneer in the field. Among many achievements in his career, […]

Youth Leading Change: A New Volume on Youth, Peace and Security

Posted on September 5, 2025 (September 5, 2025) by Sandy Chan

Katrina Leclerc, one of this year’s 2025 RIC Engaged Scholarship Award recipients in the Doctorate category, co-edited a recently published book titled Youth Leading Change: Emerging Sites of Knowledge in Peace and Conflict (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025). In her own words, she kindly informed us that “the RIC award supported parts of my work and knowledge […]

2025 RIC Engaged Scholarship Award Webinar

Posted on July 4, 2025 (July 17, 2025) by Sandy Chan

If you missed the live event or want to revisit the presentations, now is the perfect opportunity to watch the recording of the 2025 Research Impact Canada (RIC) Engaged Scholarship Award webinar and be inspired by these remarkable projects! This annual event shines a spotlight on exceptional scholars who are strengthening the connections between research […]

Congratulations to the 2025 RIC Engaged Scholarship Award Winners!

Posted on May 29, 2025 (May 30, 2025) by Sandy Chan

The Research Impact Canada (RIC) Engaged Scholarship Award for Graduate Students recognizes graduate students who conduct research projects following engaged scholarship principles that lead to increased awareness of audiences beyond academia or changes in stakeholder actions, practices, guidelines, or policies. RIC is thrilled to announce this year’s RIC 2025 Engaged Scholarship Award for Graduate Students! […]

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