Youth Criminal Justice in Canada Infographic Project

Summary: This project brought together student researchers from the Research Shop, Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, University of Guelph and community partners from Family Counselling and Support Services for Guelph-Wellington and the Canadian Families and Corrections Network. Together, they created two infographics—one for youth justice and one for adult justice—that use empirical evidence to highlight the […]

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Living SJ and CFICE: A Case Study on Improving Evaluative and Communicative Practices

Case study written by Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications Research Assistant, with contributions from Cathy Wright, Living SJ and Tracey Chiasson, UNBSJ Summary Living SJ is network of community leaders from business, three levels of government, non-profits and low income neighbourhoods committed to ending generational poverty in Saint John, New Brunswick. Using a collective impact approach, […]

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York University Immigration Research Symposium – May 4

The Future of Immigration and Settlement Research in Canada and Beyond This knowledge mobilization event will provide opportunities for academic, community members and policy makers to meet to discuss current and emerging issues. With the increasing complexity of immigration-related issues, researchers can contribute to key policy decisions and develop for future research. The presentations will […]

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Building the Concept of Research Impact Literacy

Bayley, J.E., & Phipps, D.J. (2017) Building the concept of research impact literacy. Evidence & Policy. Published on line September 11, 2017. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/ep/pre-prints/content-ppevidpold1600027r2 Abstract Impact is an increasingly significant part of academia internationally, both in centralised assessment processes (for example, UK) and funder drives towards knowledge mobilisation (for example, Canada). However, narrowly focused measurement-centric approaches […]

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Scientist Knowledge Translation Training for Graduate Students 2018

SickKids Learning Institute A well-developed knowledge translation (KT) plan is often a proposal requirement for health research funding agencies in Canada and abroad. In addition, various sectors are demonstrating greater attention to the utilization and impact of research. The Scientist Knowledge Translation Training (SKTT™) workshop was developed on the premise that scientists, and increasingly, other […]

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Amazing Opportunity: Water Innovation Lab Canada + H2O Global Leaders Training (Sep 11-21, 2018)

Water Innovation Labs (WIL) hosted by Waterlution, are globally recognized as a pioneer in the development of young water leaders’ capacity to think and act beyond boundaries, in service of solving some of our world’s biggest water challenges. WILs are week long immersive water leadership trainings for young professionals and emerging water leaders (20-35 yrs), […]

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The Leiden Manifesto for Research Metrics

Hicks, D. & Wouters, P. (2015). The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics. Nature, 520(7548), 429-431. https://www.nature.com/news/bibliometrics-the-leiden-manifesto-for-research-metrics-1.17351 No Abstract: “Use these ten principles to guide research evaluation, urge Diana Hicks, Paul Wouters and colleagues” This article lays out 10 principles of research evaluation. In a world increasingly obsessed with research metrics (quality – or excellence – […]

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Evolving the Co-Produced Pathway to Impact / Document conjoint sur la trajectoire vers l’impact : toujours plus de précision

In 2016, we published the co-produced pathway to impact (CPPI) with PREVNet to describe the processes that supported research to impact. Working with Kids Brain Health Network, KMb York has made some small and not so small additions to the pathway. En 2016, l’Unité de mobilisation des connaissances (MdC) de York publiait en collaboration avec […]

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David Phipps Interviewed at Canadian Science Policy Conference 2017

David Phipps, Executive Director, Research & Innovation Services at York University, talks about the Knowledge Mobilization Unit at York University and the Research Impact Canada network in the following interview from the Canadian Science Policy Conference 2017. […]

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Reminder: 2018 Call for Content for the Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum Due March 30

Just a friendly reminder that the call for content for CKF18 closes March 30. Mobilizing Evidence for Human Rights and the Social Development Goals Call for Content #CKF18 WORD form to contribute content: CKF18 Call for Content Form Click here to REGISTER Please use one form per contribution – multiple contributions are accepted We are […]

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