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O3 Celebrates its First Year with New Features

Oct 22, 2010

ResearchImpact wishes O3 a Happy First Birthday! We have been using O3 since its pilot phase in May 2009 and continue to grow our O3…

KMb Team Canada

Oct 15, 2010

ResearchImpact – Réseau Impact Recherche continues to grow with the addition of three new knowledge brokers, with more to come. I recall clearly my excitement…

United Way and York University launch Change Inc. to address complex social issues in York Region

Oct 7, 2010

ResearchImpact-York is pleased to be part of Change Inc., a social innovation incubator. Change Inc. is a partnership between the United Way of York Region…

It is jocular? Is it whimsical? No, it’s just funny.

Sep 23, 2010

Even with clear language is it any wonder we are still misunderstood? Mobilize This! last wrote about clear language on July 13, 2010, and we…

Special Workshop on Knowledge Translation and Brokering, October 20, 2010 – Montréal, Québec

Sep 22, 2010

In less than a month, the Special Workshop on Knowledge Translation and Brokering will be held at the Hyatt Regency Montréal under the auspices of…

A New Twist to YorkU KM in the AM

Sep 15, 2010

For those of you who have been able to attend one of York University’s KM in the AM events, you will know the reward for…

It’s official! SSHRC announces Public Outreach Grant to support Knowledge Mobilization for Climate Change project.

Sep 10, 2010

If you live in a municipality in the GTA you’ll be pleased to know that municipal employees will now have access to academic research and…

On Tree-planting and the Summarizing of Research

Sep 9, 2010

Recently, at the Ontario Science Centre, Michael Johnny, Manager of the KMb Unit at York University, which was enjoying its annual outing, had occasion to…

Reflections from the 2010 KMb Retreat

Sep 8, 2010

August 30, the entire KMb team at York University spent the day at Toronto’s Centre for Social Innovation planning for the coming academic year. This…

Wake up Canada! It’s time to put the “social” in “innovation”

Sep 3, 2010

While Canada is only now asking, “What is social innovation?”, the US and UK are well into implementing initiatives to support it. As the August…

Reflections from Paris: old (tech transfer) and new (knowledge mobilization)

Août 23, 2010

Recently I was in Paris (France, not Ontario) for 26 hours. Because we were there for such a short time, all we did was walk…

ResearchImpact visits UPEI!

Août 16, 2010

There’s nothing like a road trip to inspire one’s sense of adventure.  At CAURA this past May, Sophie Theriault, Director of Technology Transfer and Commercialization…