{"id":12005,"date":"2017-05-01T11:23:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T15:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/researchimpact.ydsinc.ca\/gathering-my-thoughts-for-the-c2uexpo-gatherings\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T09:34:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:34:43","slug":"gathering-my-thoughts-for-the-c2uexpo-gatherings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researchimpact.ca\/fr\/archive\/gathering-my-thoughts-for-the-c2uexpo-gatherings\/","title":{"rendered":"Gathering my Thoughts for the C2UExpo Gatherings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This week&rsquo;s guest post was originally posted on the C2UExpo 2017 blog on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2uexpo.ca\/gathering-my-thoughts-for-the-c2uexpo-gatherings\">April 29, 2017<\/a>. It is reposted here with permission.<\/em><br \/>\nWith C2UExpo 2017 beginning in a couple short days, we can\u2019t wait to delve right into some of the themes each of our Gatherings will be addressing.<br \/>\nLet\u2019s see what Trail Blazer\u2013 David J. Phipps, Executive Director, Research &#038; Innovation Services at York University had to say about the following questions!<br \/>\n 1. What does community-campus partnerships mean to you? Why should we care?<br \/>\nThe key for me is the word partnership. Partners come together around a shared interest. If it\u2019s not a shared interest, if there isn\u2019t equal passion and valued contributions from both (or more) partners then you might as well secure the help of a consultant (no offence to the many excellent consultants out there\u2026and see a  <a href=\"https:\/\/researchimpact.ca\/fr\/york-university-fr\/who-are-you-working-with\/\">very old post<\/a> I did about consultants vs knowledge brokers). At York University\u2019s Knowledge Mobilization Unit 70% of the partnerships we support are driven by the needs of the community partner. This is one of the ways we strive to balance power in a demand driven (or community \u201cpull\u201d) method. The life skills mentoring program that researchers from our Faculty of Education co developed with the Youth Emergency Shelter of Peterborough was a result of the shelter seeking to understand recidivism in their client population and asked York if we could help. See this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XKW8SJOylnw\">video<\/a>  for more on this example.<br \/>\nWhy should we care? Universities are bound by a social contract. We are invested in by the public. And while the creation and dissemination of new knowledge and understanding is a legitimate goal there is an opportunity to create a broader return on the public\u2019s investment in universities by connecting our research activities to organizations from the public, private and non-profit sectors so that our research and expertise can have an impact on the lives of local and global citizens.<br \/>\nWe don\u2019t do this because we are mandated to do so. We do this because we want to make a difference. And that difference is magnified when we do it in partnership with organizations that can make the products, develop the policies and deliver the services that have an impact on citizens.<br \/>\n2.  Defining and measuring the impact of our work. Can it be done? If we don\u2019t then what?<br \/>\nYes. And since the first answer is yes then the second question is moot.<br \/>\nIn the Research Impact Canada network we have taken the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ref.ac.uk\/\">UK Research Excellence Framework (REF)<\/a> as the starting point. The REF is a centralized research impact assessment exercise that evaluates all UK universities on the impact their research has had beyond the academy (on culture, society, health, economy, environment etc.). So not only can it be done it is being done on a national, system wide level. The Research Impact Canada network has adapted the REF impact assessment guidelines and template to fit our Canadian context. York University is piloting this tool on a community-campus collaboration that evaluated a hub of domestic violence shelters. The Knowledge Mobilization Unit brokered this collaboration. Once we have assessed the pilot we will adjust the tool and roll out in a more systematic fashion.<br \/>\nThis makes the second question less urgent. But if you don\u2019t assess your impact then you will never be able to report on your successes. You will lack the evidence to make the case that your work is vital. You will not be able to create a sustainable model for supporting community campus collaborations without the evidence of success.<br \/>\nIf we expect community campus collaborations to create evidence that informs decisions about policies, practices and services then we need to apply that same rigour to our own operations.<br \/>\nI am sharing the stage for the Final Gathering with Jacline Nyman, Am Johal, Annalee Yassi, Derek Gent and William Lindsay. What a great group presenting in front of a great (and hopefully engaged) audience to kick at these very important and timely questions. See you in British Columbia!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&rsquo;s guest post was originally posted on the C2UExpo 2017 blog on April 29, 2017. It is reposted here with permission. With C2UExpo 2017 beginning in a couple short days, we can\u2019t wait to delve right into some of the themes each of our Gatherings will be addressing. Let\u2019s see what Trail Blazer\u2013 David [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/researchimpact.ca\/fr\/archive\/gathering-my-thoughts-for-the-c2uexpo-gatherings\/\">Lire la suite\u2026<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Gathering my Thoughts for the C2UExpo Gatherings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2386],"tags":[1535,1454],"class_list":["post-12005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-c2u-expo-fr-2","tag-research-impact-fr-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gathering my Thoughts for the C2UExpo Gatherings - Research Impact Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/researchimpact.ca\/fr\/archive\/gathering-my-thoughts-for-the-c2uexpo-gatherings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gathering my Thoughts for the C2UExpo Gatherings - Research Impact Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week&rsquo;s guest post was originally posted on the C2UExpo 2017 blog on April 29, 2017. 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