Resources

Welcome to our resources repository! The following tools are intended to help you with your knowledge mobilization activities!

Knowledge mobilization is about getting the “right information” to the “right people” in the “right format” at the “right time”.

It consists of activities and outputs that build awareness, disseminate findings, and enable use of research. The goal is to maximize the impact of research and communicate these impacts as widely as possible.

The term knowledge mobilization can be used interchangeably with other terms such as knowledge exchange, knowledge translation, implementation science, and K*.

This page provides tools for planning, learning about efforts within academic, not-for-profit, corporate and government environments, and fine-tuning your knowledge mobilization skills.

You can search by topic and resource type below.

Research Impact Framework (RIF)

The Researcher Impact Framework (RIF) is a resource to help researchers plan for and communicate a research project’s predictive impact when applying for award applications, funding proposals, and promotion processes. The RIF provides a structure for crafting audience-focused, evidence-based impact narratives that connect scholarly activities, reach, use, and relevance data to scientific and societal outcomes. The RIF [...]

Types: Featured, Tools
Topic: Impact

Establishing Policy Engagement and Institutional Memory in Smaller Organizations

On November 30, 2022, Research Impact Canada (RIC) and Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) jointly hosted their third webinar in a three-part series. The topic was on establishing policy engagement and developing institutional memory in smaller organizations. This topic was chosen because research impact and policy engagement happen beyond big institutions, such as the Russell [...]

Type: Webinars
Topic: Engagement

Policy and Societal Impact as an Institutional Mission

On October 27, 2022, Research Impact Canada (RIC) jointly hosted the second webinar with Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) to discuss policy and societal impact as an institutional mission. The event was moderated by David Phipps (RIC) and Justin Fisher (UPEN). Our fantastic panelists were: Marina Altoe, Impact and Partnership Development Manager for Policy and [...]

Type: Webinars
Topic: Strategy

DOCTalks Connects Across Canada 2022

On October 26, 2022, in partnership with DOCTalks, Research Impact Canada (RIC) hosted a “DOCTalks Connects Canada” panel that invited speakers to discuss the use of filmmaking as a medium for knowledge mobilization. David Phipps, our Network Director of RIC, provided wonderful opening remarks. The event was co-facilitated by our Bilingual Knowledge Mobilization Specialist, Imane [...]

Type: Webinars
Topic: Storytelling

Peer Learning Group: Influencing Public Policy and Connecting with Policymakers

As part of the Future Skills Centre’s Community of Practice (CoP), Research Impact Canada is piloting a series of Peer Learning Groups to foster open discussion and knowledge sharing among skills and workforce development stakeholders across Canada. The first session in this three-part pilot series took place on July 28, 2022, with a focus on [...]

Type: FSC-CoP

Research Meets Policy Event Guide

Simon Fraser University (SFU) Knowledge mobilization Hub hosted Research Meets Policy at SFU in 2021. Research Meets Policy was weeklong virtual summer institute. Here we share four summary explainer documents from the institute on sharing your research with policymakers: Introduction research communication This explainer introduces research communication in a policy setting. Research in the policy [...]

Type: Tools
Topic: Engagement

Impact and Engagement Case Study Guidelines

The Impactful Academic: Building a Research Career That Makes a Difference has outlined how you may start or continue your research career in a direction that can have broader societal impacts. In addition to sharing knowledge to support you in your research career, we have also developed a tool to help you collect and communicate the evidence of the impact [...]

Types: Featured, Tools
Topics: Case Study, Engagement

Engaging with Government and Parliament – Lessons from Canada and the UK

On April 27, 2022, Research Impact Canada (RIC) and Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) jointly organized the webinar, Engaging with Government and Parliament – Lessons from Canada and the UK. The webinar was hosted by Justin Fisher (Brunel University & UPEN) and David Phipps (York University & RIC). In this presentation, the panelists discussed the [...]

Type: Webinars
Topic: Engagement

KMb Goal Setting Guide

Before starting to even plan your knowledge mobilization activities, it is important to develop clear goals to help guide the direction of your activities. Research Impact Canada has developed an introductory guide to help you start developing your knowledge mobilization goals. [...]

Types: KMb Guides, Tools
Topics: Planning, Strategy

Storytelling for Impact: Humanize the numbers

Storytelling is an effective way to mobilize your knowledge because it helps to engage your audience and make the information more memorable. By telling stories, you can bring your research to life and make it more relatable and accessible to a wide range of audiences. While statistics may be important, it is also critical to [...]

Types: Featured, KMb Module
Topic: Storytelling

A Start-to-Finish Guide to Building and Navigating Partnerships

This module on Partnership Development for Knowledge Mobilization teaches you how to develop strong, effective partnerships with stakeholders for knowledge exchange and real-world application of research. You’ll learn to identify potential partners, approach them, and build relationships based on mutual respect and shared goals. You’ll also learn general principles and common practices for navigating different [...]

Type: KMb Module
Topic: Partnerships

Presenting and conversing bilingually

Making your presentations accessible is important for effective knowledge mobilization. In Canada, French and English often coexist, but it is frequent that an audience contains listeners that are not only English-speaking! These guides offer a step-by-step procedure to active translated subtitles in PowerPoint, enabling to speak one language and display a live script in another [...]

Type: Tools

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