overview of knowledge mobilization and research impact

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Knowledge Exchange In Canada:
Tools, Tips and Good Practices
Friday, March 17, 2017
Michael Johnny / David Phipps
York University

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Overview
1. What is Knowledge Exchange?
2. KE in Canada – Research Impact Canada
3. KE Services at York U
4. Planning for Effective KE – Strategic Components and Planning
Resources
5. Reflections – What I Think I Know About KE

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5. Knowledge Mobilization helps make research useful to society
by supporting engaged research from inception to impact.

6. Knowledge Mobilization
“community”
campus
campus
“community”
ImpactHOW WHAT
Knowledge mobilization helps make
research useful to society by supporting
engaged scholarship from inception to
impact

7. Activity Output Outcome
Impact
Dissemination Uptake ImplementationCo-production

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Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan
http://www.thestar.com/article/462613

9. Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan

10. Activity Output Outcome
Impact (?)
Dissemination Uptake ImplementationCo-production

11. Co-produced pathway to impact

12. Partners have a key role to play not only in creating impact but in providing the
evidence of impact.
Researchers don’t always know when impact has occurred. Ask a researcher
but don’t stop there.

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Research Impact Canada /
Réseau Impact Recherche Canada
Canada’s Knowledge Mobilization Network
Research Impact Canada is a pan-Canadian network of
universities committed to maximizing the impact of
academic research for the social, economic, environmental
and health benefits of Canadians.

14. Research Impact Canada
Group of 12 Canadian
universities actively
developing programming for
knowledge mobilization to
transfer research into social
and economic benefits for
local and global communities

15. Structure/Function
Central Research Services
Research Partnership
Office
Community Based
Research
Economic Development
Public Engagement
Social Innovation
Decentralized
Policy focus

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KE Services at York University
Connecting Partnering Collaborating
(Events, Social Media) (Brokering Relationships/Projects) (Grant/Project Support)
Impact
(Impact Assessment, Mentoring, Success Stories)

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500
Partnerships
400 KE
Activites
200
Graduate
Students
400 Faculty
Members
300
Community
Partners

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Portugal Cove, NL

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Critical components of KE planning
4 Considerations for Effective KE Planning
Engagement
• Who are your audience(s)/collaborators
Goal
• What are you going to accomplish (objectives)
Activity
• How are you planning to do this (activities)
Impact and Accountability
• What will result from this work, and how will you demonstrate it.

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Mobilizing Your Research
Products
• blog
• case study
• e-newsletter
• educational material
• fact sheet
• FAQ
• handbook
• journal article
• magazine article
• newspaper article
• podcast
• PowerPoint presentation
• press release
• promotional material
• reference list
• report
• research summary
• success story
• toolkit
• video
• webinar
• website content
• Wiki
http://www.kmbtoolkit.ca/the-toolkit

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Mobilizing Your Research
Events
• annual meeting
• awards ceremony
• conference
• debate
• forum
• interactive workshop
• lunch and learn
• media event (e.g. TV or radio
segment)
• panel
• presentation
• symposium
• training session
Networks
• chat room
• community of practice
• discussion board
• listserv
• online forum
• social media
http://www.kmbtoolkit.ca/the-toolkit

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Infographics
Developed by Kwantlen Polytechnic University for the ResearchImpact network
• Knowledge brokers
always need to be mindful
of how audiences like to
access information and
advise researchers of
options to present data
and information.

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Research Summaries

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Posters
http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/stuart-shanker

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Videos
https://vimeo.com/envisioning

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Theatre
"Jacob's Story" is a play about a boy named Jacob who has FASD. The play highlights the struggles
Jacob has throughout his life at home, at school, and with the judicial system. This play represents an
innovative Knowledge Translation (KT) tool,
http://www.neurodevnet.ca/sites/default/files/neurodevnet/images/S
uccessStories1_JacobsStory_Dec182014_KTCoreContactInfo.pdf

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In closing – Reflections on KE
What the heck is knowledge exchange?
- collaborative, relational, purposeful
- getting right information to the right people in the right format
at the right time
Respect the clash of cultures…make time for effective
dissemination…expand the strategic process
“Go slow in order to go far and fast”
Knowledge is Power
Sharing is Power
It is a social process.
It is best done in partnership.
Impact takes place at end user level.

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David Phipps
dphipps@yorku.ca
@researchimpact
Michael Johnny
mjohnny@yorku.ca
@KMbYork