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

Knowledge Mobilization

“community”

campus

campus

“community”

Impact HOW WHAT

Knowledge mobilization helps make research useful to society by supporting engaged scholarship from inception to impact

Activity Output Outcome

Impact

Dissemination Uptake Implementation Co-production

+ Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan

http://www.thestar.com/article/462613

Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan

Activity Output Outcome Impact (?)

Dissemination Uptake Implementation Co-production

Co-produced pathway to impact

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.

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

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/SuccessStories1_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