1. Knowledge Mobilization as an
Institutional Priority
David Phipps, Executive Director
Research & Innovation Services
York University, Toronto, Canada
@researchimpact

2. Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan
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http://www.thestar.com/article/462613
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3. Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan
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4. Knowledge Mobilization – what is it?
•
Knowledge Mobilization
(KMb) is a suite of services
that supports collaborations
between non-commercial
research and expertise and
the public, private and nonprofit sectors.
•
KMb (the process) can
enable enhanced social
innovation (the outcome).
• KMb is the university’s contribution to social innovation and allows
partners from the public, private and non-profit sectors to leverage
investments in university research.
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5. How and What?
community
community
HOW
Knowledge Mobilization
collaboration
Social Innovation
WHAT
campus
campus
Knowledge mobilization helps
make research useful to society
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6. Institutional knowledge mobilization services
Knowledge Mobilization
Research
Summaries
Research
Translation
Help Desk
Producer
Push
(KT)
User
Exchange
(KE)
Pull
(KT)
Research
Translation
Help Desk
co-production
partnerships
Research Partnerships
KMb Interns
Social Media
CBR
Research Forums
KM in AM
Community Based Besearch
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7. York’s KMb Unit February 2006- June 2013
# Faculty Involved
289
# Graduate Students Involved
153
# Information sessions for faculty and students 201
# Information sessions for community
222
# collaboration opportunities
392
#KMb projects
155
# agencies involved in KMb partnerships
231
#KMb Internships
41
Community Partner funding raised
$1.1M
Research Contract funding raised
$1.2M
Total KMb associated grant funding raised
$33.6M
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8. Institutional Support for Knowledge Mobilization
Executive Director
Director, Innovation York
Mgr. KMb
Res. Ag
Officer
KMb
Officer
Awards
Coord.
Student
Mgr. Ind
Liaison
Student
MI TT
Officer
KMb
Officer
Director, SIRI
ISR
Specialist
SSH(H)
ISR
Specialist
STE(H)
Student
Research Directors
Research Officers
Res. Employee
CPM
Assoc. Dir.Res. Grants
ORS Asst
Info Officer
Tech. Info
Officer
Student
Appl.
Coord.
Grants
Admin.
Student
YUSA
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9. University Drivers
Internal
External
Program Mix
External Funding Environment
Academic Planning: Provost’s White
Paper
REF 2014
Strategic Research Plan (note1)
Public Return on Investment
Tenure & Promotion (note 2)
Community Demand
Community Engagement
1. York University's 2013 SRP: Scholarship of Socially Engaged Research: Building
on existing leadership in the practice of socially engaged research across all disciplines by working
to enhance York’s expertise on the scholarship on engagement. A commitment to work to
increase the critical mass of scholarship at York that is focused on socially-engaged research and
on maximizing the benefits derived therefrom; Knowledge Mobilization; Support for the Social
Entrepreneur
2. www.engagedscholarship.ca
Which are the right ones?
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10. Knowledge Mobilization…
Evaluation
ResearchImpact-RéseauImpactRecherche
Social Innovation/Enterprise
Community Campus Collaboration Initiative
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11. Is knowledge mobilization logical?
Activity
Output
Outcome
Impact
Co-production
Dissemination
Uptake
Implementation
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12. Is knowledge mobilization logical – yes, complex & logical
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13. National Vision for Knowledge Mobilization
KNOWLEDGE
MOBILIZATION
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14. Social Innovation
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15. Community Campus Collaborations Initiative
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16. So what? KMb in their own words…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmIWbsMO93w&list=FLkz8O0mnDbgER4a
ZPoWAheQ&index=1&feature=plpp_video
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17. David Phipps
dphipps@yorku.ca
http://www.researchimpact.ca
@researchimpact