Innovation, KT & Impact

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Innovation Ecosystem Directory

The directory links students, researchers, faculty and staff with programs in the innovation ecosystem to help them seek out deeper and more meaningful partnerships at the individual research, faculty and university levels. It is a compilation of programs and service providers, funding opportunities, events and competitions, courses, and more. The online tool fosters supports for students, researchers, staff and faculty to establish partnerships that enhance their scholarship, and to scale and promote their scientific, technological, commercial and social innovations.

Local & Provincial Organizations

Alberta Innovates

Startup Calgary

Platform Calgary

Knowledge Translation (KT)

"A dynamic and iterative process that includes synthesis, dissemination, exchange and ethically sound application of knowledge to improve the health of Canadians, provide more effective health services and products and strengthen the health care system." (CIHR)

Integrated Knowledge Translation (iKT)

"The central premise of iKT is that involving knowledge users as equal partners alongside researchers will lead to research that is more relevant to, and more likely to be useful to, the knowledge users." (CIHR)

Knowledge Mobilization (KMb)

"Knowledge mobilization [includes] the wide range of activities relating to the production and use of research results, including knowledge synthesis, dissemination, transfer, exchange, and co-creation or co-production by researchers and knowledge users." (SSHRC)

Knowledge Exchange (KE)

"Knowledge engagement...includes work in community-engaged scholarship, knowledge translation, knowledge mobilization, and experiential learning, among others...Knowledge engagement is a dynamic and reciprocal process in which multiple stakeholders come together to address mutually identified problems. The purpose of this deliberate engagement is for the co-creation, synthesis, and application of knowledge and evidence to benefit the community at large." (UCalgary)

Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)

KT is defined by CIHR as "a dynamic and iterative process that includes synthesis, dissemination, exchange and ethically sound application of knowledge to improve the health of Canadians, provide more effective health services and products and strengthen the health care system."

Integrated Knowledge Translation (iKT)

Read about iKT in the "Guide to Knowledge Translation Planning at CIHR: Integrated and End-of-Grant Approaches."
End-of-Grant Knowledge Translation

Read about end-of-grant KT in the "Guide to Knowledge Translation Planning at CIHR: Integrated and End-of-Grant Approaches."

Use this CIHR worksheet to develop an effective end-of-grant KT plan.
Resources

KT learning resources from CIHR.

The KT Clearinghouse is a CIHR-funded repository of learning resources and tools to promote and facilitate KT research and practices.

Visit this CIHR webpage for a list of external KT resources.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

"Knowledge mobilization [is the term used by SSHRC] to encompass the wide range of activities relating to the production and use of research results, including knowledge synthesis, dissemination, transfer, exchange, and co-creation or co-production by researchers and knowledge users."

Knowledge Mobilization (KM)

Read SSHRC's Guidelines for Effective Knowledge Mobilization.
KM at Research Impact Canada (RIC)

At RIC, KM includes methods of knowledge transfer, KT, and exchange. It is what turns research into action.

Click here to access KM training, tools, webinars, and publications from RIC.
Other Resources

The Knowledge Mobilization Toolkit from the Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health can be used as a guide for planning, doing, and evaluating KM activities in a range of research areas.

The Institute for Knowledge Mobilization provides a wide range of KM workshops and resources.