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KMb at Univ. SaskatchewanTRANSCRIPT
Partnering for Knowledge Mobilization
David Phipps, PhD, MBA
Director, Research Services & Knowledge Exchange
“We must translate our research findings in the human sciences into public policy and social programs”
“Knowledge Transfer in the human sciences – the transfer of findings into policy and programs – is as important as technology transfer in the engineering and natural sciences.”
Maximize the Impact of Research: Martha Piper (2002)
KMb – 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 non-profit 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.
Evaluate
Plan
ExecuteDisseminate
KMb throughout the Research Cycle
ConsultationPartnershipsResearch forum
PopulationsClinical practiceIntervention studiesInternshipsResearcher exchange
Surveys, case studies, expert panelists
Social mediaWeb siteTown hallTheatrePostersPolicy brief PSAPractice guidelinePopular pressSocial Marketingvideos
KMb Stories
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W94hPM2Bb6k&list=UUkz8O0mnDbgER4aZPoWAheQ&index=40&feature=plpp_video
Evaluating Inclusivity Action Plan
January 2005: Inclusivity Summit
May 2005: HSPC adopted and launched IAP
November 2007: IAP Evaluation Launched (Michaela Hynie and Mina Singh: York University + HSPC)
December 2007: KM Unit approved matching funding: policy briefs and best practice models
February 2008: Evaluation Report presented to IAP Steering Committee rec. to York Region Council investin 5 new Welcome Centres, create 86 jobs, +48,000 newcomer services delivered
Evaluating Inclusivity Action Plan
Hynie & Singh (2008) The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations,Volume 8, Issue 4, pp.117-124.
http://www.youtube.com/researchimpact#p/a/u/0/J15_lBz5mYU
Green Economy Centre
South Simcoe: Green Economy Centre
The Green Economy Centre: an innovative research and education program that initiates, supports and facilitates green economic best practices, ensuring that the rural South Simcoe economy is healthy and sustainable.
http://www.nottawasaga.com/get
South Simcoe: Green Economy Centre
Launched: April 2010
Funded: Summer 2010
September 2011:
•604 business contacted
•507 individual visits
•39% interest in Green Economy programs
•8 loans (total +$1M), 0% interest approved for green projects creating 18 jobs and maintaining 221 jobs
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Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan
http://www.thestar.com/article/462613
Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan
Youth Emergency Shelter - Peterborough
Challenges
• Structural budget deficit
• Revolving door
Impacts
• Social work students get better training experience
• YES gets better trained employees
• Clients reduce length of stay
• Generate revenue stream
• MTCU funding $60K
• 4 publications, PhD prize book in progress
Social enterprise
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KMb Tools: ResearchSnapshot
York’s KMb Unit February 2006- June 2012
Activities
# Faculty Involved 240
# Graduate Students Involved 146
# Information Sessions for Faculty and Students 181
# Information Sessions for Community 201
# Collaborative Opportunities 342
# KMb Projects 105
# KMb Internships 41
# Agencies Involved in KMb Collaborations 218
Funding
Community Project Funding Raised $ 1.07 M
University Contract Funding Raised $ 1.20 M
York Investments in KMb Projects $ .56 M
Total KMb Associated Faculty Grant Funding Raised $ 20.5 MTotal KMb Funding $ 22.804 M
York’s KMb Unit February 2006- June 2012
Technology
# web hits +5.8M
# Research Summaries 200
# tweets 6896
# twitter followers 2501
# delicious bookmarks 267
# blog postings (+90,000 views; 143 countries) 332
# slide share presentations - downloads 75
Other
# Publications 14
# KMb Unit Partnerships 16
# Institutional Collaborations 9
KMb for SSHRC Insight Grants
Dissemination IntegratedAcademic Audience
Traditional scholarly publication and creative production
End of grant workshop or conference Academic conference presentation Web posting of research outputs, posting
video of choreography
ROs can support the development of traditional scholarly dissemination strategies.
Academic collaborators on grant Scholarly workshops throughout the grant Hosting a wiki or blog to create two-way
conversation with other academics to discuss emerging findings
Workshop with peers to reflect on emerging research findings
ROs can support the integration of academic audiences throughout the research project.
Non-academic Audience
Clear language research summary (see service offered by KMb Unit)
Theatre and other non-traditional formsof research dissemination
Social media
York’s KMb Unit has distributed a worksheet to for ROs to use to help faculty disseminate to non-academic audiences at the end of the grant.
Non-academic collaborators or co-applicants on grant application
Workshop, town hall, open house Hosting a wiki or blog to create 2 way
conversation with non-academics to discuss emerging findings
Audit and feedback using panel of non-academic stakeholders within the grant period
Participatory action/community based research
Please contact Michael Johnny ([email protected]) for support developing integrated KMb strategies Note 1.
Note 1: Integrated KMb takes time.
“Requests to broker relationships with new collaborators will need 4-6 months to find potential partners, develop trust, mutually develop a statement of work and develop an appropriate budget. If non-academic audiences, partners and collaborators are already known, please contact Michael Johnny for support to develop integrated KMb with non-academic audiences by September 15 at the latest. Support for non-academic integrated KMb will be available from the KMb Unit throughout the funded grant period and Michael Johnny will develop an in kind costing for that support.”
Oh yeah…
KMb tools
Integrated Knowledge Mobilization: how to support collaborations for co-production
http://pi.library.yorku.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10315/10236/Phipps%20SRC%20Field%20Note%202011.pdf?sequence=1
End of project knowledge mobilization: dissemination for non-academic audiences
KT Planning template:
• http://melaniebarwick.com/document/Scientist_Knowledge_Translation_Plan_Template_Sept%2020_2011_Fillable_Form.doc
Clear Language Research Summaries:
• http://srconline.ca/index.php/src/article/viewFile/44/119
Social Media:
• http://bit.ly/SUGzYu
Knowledge Mobilization - Lessons Learning
Combination of producer push & user pull = exchange & co-productionKnowledge broker is core to institutional capacityIs NOT SSH technology transferIs MORE than a website or a brochureKMb enables social innovationImpact takes time
KNOWLEDGE BROKERS
National Vision for Knowledge Mobilization
So what? KMb in their own words…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmIWbsMO93w&list=FLkz8O0mnDbgER4aZPoWAheQ&index=1&feature=plpp_video
David [email protected]://www.researchimpact.ca