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Community, industry and government engagement

Engaging with UCalgary is all about impact. Together, we can design an engagement strategy tailored for you, based on the change your organization wants to make in the world.

Our community, industry, and government partners provide valuable insight into areas of societal need, and help create pathways for us to translate discoveries into real-world impact.

Knowledge to Impact

Knowledge to Impact

The Knowledge to Impact (KI) team connects researchers and community to build collaborative partnerships that create knowledge with impact.

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Indigenous Research Support Team

Indigenous Research Support Team

The Indigenous Research Support Team (IRST) is a pilot project launched within Research Services to better support and strengthen Indigenous-related research capacity at the University of Calgary. 

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Urban Alliance

Urban Alliance

Urban Alliance is a strategic partnership between The City of Calgary and University of Calgary to promote the seamless transfer of cutting-edge research between The City and the university, for the benefit of all our communities.

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Engaging with UCalgary is:

Collaborative

We work with our partners to identify shared ambitions, and determine how we can best team up to bridge the gap between discovery and innovation.

Strategic

We capitalize on our research capacity, subject-matter expertise, and understanding of the funding landscape, to compliment the strengths of our partners.

Mutually beneficial

Outcomes can include development of products or processes, training highly-qualified personnel, knowledge translation, tech transfer, or knowledge translation.

Interdisciplinary

We prioritize creative solutions that cross disciplinary boundaries. Strong partnerships include multiple perspectives that ensure research reflects our dynamic and complex world.

Innovation@UCalgary

Innovation@UCalgary

UCalgary is focused on enabling the innovation cycle from discovery to deployed solutions, by growing our innovation ecosystem and promoting a culture of innovation within our community.

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Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

The Carnegie Foundation’s Classification for Community Engagement is an elective classification and has been the leading framework for institutional assessment and recognition of community engagement in US higher education for the past 13 years.

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Questions? Contact the Office of the Vice-President (Research) at research@ucalgary.ca

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