Knowledge to Impact

Maximize and recognize the impacts of research.

The Knowledge to Impact team supports collaborative efforts to maximize and recognize positive impacts of research for the benefit of our local, national and international communities.

Previously known as Knowledge Engagement, the KI team offers support for community research partnerships, knowledge mobilization, the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and Open Science.

Pathways to Research Impact

‘Impact’ is a broad category and can mean different things to different audiences. Although there are various definitions and frameworks for impact, it may be useful to think about research impact as an effect on, change or benefit to the economy, society, culture, policy or services, health, or the environment, within and beyond academia, as a result of scholarly activity.

There are a variety of unique pathways to impact - from innovation and entrepreneurship to collaboration and co-production with communities or policy-makers. While not every project will lead to broad societal impact, think about the steps that you might take toward impact in a way that is relevant to your scholarly program and career stage.

Although the journey to impact is often non-linear, and can be unexpected, it can help to think of mobilizing knowledge along these steps: