We believe knowledge has a greater impact when it is shared and implemented. ResearchImpact, Canada’s knowledge mobilization network, is service-oriented program designed to connect university research with research users across Canada to ensure that research helps to inform decision-making.

Working from a grant awarded in 2005, York University and the University of Victoria have established Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Units that work to match researchers with key policy-makers in government, health, and social service agencies. Knowledge moblizaiton uses methods of producer push, user pull, knowledge exchange and we extend those to include co-production where we support research based collaborations so that research can inform decisions about public policy and professional practice.

The KM Units help to train future policy-makers and increase Canada's number of highly qualified people (HQP) by giving graduate students and post-doctoral fellows valuable experience working with a variety of stakeholders. KM equips research trainees and their research collaborators with broader skill sets which they can then take into positions in the public, private, and voluntary sectors.

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