Présentation faite à l'occasion du Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2012 (Ottawa, 19-20 juin 2012)

1. Jérôme Elissalde – Research and Creativity Office
Luc Dancause – Partnership and Innovation Support Office
Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2012
Ottawa – June 19-20, 2012
Supporting Knowledge Mobilization at
Université du Québec à Montréal
Development and Implementation

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University: An Evolving Model
• Community-university links
• Multidisciplinarity
• Funding
• Beyond technology transfer
• New researchers
=> Knowledge mobilization
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The University and Knowledge Mobilization?
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Knowledge
•Research
•Experience
•Practice
•Culture
•…
University’s role?
•(Co)Production?
•Diffusion?
•Transfer?
•Dissemination?
•Translation?
•Mobilization?
•…
Knowledge uses
•Instrumental
•Strategic
•Conceptual
•…

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A VERY Brief History of UQAM and KMb
• 1979: Services to the community policy
• Institutional reflection on knowledge
mobilization
Expansion of the support
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An Initiative
Two people hired September 2010
• Research and Creativity Office
• Partnership and Innovation Support Office
Challenges
• To better support researchers
• To increase the accessibility of expertise
• To develop new ways to interact with
communities
…For 7 faculties and schools
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Supporting the mobilization of knowledge
Groupe de recherche médias et santé – UQAM, 2010
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Strategies
• Complementarity
• Enhance information ‘fluidity’
• Collaboration
From knowledge to
action
Promotion of
existing knowledge
and expertise
(Co-)Production of
new knowledge

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An Institutional Perspective

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We work for…
Researchers and
Research Units
Partners
Institution

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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM
Researchers and
research units at UQAM
To advise on strategies
for the transfer and
dissemination of
research
To support project
design (KMb
components)
To develop strategies
to reach potential
partners and to
develop the interaction
To identifiy funding
sources
To develop supporting
tools

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Outil de recherche de financement : www.src.uqam.ca
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Researchers Guidebook
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https://www.src.uqam.ca/nouveaux-chercheurs-et-createurs.html

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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM
UQAM’s potential
partners
To make it easier to
identify the expertise
available at UQAM
Research project
Service contract
To directly link with
researchers
To organize
networking events
Some partners :
• Municipalities
• Companies
• Publics and parapublic organizations
• Non-profit organizations
• Linking and knowledge transfer centre
• Universities
• …

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Research and Creativity Web Portal:
www.recherche.uqam.ca
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For UQAM, we also work
towards…
Promoting research done
at UQAM
Making sure the
institution is represented
in networks and creating
new connections
Promoting knowledge
mobilization

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11 Focus Cards: Units working on topics related to health
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Challenges
• Partners’ issues – ultra-specialized research fields
• Mapping (existing expertise – emerging expertise)
• Internal communication - coherence
• Distrust (support vs control)
• To build credibility and to be identified
• Planning and adapting along the way
• To assess the impact
• …
=> Intercultural mediation ?
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What’s Next?
• Providing meeting spaces
• Joining research projects
• Adjusting pilot projects
• Creating assessment tools
• …
=> Beyond the silos
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19. Jérôme Elissalde
Research and Creativity Office
elissalde.jerome@uqam.ca
514 987 3000 ext. 3890
Luc Dancause
Partnership and Innovation Support Office
dancause.luc@uqam.ca
514 987 3000 ext. 4943
Twitter: @mdc_uqam
Knowledge Mobilization Support
Université du Québec à Montréal
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