This document discusses knowledge mobilization (KMb) and its role in enabling social innovation through collaboration between researchers and partners in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. It defines KMb as supporting these collaborations to transfer findings from the human sciences into policy and programs. The document provides examples of KMb tools and strategies used throughout the research cycle, as well as stories showcasing KMb projects and their impacts. It emphasizes that KMb is about co-producing knowledge through exchange between researchers and knowledge users, and that its impact emerges over time, not from individual dissemination activities.

1. Partnering for
Knowledge Mobilization
David Phipps, PhD, MBA
Director, Research Services & Knowledge Exchange

2. Maximize the Impact of Research: Martha Piper (2002)
“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.”

3. 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.

4. KMb throughout the Research Cycle
Social media
Plan Consultation
Web site
Partnerships
Town hall
Research forum
Theatre
Posters
Policy brief
PSA
Disseminate Execute
Practice
guideline
Populations
Popular press
Clinical practice
Social
Marketing Intervention
studies
videos
Internships
Surveys, case studies, Evaluate
expert panelists Researcher
exchange

5. KMb Stories

6. Evaluating Inclusivity Action Plan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W94hPM2Bb6k&list=UUkz8O0mnDbgER4a
ZPoWAheQ&index=40&feature=plpp_video

7. 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 Hynie & Singh (2008) The
presented to IAP Steering Committee International Journal of
 rec. to York Region Council invest
in 5 new Welcome Centres, create 86
 Diversity in Organisations,
Communities and Nations,
jobs, +48,000 newcomer services
delivered
Volume 8, Issue 4, pp.117-
124.

8. Green Economy Centre
http://www.youtube.com/researchimpact#p/a/u/0/J15_lBz5mYU

9. 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

10. 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

11. Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan
+
http://www.thestar.com/article/462613

12. Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan

13. Youth Emergency Shelter - Peterborough
Challenges Social enterprise Impacts
• Structural • Social work students get
budget deficit better training experience
York KMb Unit
• Revolving door • YES gets better trained
employees
• Clients reduce length of stay
• Generate revenue stream
• MTCU funding $60K
• 4 publications, PhD prize
book in progress

14. KMb Tools: ResearchSnapshot

15. 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 M
Total KMb Funding $ 22.804 M

16. 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

17. KMb for SSHRC Insight Grants
Dissemination Integrated
Academic  Traditional scholarly publication and  Academic collaborators on grant
Audience creative production  Scholarly workshops throughout the grant
 End of grant workshop or conference  Hosting a wiki or blog to create two-way
 Academic conference presentation conversation with other academics to discuss
 Web posting of research outputs, posting emerging findings
video of choreography  Workshop with peers to reflect on emerging
research findings
ROs can support the development of
traditional scholarly dissemination strategies. ROs can support the integration of academic
audiences throughout the research project.
Non-  Clear language research summary (see  Non-academic collaborators or co-applicants
academic service offered by KMb Unit) on grant application
Audience  Theatre and other non-traditional forms  Workshop, town hall, open house
of research dissemination  Hosting a wiki or blog to create 2 way
 Social media conversation with non-academics to discuss
emerging findings
York’s KMb Unit has distributed a worksheet  Audit and feedback using panel of non-
to for ROs to use to help faculty disseminate academic stakeholders within the grant period
to non-academic audiences at the end of the  Participatory action/community based
grant. research
Please contact Michael Johnny
(mjohnny@yorku.ca) for support developing
integrated KMb strategies Note 1.

18. Oh yeah…
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.”

19. KMb tools
Integrated Knowledge Mobilization: how to support collaborations for co-
production
http://pi.library.yorku.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10315/10236/Phipps%20SRC%20
Field%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_Tem
plate_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

20. Knowledge Mobilization - Lessons Learning
Combination of producer push
& user pull = exchange & co-
production
Knowledge broker is core to
institutional capacity
Is NOT SSH technology
transfer
Is MORE than a website or a
brochure
KMb enables social
innovation
Impact takes time

21. National Vision for Knowledge Mobilization
KNOWLEDGE
BROKERS

22. So what? KMb in their own words…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmIWbsMO93w&list=FLkz8O0mnDbgER4a
ZPoWAheQ&index=1&feature=plpp_video

23. David Phipps
dphipps@yorku.ca
http://www.researchimpact.ca