Knowledge Mobilization
Permanent URI for this collection
Browse
Browsing Knowledge Mobilization by Subject "engaged scholarship"
Now showing 1 - 4 of 4
Results Per Page
Sort Options
Item Open Access An institutional Process for Brokering community-campus research collaborations(University of Saskatoon, 2015-05) Phipps, David; Johnny, Michael; Wedlock, JaneKnowledge mobilization seeks to identify and support authentic research collaborations between community and university so that benefits of the research accrue to both partners. Knowledge brokering is a key knowledge mobilization mechanism that helps community and university partners connect and build relationships in order to share expertise for mutual opportunity. There remains a need to describe in detail the typical knowledge brokering devices and methodologies. This paper presents a detailed description of York University’s knowledge brokering service which is based on eight years of knowledge mobilization practice. The process is broken into 5 broad stages: 1) in progress; 2) no match; 3) match and no activity; 4) match and activity; 5) match and project. Stage 5 includes a step to identify the non-academic impacts of the collaborative research project. This process is illustrated using examples from York University’s practice in which a match was brokered for 82% of the 342 knowledge mobilization opportunities received between 2006-2014. York University partners with United Way York Region (UWYR) to create a regional approach to knowledge mobilization supports. This paper illustrates the impacts on community and university knowledge mobilization partners following the introduction of a community-based knowledge broker at UWYR.Item Open Access Knowledge Mobilization, Collaboration, and Social Innovation: Leveraging Investments in Higher Education(Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 2013-06) Nichols, Naomi; Phipps, David; Hewitt, Allyson; Provencal, JohanneThis article is a qualitative literature synthesis in the areas of community-campus collaborations, knowledge mobilization and social innovation. The article aims to be useful to people who work in academic settings, community organizations, public institutions, and government. The authors utilized a purposive sampling methodology to explore the following questions: 1. How can university-based knowledge mobilization leverage investments in higher education research and development (R&D) through community-campus collaboration and social innovation? 2. What is the role of university-wide knowledge mobilization projects in supporting community-campus connections and ultimately social innovation strategies that contribute to the public good? Our review indicates considerable interplay between community-campus collaborations, knowledge mobilization and social innovation given that knowledge mobilization facilitates – and is facilitated by – collaboration. With sufficient knowledge mobilization, community-campus collaborations stimulate social innovation. The article concludes with recommendations based on our review of the literature.Item Open Access Planting the Seeds for Change: A Case Study from York University’s Knowledge Mobilization Graduate Student Internship Program(Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES), 2014-09-25) Nichols, Naomi; Phipps, David; Johnstone, WalterSeptember 25th, 2014 | Posted in JCES Vol. 7 No. 2 | No Comments » This practice-based article describes the academic and non-academic outputs and outcomes of community-academic research collaboration. The collaboration began with a university-sponsored knowledge mobilization internship. A doctoral student spent four months as a knowledge mobilization intern with a youth shelter. With additional funding, the internship evolved into a multi-year collaboration that positively influenced employment opportunities for local youth workers, the shelter’s economic stability and reputation in the local community, young people’s sustained transitions out of the shelter, and academic growth and development on the part of the doctoral student.Item Open Access Revealing the complexity of community campus interactions(Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2014) Nichols, Naomi; Phipps, David; Gaetz, Stephen; Fisher, Alison; Tanguay, NancyIn this paper, four qualitative case studies capture the complex interplay between the social and structural relations that shape community - academic partnerships. Collaborations begin as relationships among people. They are sustained by institutional structures that recognize and support these relationships. Productive collaborations centralize reciprocity, flexibility, and relationship building between individuals and institutions. Our findings also indicate a synergistic interaction between collaborative processes and outcomes: an equitable process supports the development of mutually beneficial outcomes, and the ability to sustain a collaborative process requires substantive progress towards shared change goals.