This is a 20-slides-in-20-minutes presentation (pecha kucha) about frameworks for evaluation of impact of Knowledge Mobilization or Knowledge Translation. The Co-Produced Pathway to Impact (CPPI) provides a framework for evaluation of impact from research to impact including dissemination, uptake, and implementation stages.

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Mapping the Impacts
of Research
David Phipps, PhD, MBA
Executive Director,
Research & Innovation Services

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Strauss, Sharon, Jacqueline Tetroe and Ian D. Graham. 2009. Knowledge Translation in
Health Care: moving from evidence to practice. Chichester, UK: Wiley- Blackwell.

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Bennet, Alex and David Bennet. 2008. Knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and
humanities: moving from research to action. Frost, West Virginia, USA: MQI Press.

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Amo, C. 2007. Conceptualizing research impact: the case of education research. The Canadian
Journal of Program Evaluation 22(1):75-98. http://cjpe.ca/secure/22-1-075.pdf

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How and What?
Knowledge Mobilization
community
campus
campus
community
collaboration Social InnovationHOW WHAT
Knowledge mobilization helps
make research useful to society

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Is knowledge mobilization logical?
Activity Output Outcome
Impact
Dissemination Uptake ImplementationCo-production

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Co-produced pathway to impact

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Co-produced research
The Quazar Positive Behaviour Recognition Program
Build Character Build Success: TDSB program
Research benefits: new knowledge about the positive characteristics
important for healthy relationships; new collaborative methods (“inclusive
recesses”); graduate student experience; new partnerships.

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Co-produced dissemination
Public Health Agency of Canada
Best Practices Portal
Dissemination benefits : improved portal functionality using the Needs
Assessment Toolkit; web based and social media promotion; improved
accessibility of the 80 evidence informed programs.

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Co-produced uptake
Family Channel
Stand Up! Campaign
Uptake benefits: Family Channel validated the academic research in a
real world setting; graduate students gained skills working with non-
academic audiences (Family Channel and teachers); user audience input
was used to refine the resource.

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Co-produced implementation
Girl Guides of Canada
Girls United Training
Implementation Benefits: research informed training program; graduate
student experienced working in a practice setting; new funding (Kegg
Spirit Foundation) to expand the training program.

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Impact
Healthy Relationships Training Module
40,000 children served by
HRTM trained adults
3,500 HRTM trained youth
facilitators across Canada and
reached over 260,000
27,000 youth reached by
24,000 HRTM trained adults
Impact Benefits: gap in training identified and addressed; training
provided to make safer spaces for children and youth across Canada;
BBBS calculated 18:1 social return on investment of their training
programs.

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Implications - Impact
Impact is measured at the level of the non-academic partner.

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Implications - Evaluation
Evaluation of uptake and implementation requires surveying activities of
non-academic partners.

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Implications – Partner activities
If funders want to generate extra academic impacts of their investments
in research, then they need to fund uptake and implementation activities
at partner organizations

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Implications – Co production
in a co-production mode, research can skip dissemination and uptake
and move directly to implementation which then has an impact
Activity Output Outcome
Impact
Dissemination Uptake ImplementationCo-production

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Implications – close the loop

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