About Us

ResearchImpact is a 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 2006, 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. We want to ensure that leading-edge academic research is employed by policy-makers and community groups to develop more effective, efficient, and responsive public policies and social programs.

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 HQP with broader skill sets which they can then take into positions in the public, private, and voluntary sectors.