91ÑÇÉ« is an academic partner in a new summit exploring the power of crowdfunding. Hosted by the 91ÑÇÉ« Region Business Innovation in Changing Times Conference Series, which focuses on providing businesses access to ideas, insight and resources to help them adapt to the fast-changing marketplace, the Crowdfunding Revolution summit is set for Thursday, Aug. 22, […]
91ÑÇɫ’s Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit is expanding its repository of clear language research summaries – RsearchSnapshots – as part of its mandate to maximize the impact of research. Using peer-reviewed 91ÑÇÉ« research, students working within the KMb Unit developed 28 new summaries over the summer. This brings the existing searchable database of ResearchSnapshots to over 120 summaries. […]
Collaboration to incubate new ideas and support social entrepreneurs United Way of 91ÑÇÉ« Region and 91ÑÇÉ« have launched Change Inc., a collaboration that will incubate and invest in promising innovations to tackle complex social issues and build capacity in 91ÑÇÉ« Region. Daniele Zanotti, CEO of United Way, and Stan Shapson, vice-president research & innovation […]
When you’re a charitable organization in 91ÑÇÉ« Region seeking a research partner to inform your strategic directions and priorities, whom do you turn to? If you’re United Way of 91ÑÇÉ« Region (UWYR), you collaborate with 91ÑÇɫ’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit. This summer, three 91ÑÇÉ« students will gain valuable experience through internships with UWYR’s Community […]
The 91ÑÇÉ« Leadership Roundtable event series connects senior business executives and community leaders in 91ÑÇÉ« Region with 91ÑÇÉ«'s researchers and senior administrators. Through the roundtable format, participants identify and generate ways to build upon their scientific and social innovation while sharing resources by forming research partnerships. 91ÑÇÉ«Region.com covered the most recent event May 6: […]
91ÑÇɫ’s Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Unit has released 40 new ResearchSnapshot summaries and opened two new Community Collaboration Stations. The announcement of the new initiatives was made Dec. 2 during an afternoon research forum hosted at the University by the KM Unit. The summaries are available in a searchable online database located on the KM Unit's […]