Presentation made at the Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2012 (Ottawa).

1. Supporting Knowledge Mobilization at
Université du Québec à Montréal
Development and Implementation
Jérôme Elissalde – Research and Creativity Office
Luc Dancause – Partnership and Innovation Support Office
Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2012
Ottawa – June 19-20, 2012

2. University: An Evolving Model
• Community-university links
• Multidisciplinarity
• Funding
• Beyond technology transfer
• New researchers
=> Knowledge mobilization
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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM

3. The University and Knowledge Mobilization?
Knowledge University’s role? Knowledge uses
•Research •(Co)Production? •Instrumental
•Experience •Diffusion? •Strategic
•Practice •Transfer? •Conceptual
•Culture •Dissemination? •…
•… •Translation?
•Mobilization?
•…
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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM

4. A VERY Brief History of UQAM and KMb
• 1979: Services to the community policy
• Institutional reflection on knowledge
mobilization
Expansion of the support
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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM

5. An Initiative
Two people hired September 2010
• Research and Creativity Office
• Partnership and Innovation Support Office
Challenges
• To better support researchers
• To increase the accessibility of expertise
• To develop new ways to interact with
communities
…For 7 faculties and schools
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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM

6. Supporting the mobilization of knowledge
Groupe de recherche médias et santé – UQAM, 2010
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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM

7. Strategies
• Complementarity
• Enhance information ‘fluidity’
• Collaboration
Promotion of
existing knowledge
and expertise
From knowledge to
action
(Co-)Production of
new knowledge
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8. An Institutional Perspective
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9. Researchers and
Research Units
We work for… Partners
Institution
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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM

10. To advise on strategies
for the transfer and
dissemination of
research To develop strategies
to reach potential
partners and to
To support project develop the interaction
Researchers and
design (KMb
research units at UQAM
components)
To identifiy funding
sources
To develop supporting
tools
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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM

11. Outil de recherche de financement : www.src.uqam.ca
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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM

12. Researchers Guidebook
https://www.src.uqam.ca/nouveaux-chercheurs-et-createurs.html - UQAM
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13. Research project
To make it easier to
identify the expertise
available at UQAM
Service contract
UQAM’s potential To directly link with
partners researchers
To organize
networking events
Some partners :
• Municipalities
• Companies
• Publics and parapublic organizations
• Non-profit organizations
• Linking and knowledge transfer centre
• Universities
• …
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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM

14. Research and Creativity Web Portal:
www.recherche.uqam.ca
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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM

15. Promoting research done
at UQAM
Making sure the
For UQAM, we also work institution is represented
towards… in networks and creating
new connections
Promoting knowledge
mobilization
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16. 11 Focus Cards: Units working on topics related to health
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17. Challenges
• Partners’ issues – ultra-specialized research fields
• Mapping (existing expertise – emerging expertise)
• Internal communication - coherence
• Distrust (support vs control)
• To build credibility and to be identified
• Planning and adapting along the way
• To assess the impact
• …
=> Intercultural mediation ?
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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM

18. What’s Next?
• Providing meeting spaces
• Joining research projects
• Adjusting pilot projects
• Creating assessment tools
• …
=> Beyond the silos
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Soutien à la mobilisation des connaissances - UQAM

19. Knowledge Mobilization Support
Université du Québec à Montréal
Questions and Comments?
Jérôme Elissalde
Research and Creativity Office
elissalde.jerome@uqam.ca
514 987 3000 ext. 3890
Luc Dancause
Partnership and Innovation Support Office
dancause.luc@uqam.ca
514 987 3000 ext. 4943
Twitter: @mdc_uqam

20. Credits
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