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Mobilizing Evidence. Driving Real-World Impact.
Attention Child Health Researchers
SPARK Impact is Children’s Healthcare Canada’s knowledge mobilization consultation and partnership service, designed to help researchers move beyond dissemination to real-world application and system impact.
We work with you to connect research with the people who can use it—clinicians, health system leaders, policymakers, and families—ensuring your work informs decisions, improves care, and strengthens child and youth health systems across Canada.
Why partner with SPARK: Impact?
1. Strengthen your grant success
Co-develop integrated knowledge mobilization strategies that align with funder expectations and demonstrate clear pathways to uptake, use, and impact.
2. Engage the right partners
Connect with diverse audiences—including family partners and decision-makers—to ensure your research is grounded in real-world needs and priorities.
3. Increase relevance and usability
Translate your findings into accessible, actionable formats that support decision-making across policy and practice settings.
4. Extend your reach
Leverage national platforms and networks to share your work beyond academic channels and into healthcare systems serving children, youth, and their families.
5. Amplify visibility and understanding
Use tailored tools, channels, and strategies to ensure your research is seen, understood, and used.
6. Accelerate evidence to action
Move quicker from knowledge generation to implementation—supporting timely improvements in care and outcomes.
7. Maximize system impact
Position your research to contribute to meaningful change across child and youth health systems.
SPARK Impact is grounded in collaboration, co-design, and partnership. We work alongside you and your partners to ensure knowledge is not only shared—but applied in ways that make a difference.
The process
Involve us early in your grant development and research process to ensure your approach and outputs are aligned with your target audiences and stakeholders. Priority is given to projects that engage our team well in advance of submission deadlines.
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Project ECHO Autism Diagnosis and Integrated Care Opportunities (ECHO AuDIO)
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Pediatric Outcome ImProvement through CoOrdination of Networks (POPCORN)
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ENRICH: Empowering Next-generation Researchers in Perinatal and Child Health
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National Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Trials and Treatment Network
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