by Britt Amell | 7 July 2025 | Community News, French
Ce guide succinct sur les politiques fait suite au document précédent intitulé « La sécurité de la recherche et la recherche sociale ouverte au Canada », publié en 2023. Cette version mise à jour traite des menaces croissantes qui pèsent sur les écosystèmes de recherche canadiens en raison de l’espionnage étranger, des tensions géopolitiques (p. ex. avec la Chine et la Russie) et de la politisation du milieu universitaire. Il peut être consulté sous forme de page Web ou de document PDF.
by Britt Amell | 25 June 2025 | Community News, English, Observations, Observations and Responses
The 12th annual gathering of the INKE (Implementing New Knowledge Environments) partnership took place early in May 2025 in the picturesque town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia Supported by SSHRC and Acadia University, the gathering featured a mix of formal presentations, roundtable discussions, and informal networking opportunities, its central focus remained clear: research creation, community engagement, and open social scholarship.
by Britt Amell | 17 June 2025 | Community News, English
This short policy guide serves as an extension of the previous “Research Security and Open Social Scholarship in Canada” document published in 2023. This updated version addresses escalating threats to Canadian research ecosystems due to foreign espionage, geopolitical tensions (e.g., China, Russia), and politicization of academia. It can be read as a webpage or PDF document.
by Talya Jesperson | 17 May 2023 | Community News, French, Observations and Responses
Au cours de la dernière décennie, le libre accès a gagné le soutien des chercheurs et des décideurs politiques, avec un plaidoyer de plus en plus fort en faveur de l’accès gratuit en ligne aux travaux universitaires. Si l’intégration de politiques de libre accès au Canada reflète l’évolution rapide du paysage de l’édition, avec l’essor de la numérisation et le besoin pressant d’élargir l’accès, les obstacles à la généralisation du libre accès sont nombreux et complexes.
by Talya Jesperson | 17 May 2023 | Community News, English, Observations and Responses
Over the last decade, Open Access (OA) has gained support among researchers and policymakers, with increasingly vocal advocacy for free online access to scholarly work. While incorporating Open Access policies in Canada reflects a rapidly changing publishing landscape, with the rise of digitalization and the pressing need to broaden access, the barriers to making Open Access a widespread reality are many and complex.
by Caroline Winter | 23 November 2021 | Community News, English, Observations and Responses
The following draft report by Stefan Higgins, Lisa Goddard, and Shahira Khair outlines discussions and findings from Research Data Management for Digitally-Curious Humanists, an online event sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and held on June 14, 2021 as a Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) 2021 –– Online Edition aligned event.
