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Open Science project of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada

Open Science can be found on page 30 of the PDF, in the section The Year Ahead - New Projects in the Chief Science Advisor of Canada's 2018 Annual Report.

Read the report for the full text.

The project includes a commitment to an Open Science Roadmap

For its part, Canada needs a roadmap for open science, with a plan that moves beyond an incremental approach drawing on existing resources. In the coming year, my office will be working with senior leadership from federal science-based departments and agencies, in coordination with the federal granting agencies, to create a roadmap by July 2019.

This commitment is also in Canada's 2018-2020 National Action Plan on Open Government.

Previously:
September 29, 2017  Chief Science Advisor - Government of Canada

science podcasts 2019

My blog tells me that podcasting basically went mainstream in 2005.

• May 5, 2005  podcasting in the mainstream media
• June 28, 2005  Apple iTunes 4.9 with podcasting support

In 2006 I wrote about podcasts I listen to, so 13 years later it seems like it may be time for an update.

There are a lot of good BBC Radio science shows, but ever since BBC Radio added ads to its podcasts outside the UK, I listen to all BBC Radio content directly on the website (which does not currently have advertisements).

I use Castro for podcasts on my iOS devices because 1) Apple Podcasts app now tracks every podcast you listen to

Podcast Analytics begins gathering data as soon as users play content in the Podcasts app (iOS 11 or later), in iTunes 12.7 or later (macOS and Windows), or on HomePod.

Apple - Podcast Analytics Beta Help

and 2) Castro is a much better application for selecting specific episodes to listen to when you subscribe to a large number of podcasts

Science Podcasts

I listen to pretty much every episode of Spacepod.

I listen to selected episodes of:

• Les années lumière – Radio-Canada – It has the distinction of being the only Canadian radio I listen to
• La conversation scientifique – France Culture
• Long Now Seminars About Long-Term Thinking – because they have experts talking at length about scientific and technical topics
• Science at AMNH (American Museum of Natural History)
• The Science Show – Australia ABC Radio National (RN) – I use the Separate Stories version so I can listen just to the stories I want
• La Tête au carré – France Inter

Open Science in US 4th Open Gov Action Plan 2019-2021

The US released its 4^th Open Government Plan on February 21, 2019.

https://open.usa.gov/assets/files/NAP4-fourth-open-government-national-action-plan.pdf

Their plan will run from 2019 to 2021.

It includes an open science commitment.

3) Provide Public Access to Federally Funded Research

Primarily through the National Science and Technology Council (Council), the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy coordinates United States efforts to make the results of Federally funded scientific research more accessible and useful to the public, industry, and the scientific community. In the Council’s Subcommittee on Open Science, thirty-two United States agency funders collaborate to improve the preservation, discoverability, accessibility, and usability of Federally funded scientific research, with the aims of bolstering the reliability of that research, accelerating scientific discovery, stimulating innovation, enhancing economic growth and job creation.

In 2018, the Subcommittee on Open Science was re-chartered to promote open science principles across the Federal Government and increase public access to Federally-funded research results. The Subcommittee’s priorities include:

1. Facilitating coordination across Federal Government agencies on open science efforts;
2. Developing appropriate incentives to encourage researchers to adopt open science principles;
3. Streamlining and synchronizing agency and researcher data management practices for maximum utility to the public;
4. Collaborating with academia, researcher communities, and industry toward the development of research data standards that further open science.

As part of the Subcommittee’s objectives, it will develop a report that provides recommendations for improvements to existing Federal open access policies and continued collaboration between agencies on achieving open access objectives.

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For more information see https://open.usa.gov/

Previously:
January 10, 2019  Open Science in Canada's 2018-2020 Open Government Plan
April 5, 2018  Open Science in France's 2018-2020 Open Government Plan