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CSPC - Open Science and Research Security - June 21, 2022

Open Science and Research Security - CSPC (sciencepolicy.ca)

A consensus is emerging on the importance of making scientific information accessible to all in the digital age. Access to information is a right, however how to balance this with security research, is the topic of this panel.

June 21, 2022 at 1pm Eastern.

Dr. David Castle will moderate a panel featuring Dr. Martha Crago, Dr. Monica Granados, and Emmanuel Kamarianakis.

2022 G7 Science Ministers’ Communiqué

German G7 Meeting
Frankfurt am Main, 12-14 June 2022

G7 Science Ministers’ Communiqué - BMBF

Directly link to PDF: Microsoft Word - G7 Science Ministers Declaration_20220613 (bmbf.de)

Canada is represented by Dr. Mona Nemer, the government's Chief Science Advisor.

Selected highlights related to open science.

1. Promoting and protecting freedom, integrity and security in science and research

...

We ... have decided to explore a Working Group to strengthen the cooperation between the G7 partners on
effective science communication. The focus is on the promotion of an evidence
informed development of science communication practice and enhanced science
literacy.

We support the work and results achieved so far by the G7 Open Science Working
Group. The group has made noticeable progress in examining data-sharing
infrastructures, research evaluation policies and open science incentives, and lessons
of research on research, and has identified barriers, challenges and enablers for
practicing open science that deserve and require common action (see Annex). We
encourage the group to continue its exploratory work and follow up with tangible
recommendations based on good practices and guiding principles.

Annex to the G7 Science Ministers` Communiqué 2022

https://www.bmbf.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/de/2022/220613-g7-annex.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3

II. Open Science and Open Science Working Group (OSWG)

 

We will continue to promote open science with open and rapid sharing of knowledge,
data and tools. We recognize and reacknowledge the importance of our universities,
research organisations and science academies, as well as the industrial sector and civil
society groups. We jointly pursue these common goals, with renewed vigour and
determination in the continuation of previous declarations on international
cooperation in research and innovation.

We recognize open science as an essential enabler of scientific integrity and good
science communication. Making scientific research available to scientists, innovators,
students, educators, government and non-government entities, the private sector,
and the general public therefore providing the transparency necessary to build trust
in science. It also helps to ensure that scientific results are communicated in ways
that are open and equitably accessible to all based on mutual trust and confidence.

 

...

 

Event: The rise of Open Science in Canada

Unlocking Science: The rise of Open Science in Canada - Perspectives from Early Career Researchers

June 2, 2022
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT

In this cafe, we will hear from two guest speakers about the importance and practice of open science, followed by small group discussion in break-out rooms to discuss how early career researchers can move open science forward. We will be discussing open science recommendations in the context of UNESCO’s open science framework.

Featuring:

• Dr. Masha Cemma, a policy advisor to the Chief Science Advisor of Canada
• Dylan Roskams-Edris, JD, Open Science Alliance Officer for the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute

Canada's Digital Research Future - Call for White Papers

Canada's New Digital Research Infrastructure Organisation (New DRI Organisation, or NDRIO) has put out a call for white papers.

https://engagedri.ca/ndrio-call-for-white-papers-on-canadas-future-dri-ecosystem/

Submissions should briefly describe individual perspectives on current challenges accessing Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) tools, services and support; the ideal future state of DRI in Canada; and how NDRIO could achieve such a state.

Deadline for submissions is 17:00 Canadian Pacific Standard Time (PST), Friday December 4, 2020.

NDRIO's scope includes Research Data Management, Research Software, and Advanced Research Computing / High-Performance Computing, for Canadian researchers.

Contact [email protected] for general details, or Felipe Pérez Jvostov, Senior Analyst for Outreach and Engagement at [email protected] about this specific call.

Disclaimer: I work on the Digital Research Infrastructure Strategy at ISED.

Public consultations for Canada's 2020-2022 National Action Plan on Open Government

Public consultations for Canada's 2020-2022 National Action Plan on Open Government will begin in March 2020.

There will be in-person consultations in Ottawa on March 3 and March 5, with other events and consultation methods to follow.

From March 2 to May 1, 2020, we’ll be connecting with Canadians online and across the country. Our goal is to hear what Canadians coast to coast to coast want to see in our next plan.

from Creating Canada’s 2020-22 National Action Plan on Open Government

There is a specific in-person events page.

You can also sign up for a mailing list or follow @OpenGovCan on Twitter.

UPDATE 2020-03-05: Online consultation is now available, including a specific thematic area for your feedback about Canada's open government directions for open science.  END UPDATE

Disclaimer: I worked on the Open Science commitments in the National Action Plans on Open Government from September 2014 to October 2019.

UNESCO launches a global consultation to develop a Recommendation on Open Science

UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science will be prepared through a regionally balanced, multistakeholder, inclusive and transparent consultation process.  This process is guided by an Open Science Advisory Committee and is expected to lead to the adoption of the Recommendation by UNESCO Member States in 2021.

...

All Open Science stakeholders, including scientists and scientific institutes, science publishers, science policy makers etc., are encouraged to participate and  to share their insights [through] a global survey.

from UNESCO launches a global consultation to develop a standard-setting instrument on Open Science

UNESCO has a Global Open Access Portal (GOAP) with a great deal of information about open access worldwide.  They also provide a series of learning modules about open access.

Roadmap for Open Science from the Chief Science Advisor of Canada

Canada's Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Mona Nemer, has released her Roadmap for Open Science.

This roadmap is a set of ten recommendations to the Government of Canada.

To understand the sequence of what happens next, Recommendation 3 specifies the creation of departmental Open Science Action Plans.

departments and agencies should develop action plans for Open Science by October 2020

It's those action plans that will determine departmental implementations of the recommendations.

That being said, the Roadmap calls for common government-wide approaches for recommendation 4 on open access and recommendation 5 on FAIR data.

federal science community should use a common approach to achieving [these] recommendation[s]

These recommendations read, in part

4. Federal departments and agencies should make federal science articles* openly accessible by January 2022 and federal science publications* openly accessible by January 2023, while respecting privacy, security, ethical considerations and appropriate intellectual property protection.

This recommendation aims to achieve Open Access by default without an embargo period.

5. Federal departments and agencies should develop strategies and tools to implement FAIR data principles to ensure interoperability of scientific and research data* and metadata standards by January 2023, with a phased plan for full implementation by January 2025.

There is a proposed governance mechanism, which reads in part

8. ... a new high-level Open Science Steering Committee co-chaired by the Chief Science Advisor and either or both the Chief Information Officer of Canada and the President of Shared Services Canada.

The terms of reference and relationship structure with departments and agencies should be developed by June 2020.

The Roadmap is available online in both official languages:

• Roadmap for Open Science - or direct PDF download / Feuille de route pour la science ouverte - document PDF

There was a press release: Roadmap for Open Science to reduce barriers and speed up discovery / Feuille de route pour la science ouverte visant à réduire les obstacles et à accélérer les découvertes.

SIDEBAR: Both the Roadmap for Open Science and departmental Open Science Action Plans are milestones in the Open Science commitment in the Government of Canada's 2018-2020 National Action Plan on Open Government.  END SIDEBAR

Disclaimer: I worked on the Open Science commitments in the National Action Plans on Open Government from September 2014 to October 2019.

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

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

jobs - City of Ottawa seeking an open data champion

Position: Senior Data Analytics Strategist

Competition Number: 2019-EX-EN-52414133-01

Competition closing date: 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019)

The ideal candidate for the position is an open data champion who can work with internal representatives within our organization as well as external stakeholder groups to coordinate engagement activities and contributions of data to the City of Ottawa public open data portal. The successful applicant will join our Service Transformation team and bring innovative and creative thought and workflows to evolve the open data program and further enhance the value of City data to the residents of Ottawa.

The Senior Data Analytics Strategist is responsible for developing and implementing open data strategies and workplans to manage and evolve open data activities at the City. The Strategist develops and leads an engagement strategy to find opportunities to promote open data, identify community needs for open datasets to release, and partner with external stakeholders to grow the open data community.

The Strategist is a technical leader and subject matter expert for data and analytics including open data governance and data management practices.

Apply through the City of Ottawa website: https://ottawa.ca/cgi-bin/jobs.pl?id=2019-EX-EN-52414133-01

Feedback requested on Canada's draft 2018-2020 Open Gov Plan

The Government of Canada has released its final draft 4th Plan on Open Government 2018-2020, as part of its participation in the Open Government Partnership (OGP).  The plan has 10 draft commitments, which are available in Google Docs for commenting:

1. User-friendly open government
2. Financial transparency and accountability
3. Corporate transparency
4. Digital government and services
5. Open science
6. Healthy democracy
7. Access to Information
8. Feminist and inclusive open government
9. Reconciliation and open government
10. Leadership and collaboration

Feedback can also be provided via email to [email protected]

The Open Science commitment has four milestones:

• Pilot an open science portal to provide access to open access publications from federal scientists
• [Launch an online directory of National Research Council Canada scientists]
• Promote open science and actively solicit feedback on stakeholder needs for open data and open science
• Measure the Government of Canada’s progress in implementing open science, and the benefits open science can provide to Canadians

The deadline for feedback is August 13, 2018.

The 2016-2018 Open Government Plan, which also included an Open Science commitment, is now completed.

Twitter:

• @opengovcan
• #opengovcan

Disclaimer: I am employed by the Government of Canada to work on Open Science.

Provide feedback on the Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy

The three federal research funding agencies—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (the agencies)—have developed a draft Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy, which aims to support Canadian research excellence by fostering sound digital data management and data stewardship practices.

feedback on the draft policy is requested by August 31, 2018

Feedback can be sent electronically to any of the following email addresses:

SSHRC:

[email protected]

NSERC:

[email protected]

CIHR:

[email protected]

Open Science in 2017 G7 Science Ministers' Communiqué

The G7 Open Science Working Group was created in the 2016 Science Ministers' Communiqué, the Tsukuba Communiqué (PDF)

1. Establish a working group on open science with the aims of sharing open science policies, exploring supportive incentive structures, and identifying good practices for promoting increasing access to the results of publicly funded research, including scientific data and publications, coordinating as appropriate with the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) and Research Data Alliance (RDA), and other relevant groups

The 2017 Science Ministers' Communiqué (PDF) is now available, with a statement about Open Science as well as a summary of the G7 Open Science Working Group (G7 OS WG) report.  The Communiqué directs the Open Science Working Group to continue its work.

19. We recognize that ICT developments, the digitisation and the vast availability of data, efforts to push the science frontiers, and the need to address complex economic and societal challenges, are transforming the way in which science is performed towards Open Science paradigms. We agree that an international approach can help the speed and coherence of this transition, and that it should target in particular two aspects. First, the incentives for the openness of the research ecosystem: the evaluation of research careers should better recognize and reward Open Science activities. Secondly, the infrastructures for an optimal use of research data: all researchers should be able to deposit, access and analyse scientific data across disciplines and at the global scale, and research data should adhere to the FAIR principles of being findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.

20. We support the work and results achieved so far by the G7 Open Science Working group. The OS Working Group has identified priorities that deserve and require common aligned actions, both in encouraging openness and data skills in scientific research practice, through workforce development and training. We encourage the OS WG to follow-up actions taken by G7 members according to the WG’s recommendations and to collect good practices, in order to report to the next G7 Science Minister’s Meeting. In particular, we support the OS WG deepening its efforts on the two topics identified above (paragraph 19), namely the incentives for openness of the research ecosystem, including the role of research indicators and metrics relevant to open science, and the infrastructures and standards for optimal use of research. The summary report of the OS working group is attached to this Communiqué.

To extract specific priorities and direction:

• priority - incentives - "the evaluation of research careers should better recognize and reward Open Science activities"
• priority - research data infrastructure - "all researchers should be able to deposit, access and analyse scientific data across disciplines and at the global scale, and research data should adhere to the FAIR principles"
• direction - G7 OS WG - follow up (monitor) G7 member states' actions related to the WG recommendations
• direction - G7 OS WG - collect good practices
• direction - G7 OS WG - report back to the 2018 G7 Science Ministers' Meeting
• direction - G7 OS WG - deepen efforts on incentives, including research indicators and metrics relevant to open science
• direction - G7 OS WG - deepen efforts on infrastructures and standards for optimal use of research (with a particular emphasis on research data)

The statement "The summary report of the OS working group is attached to this Communiqué." is a bit confusing - the summary report is actually a separate annex document, it's not part of the main Communiqué PDF.

The summary report (PDF) also contains a key opening recommendation:

Overall, the G7 Open Science Working Group recommends that each G7 nation convene and engage with relevant stakeholders who can support moves towards incentivizing the increased adoption of Open Science in their national context.

as well as potential future discussion for the G7 in the areas of incentives and infrastructure for Open Science:

Incentives -

Potential future discussion at the G7 level: Consider approaches towards developing principles, for measuring the quality and impact of research enabled by Open Science practices. Discussions could also include means to identify, promote and implement best practices for Open Science, for example, through codes of conduct that build on existing procedures. This might lead to international consensus on the roles and responsibilities of researchers, institutions, and funders under Open Science.

Infrastructure -

Potential future discussion at the G7 level: Establish a forum for continued multilateral discussion to share information about major research data infrastructure initiatives in G7 countries and beyond. Discussion objectives could include:

• Development of a common understanding of Open Science and the related infrastructure requirements (e.g. for whom? Under which conditions?), including consideration of best practices in different disciplines of science and technology as well as in social sciences, humanities and the arts.

• Agreement to promote the FAIR principles for data resulting from government- funded research, increase discussion on sustainability and working towards shared guidelines for incorporating FAIR principles into the operations of infrastructure that support Open Science.

• Raising awareness of the necessity of well-qualified human resources and professional expertise for curation, annotation and other management of research data and incorporate them in the research processes.

Disclaimer: I was one of the Canadian representatives on the G7 Open Science Working Group in 2016-2017.

SIDEBAR: The FAIR principles mentioned are that data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable.  See e.g. https://www.force11.org/fairprinciples  END SIDEBAR

The G7 will be held in Canada in 2018.  The dates and location for the 2018 Science Ministerial have not been announced.

2016, 2017 and 2018 Science Communiqué Websites and Links

The 2016 Communiqué website is http://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/english/others/communique_en.html and there were two annexes to the Communiqué:

• Tsukuba Communiqué(PDF：169KB)
• Attachment 1 to Tsukuba Communiqué(PDF：82KB) - G7 follow-up workshop on mapping, coordination and joint activities in the field of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and Poverty-Related Infectious Diseases (PRDs)
• Attachment 2 to Tsukuba Communiqué(PDF：126KB) - Recommendations – G7 expert workshop on future of the oceans and seas

 The 2017 Communiqué website is http://www.g7italy.it/en/documenti-ministeriali and there were four annexes to the Communiqué:

• G7 Science Communiqué
• Annex 1 - Future of the Seas and Oceans
• Annex 2 – Report of the group of senior officials on global research infrastructures
• Annex 3 - WG Neglected Tropical Diseases and Poverty Related Diseases
• Annex 4 - WG Open Science

UPDATE 2017-10-03: You can also find a standalone page about the Science Ministerial at http://www.g7italy.it/en/news/the-ministerial-meeting-on-science-has-ended END UPDATE

UPDATE 2018-02-08: There is also an Italy 2017 Science Ministerial page at http://www.g7italy.it/en/science-ministerial-meeting but the link on that page to the Communiqué is currently broken.  END UPDATE

The 2018 G7 website is http://www.international.gc.ca/g7/ - updated to https://g7.gc.ca/

Twitter:

• @G7Canada - for the duration of the 2018 Canadian G7, Twitter will be @G7
• Peter Boehm, the Deputy Minister for the 2018 G7 Summit, tweets @G7Sherpa

Chief Science Advisor - Government of Canada

The Government of Canada appointed Dr. Mona Nemer as Chief Science Advisor on September 26, 2017.

This fulfills a commitment in the mandate letter for the Minister of Science, as well as one of the items in the Open Science commitment in the 2016-2018 Open Government Plan (in both it is described as "Chief Science Officer").

The Office of the Chief Science Advisor is hosted at Innovation, Science and Economic Development.  Although the website lists a brief mandate, more detail on the key functions of the position can be found in the backgrounder to the Prime Minister's announcement:

The Chief Science Advisor’s key functions will be as follows:

• provide advice on the development and implementation of guidelines to ensure that government science is fully available to the public and that federal scientists are able to speak freely about their work;

• provide advice on creating and implementing processes to ensure that scientific analyses are considered when the Government makes decisions;

• assess and recommend ways to improve the existing science advisory function within the federal government; and

• assess and recommend ways for the Government to better support quality scientific research within the federal system.

Furthermore, the Advisor will:

• deliver an annual report to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Science on the activities of the Office of the Chief Science Advisor and the state of federal government science, including the federal science workforce and federal scientific infrastructure;

• provide and coordinate expert advice to the Minister of Science and members of Cabinet, as appropriate and requested, on key scientific issues, including the preparation of research and foresight papers for public dissemination; and,

• promote a positive and productive dialogue between federal scientists and academia, both in Canada and abroad, and raise awareness of scientific issues relevant to the Canadian public.

I have highlighted "guidelines to ensure that government science is fully available to the public" due to its overlap with Open Science.

The annual report mentioned above will be made public (this is stated in the Prime Minister's announcement).

This is primarily an advisory role to Cabinet.  The Chief Science Advisor reports to both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Science.  The term of office is three years.

Contact information for the Office of the Chief Science Advisor is available on the office website.

Dr. Nemer has also begun tweeting using official account @ChiefSciCan

Previously:
March 23, 2017  Chief Science Advisor in Budget 2017
December 5, 2016  Canadian National Chief Science Advisor competition announced

Montreal Neuro Institute launching open access platform

The Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) has announced that it will launch a new publishing platform called MNI Open Research.

The partnership is another step in The Neuro’s goal of becoming an open science institution. In December, The Neuro launched the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute (TOSI), an initiative that will facilitate the sharing of neuroscience findings worldwide to accelerate the discovery of better treatments for neurological diseases. The publishing of research results, including negative results, without restriction, is a founding pillar of TOSI.

By launching MNI Open Research, The Neuro joins Wellcome, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health in creating open research publishing platforms with the collaboration of F1000. The platforms are based on the publishing model first used on F1000Research.

McGill - Onward to open science - August 30, 2017

In a blog post for F1000, MNI Director Guy Rouleau describes some objectives for MNI Open Research:

a platform where our researchers can rapidly publish any research outputs they wish to share. Research results will be published within days of submission and invited peer review will take place on an open basis, ensuring transparency. All meaningful data, including negative results, will be made public so other scientists can avoid the same pitfalls.

Twitter:

• @TheNeuro_MNI
• @F1000

Previously:
March 24, 2017  rapid access to scientific results including Gates Foundation open access journal

Norway sets national open access goals

On August 22, 2017 the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research (Kunnskapsdepartementet) released National goals and guidelines for open access to research articles.  It sets out not just an open access mandate, but a number of accompanying steps and activites.  As the English document itself is brief, I will just highlight a few items:

• The goal of the government is to make all publicly funded Norwegian research articles openly available by 2024.
• The research community ... is expected to ... convert important journals within their subject areas from closed subscription based journals to open access titles.
• All publicly funded research articles must be deposited in a suitable academic repository.
• Institutions and consortia that negotiate agreements with publishers shall ensure that these agreements promote open access without increasing total costs, and that the terms and conditions are open and transparent.
• Institutions that fund research projects shall contribute to cover the costs associated with open access publishing.

It also sets a goal to "Investigate how a national repository can be realised."

You can read the full document - National goals and guidelines for open access to research articles (PDF).

So it is a multi-part policy, including not just open access publication, but also mandatory deposit (green OA), license negotiations including open terms and conditions, and direct funding support for open access costs.

In the FAQ (in Norwegian only) it makes it clear that researchers can choose their venue of publication (including closed publishers), but must always deposit their article.  It points to the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers as one source of information for choosing journals, as well as the DOAJ.  Researchers without an institutional repository are directed to contact BIBSYS for guidance.

The target to ask the research community to shift journals to open access is one I haven't seen other countries pursue.  It is a reminder of the many paths that organisations and countries are following to shift to open access, from Harvard's 2012 Faculty Advisory Council language of "move prestige to open access"¹, to the 2017 European Commission Open Science plans to launch their own OA journal ("Horizon 2020 platform for open access publishing"). 

In Norwegian:

• announcement: Åpen tilgang til vitenskapelige artikler
• page: Open tilgang til vitskapelege artiklar
• more detailed page: Nasjonale mål og retningslinjer for åpen tilgang til vitenskapelige artikler
• policy document: Nasjonale mål og retningslinjer for åpen tilgang til vitenskapelige artikler (PDF)
• detailed FAQ: Utdypende informasjon og spørsmål/svar om retningslinjene for åpen tilgang til vitenskapelige artikler

¹ The Harvard Faculty Advisory Council memo is no longer online, it looks like it went offline sometime in 2015.  I have linked to a version in the Internet Archive.

Sidebar: Norway has a national research information system called CRIStin.

Ontario seeks Chief Scientist

The Province of Ontario is seeking a Chief Scientist.  They are using an executive search firm.

The Chief Scientist will advise on the long term vision and strategic research agenda for Ontario and provide scientific expertise on a range of provincewide issues including the aging population, transformative technologies and climate change. They will also work to ensure the province remains a top destination for global research talent and help advance Ontario's reputation as a jurisdiction that believes investing in knowledge and science is the key to success and economic prosperity.

from Ontario Recruiting First Chief Scientist - July 20, 2017

In the proposed mandate, the Chief Scientist reports to the Minister of Research, Innovation and Science on an ongoing basis and to the Premier on key scientific matters.

Sidebar: This is my 2400th blog post.

Previously:
December 6, 2016  Ontario Chief Science Officer

rapid access to scientific results including Gates Foundation open access journal

The Gates Foundation will be launching its own open access journal, Gates Open Research.

https://gatesopenresearch.org/

"a platform for rapid author-led publication and open peer review of research"

The Gates Foundation joins the Wellcome Trust in launching this approach, and they are both using the same underlying platform, F1000.

https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/

(Note that this is in addition to the previous announcement that the Gates Foundation will be paying Science to enable open access to Gates-funded research in what were previously closed-access journals.)

In a Times Higher Education story, Jean-Claude Burgelman suggests the European Commission might also create its own open access journal.

Nature News also covered the story: Gates Foundation announces open-access publishing venture.

These two journals will also gain the capability for open peer review that is part of the F1000 platform.  There is a short blog post on the F1000 site: Gates Open Research: the journey continues.

Related to this announcement there is also a (free) Economist Babbage podcast item on preprints and open peer review

https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/babbage-ubers-trail-of-woes#t=1:04 (from 1:04 to 7:46)

and (not at all free) - three articles in the Economist:

March 23, 2017 Economist cover item (what the Economist calls a Leader): “Science’s publishing problem” – Leaders consist of a summary article and a more detailed article

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21719480-and-how-cast-them-shackles-scientific-journals

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21719438-about-change-findings-medical-research-are-disseminated-too

It happens that the Economist also did a piece about altmetrics in the same issue (altmetrics aren’t discussed in the podcast)

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21719441-alternative-metrics-extend-concept-citation-beyond-journal

Previously:
February 17, 2017  Many preprint services

Chief Science Advisor in Budget 2017

Canada's Chief Science Advisor and associated office get a mention in Budget 2017.

Budget 2017 proposes to establish an annual budget of $2 million for the Chief Science Advisor and related secretariat.

There's some additional text but nothing substantially beyond what has already been established in mandate letters and the job advertisement.

As part of her/his mandate, the Chief Science Advisor will provide advice on how to ensure that government science is open to the public, that federal scientists are able to speak freely about their work, and that science is effectively communicated across government.

The Chief Science Advisor will be responsible for providing advice to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Science, and will serve primarily in an advisory and coordinating capacity.

above from Budget 2017 - Strengthening Science in Government

Previously:
December 5, 2016  Canadian National Chief Science Advisor competition announced

Ontario Chief Science Officer

In the Ontario September 2016 Mandate letter: Research, Innovation and Science it provides some information about the Chief Science Officer (CSO):

• Defining the role of the Chief Science Officer to lead the government’s efforts to advance both basic and applied science and working with the Secretary of the Cabinet to recruit that individual by spring 2017. Consulting with and engaging the scientific community and the broader public as you develop the mandate of the Chief Science Officer.
• Working with educators, communities, other ministries and the Chief Science Officer to promote science literacy throughout the province.

The Ontario provincial Chief Science Officer is expected to be supported by team.  The competition (recruitment) for the CSO has not yet been announced.

See also:
December 5, 2016  Canadian National Chief Science Advisor competition announced

Canadian National Chief Science Advisor competition announced

Canada's Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan has announced the competition is open for the position of Chief Science Advisor (CSA) to the Canadian government.

Applications can be made through the Governor in Council appointments process.  Closes January 27, 2017.

The news release provides additional information:

• The Chief Science Advisor will report to both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Science.
• The Chief Science Advisor will be responsible for providing scientific advice to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Science and members of Cabinet.
• The office [of the CSA] will be supported by a team of scientists and policy experts.

Video of the announcement is available on Facebook.

The role of the CSA (formerly called "Chief Science Officer") is as indicated in the Ministerial Mandate Letter.

The letter says "Create a Chief Science Officer mandated to ensure that government science is fully available to the public, that scientists are able to speak freely about their work, and that scientific analyses are considered when the government makes decisions."

The job posting says "The Chief Science Advisor's main function will be to advise the government on how to ensure that government science is fully available to the public, that scientists are able to speak freely about their work, and that scientific analyses are considered when the government makes decisions."

Job - CIO of NSERC and SSHRC

As Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities’ Chief Information Officer (CIO) as well as its Departmental Security Officer (DSO), the CIO provides vision, strategies and leadership in the provision and transformation of Information Technology (IT) and Information Management (IM) strategies as well as personnel, physical and IT security and facility management strategies that align with and supports the Agencies mission, mandate, strategic and business objectives.

Job title: Chief Information Officer and Departmental Security Officer

Job number: J0816-0999

Job category: Information technology

Location of position: Ottawa, Ontario

Job status: Indeterminate

Number of positions being staffed: 1

Classification: GR-EX-03

Competition number: N0816-0999

Language requirements: Bilingual Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Open To: Canadian citizens and permanent residents located in the National Capital Region

Closing date: September 18, 2016

 

See job opportunity N0816-0999 on Njoyn.

IT, innovation, science and more - Gov of Canada 2016 consultations

Many Government of Canada consultations are underway.  This post is updated as they close and new ones are announced.

• Innovation - unknown deadline
• including Global Science Excellence ideas
• Fundamental Science Review – closes September 30, 2016
• Government of Canada [Information Technology] Cloud Adoption Strategy - closes September 30, 2016 - "Feedback on the strategy will be collected until September 30, 2016, and will be used to finalize the Government’s approach." - see press release for more info
  • feedback by email to [email protected]
• Government of Canada Information Technology (IT) Strategic Plan 2016-2020 – closed September 30, 2016 – “all feedback will be considered when the plan is updated in 2017”
  • feedback by email to [email protected]
• CRTC – differential pricing (or ‘zero-rating’) – closes September 30, 2016
• Cyber Security - closes October 15, 2016
• National Housing Strategy - closes October 21, 2016
• Official Languages – closing extended to November 14, 2016
• Shared Services Canada (SSC) IT Transformation - closes October 31, 2016 - also see (now closed) IT Strategic Plan and Cloud Adoption Strategy above
• Federal employees can provide feedback using http://www.ittransformationconsultation.ca/federal-employees
• Canada Post – closes December 31, 2016
• Clean Resources / Clean Tech / Clean Energy – unknown deadline - closed October 31, 2016
• Canadian Content in an Online World – consultation launched September 13, 2016 – unknown deadline
  • http://www.canadiancontentconsultations.ca/
  • Facebook Live events October 28, 2016 and November 7, 2016
• Budget 2017 – unknown deadline

Disclaimer: I work at Environment and Climate Change Canada.

See also:
June 23, 2016  Innovation Strategy consultation in Canada
June 13, 2016  Review of Canada Federal Support for Fundamental Science

Some of these consultations can be found on the government's open dialogue site ConsultingCanadians.gc.ca

post based on information from my personal blog

LIBER 2016 conference livestream

Livestream information

http://liber2016.org/programme/live-streaming/

direct link (requires Flash)

https://connectpro.helsinki.fi/liber2016

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The stream started on Wed June 29, 2016 at 13.00 local [Finland] time (EEST, +3 GMT) = 6am Eastern time and completed at 8am Eastern time.

I have made a Storify of my tweets from June 29 https://storify.com/scilib/liber-2016-wed-june-29-2016

Livestream on Thursday June 30 and Friday July 1 will begin at 09h local time = 2am Eastern time.

You can see the programme at http://liber2016.org/programme/full-programme/

There is a particular focus on open science.

Twitter

• @LIBERconference
• #LIBER2016

Innovation Strategy consultation in Canada

the Government of Canada will focus on six areas for action:

• promoting an entrepreneurial and creative society
• supporting global science excellence
• building world-leading clusters and partnerships
• growing companies and accelerating clean growth
• competing in a digital world
• improving ease of doing business

press release - Building an inclusive and innovative Canada - June 14, 2016

The Innovation Agenda will look at how to strengthen applied research while promoting partnerships with businesses so that the knowledge and discoveries generated in the lab make their way to the market.

In other words, support for world-class research is critical to making innovation a national priority.

Speech: Launch of Innovation Agenda – Minister Duncan (Minister of Science) - June 14, 2016

The ideas market has launched, you can follow the short link for more information at canada.ca/innovation which will take you to the ISED site http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/062.nsf/eng/home or go directly to the ideas market site at

http://nationofinnovators.ca/index.php?lang=en

You can see the ideas under category Global science excellence at http://nationofinnovators.ca/ideas?view=ideas&layout=1pagetwocol&challenge_id=2

You can also tweet ideas, using hashtag #CdnInnovation

As well, the government has opened a two-week window of consultation on Reddit, which I think means it will close July 6, 2016.

There was a National Press Gallery event (which the above speech is from) and a Canada 2020 event at the Chateau Laurier.  The Canada 2020 event was livestreamed and the archive is available on YouTube.

I particularly recommend the presentation by Zayna Khayat, which runs from  41:44 to 57:50.  This link will start the video at that time: https://youtu.be/XwyRybnBiMI?t=41m44s

A reminder that the innovation strategy consultation is running in parallel with three other potentially-relevant consultations:

• consultation on support for fundamental science
• consultation on draft Open Government Action Plan 2016-2018 (including open science) closing June 30, 2016
• consultation on revisions to Access to Information closing June 30, 2016

Open Data Day Ottawa 2016

Open Data Ottawa is having a meetup for the 6th International Open Data Day

Saturday March 5, 2016

1:30pm to 4:30pm

register at http://www.meetup.com/Open-Data-Ottawa/events/228809644/