Presentation to Open Lab Notebooks: An Extreme Open Science Initiative http://www.thesgc.org/open-lab-notebooks-2018 - January 19, 2018 Also on Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1157039 WebEx (audio plus slides) of presentation available at https://youtu.be/vxoxKVUWsUY?t=2h35m11s (my presentation starts at 2h35m11s). Due to technical difficulties the first three slides aren't displayed.

1. Open Science
in the Government of Canada
January 19, 2018
Richard Akerman

2. Jean-Claude Bradley
1968-2014
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CC-BY-SA Chemical Heritage Foundation

3. Timeline
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4. Considerations
• digital
• discoverable
• archived
• machine-readable
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5. Granting Councils / Tri-Agencies
• CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC – “Tri-Agencies”
• Open Access
– “ensure that any peer-reviewed journal
publications arising from Agency-supported
research are freely accessible within 12 months
of publication”
• Research Data
– data management plans
– acknowledging and citing datasets
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6. CC-BY - Ainsley Seago - doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001779.g001

7. Science in the Government
• Minister of Science Dr. Kirsty Duncan
• Chief Science Advisor Dr. Mona Nemer
• many Science-Based Departments and
Agencies
• jobs.gc.ca
– SE-RES
– DS
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8. Open Science in the Government
• “government scientists and experts will be able to
speak freely about their work to the media and the
public” – Minister Bains, 2015
• “The Government of Canada firmly believes that
government science should be publicly available and
is an important part of an evidence-based decision-
making process.” - Research (RE) union agreement
• Open Science commitments in the 2-year Open
Government Plans
– Currently on the Third Plan (2016-2018)
– We invite your input for the Fourth Plan (2018-2020)
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9. Open Science Pie
Diagram © 2017 Government of Canada
Licensed in the Creative Commons CC-BY

10. Current Focus Areas
• Open Access
• Open Data
• Public Engagement /
Science Communications
• Metrics
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11. Questions?
Richard Akerman
richard.akerman@canada.ca
@scilib
ec.scienceouverte-openscience.ec@canada.ca
Presentation © 2018 Government of Canada
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