New Tri-Council Research Fund needs stakeholder feedback
News Release from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Government of Canada): The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, is inviting stakeholders, researchers, community leaders and public policy-makers to help shape a new $275-million Tri-Council Fund focused on international, interdisciplinary and high-risk research activities. Funding […]
Draft Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy – Submit feedback by August 31, 2018
Photo by Tomasz Frankowski on Unsplash Today, Canada’s 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. The draft […]
International Open Access Week 2018: Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge
This year’s International Open Access Week 2018 theme is “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge” as announced by the 2018 Open Access Week Advisory Committee Key highlights will focus on thought-provoking questions about challenges raised as the open access movement and scholarly research system draw closer despite changes in technology, education, funding, […]
UBC iSchool and UBC Arts Co-Op Digital Projects Student Librarian position – Apply by May 28
cIRcle, UBC’s digital repository, is seeking an iSchool student in the Arts Co-op Program for a position as Digital Projects Student Librarian ([F18] 19064) starting September 2018. This position will involve depositing hundreds of digital objects in various formats created as part of the From the Ground Up: Buddhism and East […]
In the Spotlight: Vancouver Institute Lectures
For over a century, there has been a rather curious and unique public lecture event happening every Saturday evening at the University of British Columbia (UBC). From its humble beginnings in 1916, the Vancouver Institute (VI) has been holding free public lectures presented by locally, nationally and internationally recognized, distinguished scholars and notable […]