[OKFN-IN] Fwd: [open-science] Canada announces Open Science commitment

Thu Nov 6 15:09:30 UTC 2014

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From: "Richard Akerman" <scilib at gmail.com>
Date: Nov 6, 2014 8:03 PM
Subject: [open-science] Canada announces Open Science commitment
To: "open-science at lists.okfn.org" <open-science at lists.okfn.org>
Cc:

The Government of Canada has announced an Open Science commitment in its
2nd Open Government Action Plan.  The commitment includes open access to
federally-funded scientific publications.

Here is the full text (numbering mine):

C. 1) Open Science

Headline statement: "The Government of Canada will maximize access to
federally funded scientific research to encourage greater collaboration and
engagement with the scientific community, the private sector, and the
public."

The Government of Canada makes significant investments in scientific
research. As a result, Canada has become a world leader in a number of
important scientific research areas, and continues to support leading-edge
research by some of the world's best scientific minds. Increasing public
access to government-funded scientific research data and information has
the potential to further drive innovation and discovery across the broader
scientific community.

On June 12, 2013, the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for
Science and Technology, signed the G8 Science Ministers Statement on behalf
of the Government of Canada to promote policies that increase access to the
results of publicly funded research to spur scientific discovery, enable
better international collaboration and coordination of research, enhance
the engagement of society and help support economic prosperity.
Accordingly, the Government of Canada will establish a government-wide
approach to open science to increase access to federally funded scientific
publications and data.

Deliverables to be completed in 2014-16:

C.1.1 Develop and publish a government-wide Open Science Implementation
Plan with specific activities and milestones, including the following:

 C.1.1.1 Public consultations on the implementation of open science;
 C.1.1.2 Launch of open access to publications and data resulting from
federally funded scientific activities;
 C.1.1.3 Development and adoption of policies, guidelines and tools to
support effective stewardship of scientific data; and
 C.1.1.4 Promotion of the adoption of open science standards in Canada.

C.1.2 Establish an online service to enable a one-stop search for
publications and data resulting from federal scientific activities.
C.1.3 Develop inventories of federal scientific data and initiate the
public release of data.
C.1.4 Publish and maintain a consolidated online list of peer-reviewed
articles by Government of Canada scientists dating back to 2012.

Leads: Environment Canada, Industry Canada

Grand Challenges: GC1, GC3

from
http://open.canada.ca/en/content/canadas-action-plan-open-government-2014-16#ch4-3

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Richard Akerman
scilib at gmail.com
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