The 2011 Canadian Research Data Summit

Mapping the Data Landscape

The 2011 Canadian Research Data Summit, Mapping the Data Landscape, was held on September 14 and 15, 2011. Over 150 leading players and decision-makers from government, private sector, academia and NGOs worked on formulating a shared strategy for addressing the challenges and opportunities for maximizing the benefits of our collective investment in research data in Canada.

Call to Action

As a follow up to the Summit, the RDS Working Group has released Mapping the Data Landscape: Report of the 2011 Canadian Research Data Summit. We strongly encourage your comments on this report, as well as your expression of interest in becoming personally involved in the work of Research Data Canada. In addition, we encourage you to share your thoughts on how your organization might support the work that we all judge to be so imperative. Please contact us at: RDS-SDR.CISTI@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca.

Latest News

• Report highlights critical next steps toward a national approach to managing Canada's research data, ON (January 30, 2012)

Mapping the Data Landscape: Report of the 2011 Canadian Research Data Summit (PDF format)

Executive Summary of the Report of the 2011 Canadian Research Data Summit (PDF format)

Summit Partners

• Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
• CANARIE - Canada's Advanced Research and Innovation Network
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• eVision - Advancing Research Admin
• Genome Canada
• International Polar Year (IPY)
• IBM
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
• National Research Council Canada (NRC)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
• Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information (CASRAI)

Background Information

• Summit Backgrounder (PDF format)
• Committees
• Summit Program
• Presentations
• Archived Announcements [Note: Links within these documents may be inactive]
  • September 20, 2011: Successful Canadian Research Data Summit held September 14-15
  • September 14, 2011: Canadian Research Data Summit convenes today

Contact

Pam Bjornson (Chair, Research Data Strategy Working Group)
Director General, Knowledge Management
National Research Council Canada
Email: pam.bjornson@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Bronwen Woods (Secretary, Research Data Strategy Working Group)
Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI)
National Research Council Canada
Email: bronwen.woods@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca