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2011 Canadian Research Data Summit

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, (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)

Research Data Summit background material

Research Data Strategy Working Group: Opening new pathways to Canadian research data

The Research Data Strategy Working Group is a collaborative effort to address the challenges and issues surrounding the access and preservation of data arising from Canadian research. This multi-disciplinary group of universities, institutes, libraries, granting agencies, and individual researchers are bonded by a shared recognition of the pressing need to deal with Canadian data management issues. Together, they will focus on the necessary actions, next steps and leadership roles that researchers and institutions can take to ensure Canada's research data is accessible and usable for current and future generations of researchers.