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https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-7/

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CAUT: Trump administration undermining integrity and independence of research conducted in Canada

CAUT reports that Canadian working on projects funded wholly or in part by American federal agencies have been sent a lengthy questionnaire to determine how their work aligns with the Trump administration’s political agenda:In the questionnaire, Canadian researchers are asked to confirm that their research:does not include a climate or “environmental justice” componentdoes not contain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) elementsdoes not ascribe to “gender ideology”increases American influence globallyIn addition, the questionnaire asks whether a researcher’s institution has a policy prohibiting collaboration with entities contrary to U.S. government interests and prevents partnerships with “communist, socialist, or totalitarian parties.”More:https://www.caut.ca/latest/2025/03/trump-administration-threatening-canadian-researchers...

Digital Research Alliance of Canada -Digital Research Infrastructure Community Virtual Town Hall - 2025 March 25

From the Digital Research Alliance of Canada:On February 27, 2025, the Government of Canada released their initial plans for the Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Infrastructure program. The Digital Research Alliance of Canada has been in the process of reviewing the information and developing a plan around the submission of a statement of intent.Connecting with our digital research infrastructure partners and community in this process is vital and we would like to take this opportunity to invite you to attend one of two virtual town halls to have an opportunity to hear your input and feedback, as well as share our early thoughts about the Alliance’s vision for sovereign AI compute in Canada we are working on for the proposal submission.Virtual Town Hall #1: We welcome all national DRI users and support staff, researchers, and other public stakeholders.Date: March 25, 2025Time: 11 am EDTRegister here for the Virtual Town Hall #1Virtual Town Hall #2: We welcome all prospective Canadian industry partnersDate: March 26, 2025Time: 11 am EDTRegister here for the Virtual Town Hall #2...

RDM Jumpstart Data Management for Reproducible Research: May 12 - 16, 2025 Free week-long workshop

From the Digital Research Alliance of Canada:This week-long workshop will introduce attendees to best practices in Research Data Management (RDM) using common tools to support research transparency and reproducibility. Robust implementation of RDM principles enables researchers to address bias and reproducibility, effectively share their research, and ensure long term access to their research inputs and outputs. From research question development to findings dissemination, RDM underpins a fruitful and successful academic career.What will we cover?Sessions will address the importance and underlying principles of RDM; we’ll explore issues related to RDM and the growing landscape of RDM-related requirements stemming from funders and publishers. Using the R programming language, the Open Science Framework (OSF), and Borealis (Dataverse), we’ll explore solutions to address these issues and enable compliance with funder and publisher requirements.All attendees will work with a common dataset to explore how to ask questions of data using common computational tools. Throughout, attendees will be introduced to: the documentation and metadata requirements to ensure accessibility: considerations to address different aspects of reproducibility; practices to maintain their data’s integrity; and ways to ensure their final data deposit is adherent to FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles.Completion of the Jumpstart can be applied to the Canadian Certificate in Digital Humanities, and will meet the requirement for the minimum 20 hours of in-depth workshops.More info:https://alliance-rdm-gdr.github.io/rdm-jumpstart-registration/ ...

Webinar -- Live Review: Innovating Peer Review Through Open Collaboration -- 2025 March 19

Join JMIR Publications and PREreview for a discussion on Live Reviews—an innovative, community-driven approach to community peer review. This webinar will explore how Live Reviews bring authors, reviewers, and facilitators together in real time to enhance the transparency, rigor, and inclusivity of the peer review process.More info and registration:https://landingpage.jmirpublications.com/live-review-innovating-peer-review-through-open-collaboration...

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