October 21 - 27, 2019 | Everywhere

All Events in Canada (85)

StFX Scholar Launch and Open House

October 22, 2019 from 11am to 2pm – Canada Join Sandy Iverson, University Librarian, and Meghan Landry, Scholarly Communications Librarian, for this informal meet and greet to eat, socialize and ask questions about StFX Scholar and see live d… Organized by Meghan Landry | Type: open, house
Can We Decolonize Open? An Open Access Week Event

October 22, 2019 from 12:30pm to 4pm – Canada Join Langara, Kwantlen, BCIT, SFU, and UBC for an exciting half-day celebration of Open Access Week. This year’s theme from SPARC is Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge. Our keynote speaker, Jess… Organized by Langara College, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Simon Fraser University, and University of British Columbia in partnership with BCcampus | Type: keynote, panel-discussion
"I paid $0 for my textbooks!" - How open educational resources make course materials affordable

October 22, 2019 from 3pm to 4pm – Canada The cost of textbooks has skyrocketted in the last 20 years. Open educational resources (OER) have gained considerable momentum in Canada and around the world, making course materials more affordable… Organized by Chloe Lei | Type: workshop

Open data in Québec

October 23, 2019 from 10am to 11:15am – Canada This presentation will look at the broad spectrum of open data, both statistical and geospatial, that Canadian and Quebec researchers can access. The emphasis will be on government-produced data at t… Organized by Alex Guindon | Type: workshop
University of Alberta Student Journal ‘Show and Tell’

October 23, 2019 from 12pm to 3pm – Canada Did you know there are over 15 student journals on the University of Alberta campus and the number is growing? Come down to the Rutherford Library Galleria on October 23 from noon - 3 pm to meet some… Organized by University of Alberta Libraries | Type: drop-in
Round table discussion on Wikipedia, translation, and open access

October 23, 2019 from 6pm to 8pm – Canada Featuring Anna Luisa Daigneault of Living Tongues, Daniel Bögre Udell of Wikitongues, and a member of the Atikamekw Wikipetcia project. This discussion will cover current issues related to translatio… Organized by Amber Berson | Type: discussion

Publier en libre accès: c'est plus facile que vous ne le croyez!

October 24, 2019 from 12am to 1pm – Canada Saviez-vous que la majorité des éditeurs permettent l’auto-archivage en ligne (dans une page Web, un dépôt institutionnel ou thématique) de la version révisée par les pairs d'un article? Cet atelier… Organized by Natalie Clairoux | Type: workshop
Selecting quality open access journals for publishing your research

October 24, 2019 from 2:30pm to 4pm – Canada This presentation will review the options to consider when choosing open access journals as venues to publish your research. Starting with a brief overview of open access publishing options and artic… Organized by Krista Alexander and Michelle Lake | Type: workshop
Copyright and your thesis

October 24, 2019 from 10pm to 11:30pm – Canada This workshop, which is open to Concordia University grad students, aims to raise awareness of copyright issues in writing a thesis. After presenting general information about copyright, we will disc… Organized by Olivier Charbonneau | Type: workshop

Open source hardware in research

November 1, 2019 from 10am to 11am – Canada This presentation will provide an overview of the open source hardware movement and discuss how open source hardware is being used in research. Held at Concordia University's downtown Webster Library… Organized by Michael Groenendyk | Type: workshop