On October 9th and 10th, ETCL team members Ray Siemens, Britt Amell, and Alan Colin-Arce participated at the First Canadian Conference on Open Science and Open Scholarship at Concordia University in Montreal.
As part of the event, we had a booth where we had lively discussions with around 30 conference attendees about the state of open research infrastructure in Canada, the role of the humanities and social sciences in open scholarship, and the importance of hosting Canadian digital research infrastructure in Canadian servers, like we do at the HSS Commons. The people we spoke with also emphasized the importance of community connection, so they appreciated that the HSS Commons is open not only for researchers but also for community and non-profit organizations.
On the second day of the conference, we participated on two working groups. Britt and Alan participated on the groups for digital research infrastructure, while Ray participated on a working group for incorporating open scholarship into grant applications.
The people who attended our booth got to take home a bilingual flyer we created for the conference, which you can also see digitally here.
We’re hoping to continue these conversations in future lab events, including the 2026 INKE gathering (more information about this event coming soon) and the 7th annual gathering of the Canadian Australian Partnership for Open Scholarship (CAPOS), happening on December 2nd and 3rd at the Australian National University in Canberra. Registration is free and open now!