-
Celebrating a quarter century of connecting research communities across Canada
-
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is pleased to announce that the 2025 recipient of the Ron MacDonald Outstanding Service Award is Eugene Barsky, Research Data Management Librarian at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Eugene’s visionary leadership and sustained national impact in advancing research data infrastructure and persistent identifiers (PIDs) will be recognized at the Ron MacDonald Award Ceremony during CRKN’s Member Summit in Halifax.
-
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is proud to share that researchers can now explore over 250 additional issues of the historic Black Canadian newspaper The Dawn of Tomorrow
-
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network is pleased to announce that the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has joined the ORCID Canada Consortium.
INRS is the first institution in the Université du Québec system to join this national initiative, which already includes more than 50 universities, funding agencies, and research institutions across the country.
-
CRKN is pleased to share the release of our Canadiana User Survey Report, which presents findings from over 13,000 pop-up survey responses gathered from the Canadiana platform between November 2023 and June 2024.
-
Please see the Call for Nominations, Terms of Reference and Nomination Form for further details.
-
Please see the Terms of Reference and Nomination Form for further details.
-
CRKN is delighted to share that the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) have announced upcoming enhancements to their Convergence platform—including integration with ORCID!
We frequently hear from members about the importance of integrating ORCID into Canadian funder systems, and many view this as a key step in advancing the adoption of persistent identifiers (PIDs) across Canada.
-
-
CRKN and the ORCID-CA Consortium are pleased to welcome the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to the ORCID Canada Consortium.
The CFI works to increase the capability of Canada’s universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research organizations to carry out high quality research by investing in research infrastructure.
