The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is pleased to announce that the Departmental Letterbooks, part of Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) RG 10 fonds, have been fully transcribed through CRKN and LAC’s intelligent character recognition (ICR) pilot project.
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CRKN is pleased to announce that the 2024 recipient of the Ron MacDonald Outstanding Service Award is Camille Callison. Camille Callison (Tahltan) is the University Librarian of the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV). She has been a transformative force in the library and archives community, particularly in advancing the preservation and representation of Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) knowledges, languages, and cultures. Camille’s contributions to the Canadian library community will be celebrated at the Ron MacDonald Award Ceremony on Oct.
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CRKN and the ORCID-CA Consortium are pleased to welcome Saint Mary’s University to the ORCID Canada Consortium!
Saint Mary’s University is one of Canada’s top primarily undergraduate universities known for its international collaborations, leadership in entrepreneurship, and research that benefits local and global communities. Their programs in Arts, Science, Graduate Studies and the Sobey School of Business are among Canada’s best and feature professors committed to student success.
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CRKN is pleased to share our accomplishments and stories from 2023-2024 in our Annual Report: Building Connections in Research and Knowledge. We are proud of the work that happened throughout the year and our progress towards our strategic objectives.
In the annual report you will find messages from leadership, a year in review of our programs, descriptions of the year’s initiatives that support our strategic plan’s goals, a list of our Board of Directors and committees, and the financial statements.
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The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kim Brooks as the incoming Chair of its Board of Directors. Dr. Brooks will begin her two-year term in this role immediately following the Annual General Meeting on October 4, 2024.
Dr. Brooks has been the President and Vice-Chancellor of Dalhousie University since August 2023. Prior to her appointment as President of the university, she served as the Dean of the Schulich School of Law and as the Dean of the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie.
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CRKN is sharing a call for nominations for the 2025 Conference Planning Committee (CPC). The CRKN Virtual Conference will be in spring 2025 and the Conference Planning Committee will be key to planning this exciting virtual event.
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CRKN is pleased to announce that the panel, “Unlocking the Future: Conversations on the Canadian Research Landscape Post-Transformative Agreements” has been rescheduled to September 25, 2024 at 1 p.m. ET on Zoom.
This panel was initially scheduled as the keynote for the 2024 CRKN Virtual Conference that was held in May, and due to unforeseen circumstances needed to be postponed. Registration for this session is open to all and there is no cost to attend.
Major Canadian funders join the ORCID Canada Consortium: CRKN welcomes SSHRC and NSERC into ORCID-CA
CRKN is delighted to announce that both the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) have joined the ORCID Canada Consortium!
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CRKN is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2024 Member Summit and AGM, taking place from Wednesday, October 2 to Friday, October 4, 2024 in Ottawa, ON. The event will primarily take place at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel (100 Kent St.), while the 25th Anniversary Celebration will be at the National Arts Centre.
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The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the University of Alberta Library have collaborated to add 36 volumes of the Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers to Canadiana.