Save the Date for the 2026 CRKN Member Summit and AGM
The CRKN Member Summit and AGM will take place from Tuesday, October 20 to Thursday, October 22, 2026, in Québec City, Québec at Hotel Plaza Quebec (3031 Boul. Laurier).
We hope that you will join the CRKN Board, committees, and staff for this opportunity to participate in vital conversations on how we can continue to build a strong future for CRKN and our programs, with the goal of making knowledge accessible to all.
US/CA DataCite Community Call: DataCite Commons
DataCite Canada and the Lyrasis DataCite US Community are organizing a community call dedicated to exploring the DataCite Commons platform!
Our guest speaker, Kelly Stathis, Product Manager at DataCite, will provide a guided tour and overview of the platform: how it works, and how it can be used by researchers and organizations to gain insights and make informed decisions based on comprehensive and interconnected Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) and metadata.
Interested in participating?
ORCID-CA Community Call Relaunch: Revisiting McMaster University’s ORCID Success Story
We’re excited to relaunch the ORCID-CA Community Call series and welcome everyone back for this special event on March 12.
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières is joining ORCID-CA Consortium
CRKN and the ORCID-CA Consortium are pleased to welcome the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières to the ORCID Canada Consortium.
2025 CRKN Member Summit and AGM in Review
The CRKN Member Summit and AGM brings together CRKN members and invited guests to engage on current and future priorities across licensing, open access, persistent identifiers, and digital heritage. This year’s event took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia from October 21–23, 2025.
Researching Military History in the Canadiana Collections
By: Francesca Brzezicki, Heritage Engagement Officer
November 11 is a day when many of us begin thinking about Canada’s military history, whether we have veterans close to us, or we want to better understand how war has shaped our past.
CRKN Publishes 2024-2025 Annual Report: Charting the Path to Open Knowledge in Canada
Celebrating a quarter century of connecting research communities across Canada
Eugene Barsky Awarded the 2025 Ron MacDonald Outstanding Service Award
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.