Ever Heard of CRKN? You’ve Probably Used Our Work Without Knowing It
By: Mélanie Plante, Communications Coordinator
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.
CRKN Adds Over 250 Issues of The Dawn of Tomorrow to Canadiana
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
Library-Powered Research Infrastructure: Exploring Future Funding Models for Canadiana
**This event is for CRKN members only**
Library-Powered Research Infrastructure: Exploring Future Funding Models for Canadiana
**This event is for CRKN members only**
Laying the Groundwork: Data-Driven Insights for 2026 Negotiations
**This event is for CRKN members only**
INRS joins the ORCID Canada Consortium
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.