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Digital Research Alliance of Canada - March 2024 Newsletter
 

News
 

Volunteer for the Alliance’s Merit Review Committee
The Alliance will soon be recruiting volunteer experts for its Merit Review Committee to support upcoming funding opportunities. The success of funding calls depends on the participation of experts from the digital research infrastructure (DRI) ecosystem to review funding applications. If you have an interest in getting involved, please fill out the Merit Review Committee Form.

Call for participation for the Alliance Cloud Connect Pilot: Join us in the development of a unique cloud platform for Canadian researchers
The Alliance has launched a call for participation in search of platform developers to support the Alliance Cloud Connect Pilot (ACCP). This initiative forms part of the Alliance’s 2023-25 DRI investments, and we invite participants from diverse sectors to work together in an open and collaborative context to facilitate researcher use of cloud infrastructure.

This call is open to:

• Commercial vendors
• Members of the Canadian DRI ecosystem
• Open-source developers
• Service and platform providers 
• Engineers and specialists (cloud architects, DevOps, DevSecOps, CloudOps, etc.) from various sectors with the capability to deliver results by having the necessary expertise, resources, infrastructure and support systems to contribute to the success of this project

Application deadline: April 24, 2024.
 
The ACCP is a pilot project that aims to build national cloud research capacity and deliver on the Alliance’s mandate to meet the increasing DRI resource demand from the Canadian research community. As a pilot project, the user can opt in to use the cloud service that suits their needs – whether it is the Alliance’s community cloud solution or another provider’s solution.
 
For more information, including project overview, eligibility, submission guidelines, criteria for acceptance, and more visit the website at alliancecan.ca/en/accp.

Inaugural Borealis Steering Committee and Governing Bylaws
As a partner of Borealis, the Canadian Dataverse Repository, the Alliance congratulates the inaugural members of the Borealis Steering Committee! The Committee has been established to foster national governance for Borealis and will oversee the implementation of bylaws which are grounded in the principles of transparency, equity, sustainability and bilingualism. The establishment of the committee marks a significant step forward in providing essential governance for this national shared service. We look forward to the new governance model and to continued support for researchers through the discovery, management, sharing and preservation of Canadian research data.

Events
 

Webinar Series: Open Education Resources in RDM
The Alliance’s National Training Expert Group is hosting a webinar series on Canadian Open Educational Resources (OERs) for RDM. The series opened with a panel discussion introducing the series and the concept of OERs, highlighting four OERs that will be showcased in future sessions, and facilitating a discussion on OERs. The recording from the first session is now available:

• Introduction to OERs in RDM

Stay tuned for information about future sessions. Potential topics include currently available OERs, and how to use, re-mix, attribute and license open educational materials.
 
Visit our Training Calendar for online and in-person training events offered by our advanced research computing regional partners. 

Work With Us
 

If you would like to help us advance and invest in national DRI activities that will allow researchers to achieve scientific breakthrough and research excellence, please apply to our open positions today.

Product Lead, Data Management Planning

Become an Alliance Member
 

The Alliance is accepting applications to join its growing membership of over 100 Canadian post-secondary institutions and research organizations. Become part of a national, bilingual not-for-profit organization accelerating Canada’s research future. We invite you to learn about Alliance membership and its benefits by emailing membership-adhesion@alliancecan.ca and visiting Become a member.