Moving UCalgary Forward with Open Science
A Knowledge to Impact Webinar
Moving UCalgary Forward with Open Science
A Knowledge to Impact Webinar
Monday, December 02, 2024
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (MT)
Zoom Webinar | Free Registration
Join us to learn about how open science increases our impact as researchers and as a university.
Based on UNESCO’s Recommendation on Open Science, open science is about increasing the quality, accessibility, inclusivity and impact of all scholarly efforts. It’s about doing scholarship well. Furthermore, open scholarship breaks down barriers that can hold back progress and creates new opportunities through shared knowledge and collaboration. It furthers scholarship by directly addressing the need to engage with citizens, policymakers, community members and different knowledge systems to put forth relevant and actionable solutions for society’s complex problems.
With growing momentum worldwide, Canadian funding agencies are likely to increase requirements for open science practices in the coming year. This 90-minute session will introduce concepts and tangible success stories of how exciting (and varied!) open science can be.
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Program*
Introduction and Welcome
with Katrina Milaney, Associate Vice-President (Research), UCalgary
Opening Remarks
with William Ghali, Vice-President Research, UCalgary
Presentation: Setting the Stage on Open Science
with David Moher, Richard Frayne, and Tanvir Turin Chowdury
Panel Discussion: Open Science Success Stories
with Eric Donovan and Jennifer Adams
Closing Remarks
with Pamela Roach, Research Director, Indigenous Engagement, UCalgary
* subject to change
Biographies
Katrina Milaney
Associate Vice-President (Research), UCalgary
Dr. Katrina Milaney was named an Associate Vice-President (Research) in 2023. Dr.Milaney is a Professor in Community Rehabilitation & Disability Studies in the Cumming School of Medicine and a Research Fellow in the School of Public Policy. Dr. Milaney prioritizes community-led research focused on health equity and vulnerability related to disability, homelessness, gender, culture, domestic violence, unsafe drug use and mental health. Her primary interests revolve around political ideology and how decisionmakers impact policy, public systems and service delivery.
William Ghali
Vice-President (Research), UCalgary
Dr. William Ghali was appointed Vice-President (Research) effective March 1, 2020. He is a world-class researcher and Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary, where his research program focused on evaluating and improving health system performance for better patient outcomes and improved system efficiency. Dr. Ghali is also a physician, specializing in General Internal Medicine, and, until his appointment as VPR, was the scientific director of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health at the University of Calgary.
Pamela Roach
Research Director, Indigenous Engagement, Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Departments of Family Medicine as well as Community Health Sciences, UCalgary
Dr. Roach is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary, the Deputy Director and Associate Scientific Director - Population Health at the O'Brien Institute for Public Health, as well as the Research Director, Indigenous Engagement in the VP Research Office. She is a PhD health researcher and member of the Métis Nation of Alberta who has worked in a variety of academic and community health care settings, both in Canada and the UK for more than 20 years. Her research focuses on Indigenous health, specifically brain health and dementia in underserved populations.
David Moher
Director, Centre for Journalology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Dr. David Moher is a senior scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Over the last 10 years of David Moher’s career his research has focused on the principles and practices of open science including data sharing and reproducibility. Professor Moher was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Richard Frayne
Deputy Director, Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI), UCalgary
Dr. Richard Frayne is a Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neuroscience, a member and the Deputy Director of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI), and an associate member of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute, all in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. He directs the Vascular Imaging Laboratory of the Seaman Family Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Health Services and as HBI Deputy Director helps lead the institute’s Open Science effort.
Turin Chowdhury
Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Departments of Family Medicine as well as Community Health Sciences, UCalgary
Dr. Turin Chowdhury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences. He advocates for open science principles, emphasizing transparency, collaboration, and accessibility in his research. This approach enhances reproducibility, fosters public engagement, and accelerates discovery by enabling others to build on validated contributions.
Eric Donovan
Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics & Astronomy, UCalgary
[ coming soon ]
Jennifer Adams
Tier II CRC in Creativity, Equity and STEMM, Professor, Werklund School of Education, UCalgary
Dr. Jennifer D. Adams is a Canada Research Chair of Creativity, Equity, and STEMM and Full Professor at The University of Calgary, Faculty of Science. She is the PI of the Creativity, Equity and STEMM Lab where she and her team research equity in STEM teaching and learning environments with an emphasis on identity-affirming, anti-deficit, and justice-oriented approaches. This work forefronts the historical-institutional(ized) cultures of STEMM as challenges to belonging and flourishing for underrepresented identity/bodies, and aims to disrupt and transform STEMM education and practices to be affirming and inclusive of the creativities and innovative perspectives of diverse identities/bodies.