With the release of the Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy in March 2021, Canadian post-secondary institutions were required to develop and post institutional RDM strategies by March 1 2023. With Canadian Institutional Strategies now available, and Data Management Plans (DMPs) being piloted in a series of competitions across the Tri-Agencies, Canadian institutions now need to focus on the implementation of these strategies. Research data management, done well, sets researchers up for success and can help to foster research excellence. Well-developed research data management programs will provide Canadian researchers with a competitive and collaborative advantage in research, which in turn supports Canadian economic and social well-being.

Please save the date for institutional cohorts from Canadian post-secondary institutions to participate in a two-and-a-half day workshop “Building an Inter-Institutional and Cross-Functional Research Data Management Community: From Strategy to Implementation.” This in-person event will be offered from September 27-29, 2023 at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and has been made possible in part by generous support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. A call for expressions of interest and more information about the agenda will be issued soon.

In the meantime, if you have questions, please contact Ian Milligan (i2milligan@uwaterloo.ca), Associate Vice-President, Research Oversight and Analysis, University of Waterloo.