WDS would like to thank everyone for their participation in our 2025 Members Forum. It was wonderful to hear reports from so many of our members and to connect online! Thank you all! 🌍🌟
Recordings of all sessions can be found on our website!
🔗 https://ow.ly/JheA50XumT2
The Local Contexts team is excited to share a series of short videos that introduce the Local Contexts Hub and how you use it to apply Labels and Notices. Each video is 1-5 min & is captioned in English.
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
World Digital Preservation Day, 6th November 2025
Happy World Digital Preservation Day!
Did you know that in 2024 and 2025 the University of Victoria and the University of Manitoba became the first Borealis institutions to have their collections certified as Trustworthy Data Repositories by CoreTrustSeal?
#WDPD #WDPD2025
On the United Nations World Statistics Day, FNIGC recognizes the power that quality First Nations data—that is collected by, and for, First Nations— has to shape informed decision making.
To learn more about World Statistics Day click the link!
www.un.org/en/observanc...
Are you attending #IDW2025 and are curious to learn more about the Research Data Alliance and how you can get involved? Come by the RDA exhibition table during one of the catering breaks tomorrow (14 October) to meet the team!
#RDAPlenary25 #IDW2025
Part of this week's Hub update was an expansion of the Hub’s connection to @orcid.org. Researchers can now connect their Local Contexts account to their ORCID record as an external ID. Learn how to utilize this update in our blog:
localcontexts.org/october-2025...
🔶 For National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we’re happy to spotlight the RavenSpace project (@ubcpress.bsky.social)
📚 By leveraging digital technologies, the editorial process of this platform adapts to indigenous modes of knowledge !
📌 Learn more: shorturl.at/vObqX
Calling all Early Career Researchers at #IDW2025
Are you ready to showcase your innovative research on a global stage? Join the 3-Minute Scientific Research Pitch Competition at IDW 2025!
Date and Time: 13 October 2025, 14:30 (local time)
Venue: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
This webinar explores how AI/ML is being applied in polar research, with a focus on ethical data practices, Indigenous data sovereignty, and building culturally respectful frameworks for collaboration. If you are interested in the future of ethical data-driven science this event is for you!
📢 Join the WDS Webinar on AI&ML in Polar Science! The poles are experiencing unprecedented environmental & social changes, prompting researchers to adopt new technologies to tackle polar data.
📅 17 September at 19:00 EST | 17:00 MDT | 18 September at 09:00 AEST
Register:
🌟 Open Science Across Latin America 🌎
📢 Join the WDS Webinar on Open Science Policies Across Latin America, spotlighting Chile and Paraguay!
✨ What’s in store?
✅ Regional Open Science policies for data repositories
✅ International collaboration opportunities -
August 9th is the celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. On this day, but also on all the others, we consider how the World Data System can do the essential work of reconciliation within our data domain. wds-ito.org/celebrat...
Today is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples! WDS-ITO would like to to share our new Zotero library focusing on resources for CARE and Indigenous data governance. The library is still new and fairly small, but we will continue to grow this library over time. www.zotero.org/group...
In addition to our DRP Portal (www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-...), we now have a nominations link bit.ly/DRP-nominati...
Thanks again to the volunteers who work on everything we do. We are mighty because of you! #DataRescue
Alyssa Foote concludes her impactful 10-month tenure as WDS-ITO’s first Health Data Research Associate. In her brief time, she analyzed Canada's health data landscape and contributed to global data sharing initiatives with the Research Data Alliance and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.
In Canada it is National Indigenous History Month! There is important work being done around the CARE principles at IDW 2025. Within the theme of Data for Positive Change, one of the key topics is CAREful Indigenous Data Governance. You can learn more on the IDW website: idw2025.org/themes/
📅 Event Details:
When: October 20–24, 2025
Where: Hobart, Australia
Hosted by: Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC) at CSIRO
The forum features side meetings, conference sessions, and hands-on workshops.
📌 Registration is open! Secure your spot today!
📣 Reminder: the Polar Data Forum VI abstract submission deadline is June 30!
If you haven’t yet submitted your abstract, there’s still time to contribute to this exciting event focused on Human + Impact in polar data. Submit your abstract and learn more at: polar-data-forum.org
With National Indigenous Peoples Day taking place this last weekend, we would like to highlight training that is relevant to those working with data. FNIGC offers the OCAP course, which explores First Nations data sovereignty. You can learn more and enroll on their website: fnigc.ca/ocap-training/
It's National Indigenous Peoples Day here in Canada! You can learn more and see a list of events on the Canadian government website: www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc...
Reflecting on Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA) 2025, our Health Research Associate unveils our Canadian Health Data Landscape Analysis. 🩺📑 Explore insights for a collaborative future for health research! wds-ito.org/canadian-hea...
📣Open data (and non-open FAIR data) providers and users: please share your insight! 👀💬This survey seeks to create a snapshot of the open data community in 2025 (and is planned to be repeated on a regular basis). 📑The deadline is extended until June 15! uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
With World Ocean's Day🌊our director, Reyna, reflects on recent earth and ocean science events that she has attended this spring. These events underscore the importance of investing in these sciences, as well as the data sharing and preservation systems that serve them wds-ito.org/world-oceans...
📣Open data (and non-open FAIR data) providers and users: please share your insight! 👀💬This survey seeks to create a snapshot of the open data community in 2025 (and is planned to be repeated on a regular basis). 📑The deadline is extended until June 15! uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
An image featuring the DataCite Blog header with the title "Advancing Open Science with Persistent Identifiers: Collaboration and Capacity-Building at the National University of Rosario." The post is authored by Paola Bongiovanni, accompanied by her headshot.
Can #PIDs drive real change in research culture? At the National University of Rosario, a project supported by the DataCite Global Access Fund empowered researchers, editors & librarians to embrace #OpenScience through workshops, storytelling & stronger data practices. More: doi.org/10.5438/ja8v...
📅 Event Details:
When: October 20–24, 2025
Where: Hobart, Australia
Hosted by: Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC) at CSIRO
The forum features side meetings, conference sessions, and hands-on workshops.
📌 Reminder: Registration is open! Secure your spot today!
📣 The Polar Data Forum VI abstract submission Deadline has been extended to June 30!
If you haven’t yet submitted your abstract, there’s still time to contribute to this exciting event focused on Human + Impact in polar data. Submit your abstract and learn more at:
🔗 polar-data-forum.org
On 4 June, UNESCO will launch the "Open Science Toolkit on Crisis Data Policies", developed by the UNESCO-CODATA Working Group and based on the ISC’s report Protecting Science in Times of Crisis.
https://council.science/events/dptc-launch/
