The Hill Times ran a special section this week on innovation policy (Hill Times version as full PDF, homepage version) that included a contribution from me about the need to free government data and embrace open access for federally funded research as part of that strategy. I note that last […]
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Opening Up to Canada’s Innovation Potential
Appeared in the Hill Times on November 5, 2007 as Opening Up to Canada's Innovation Potential Last month's Speech from the Throne committed to “support Canadian researchers and innovators in developing new ideas and bringing them to the marketplace through Canada's Science and Technology Strategy.” While prioritizing innovation and research […]
New Media, New Doctrines…Unfinished Business
Last week I spoke at the 8th International Conference on Law Via the Internet, a conference that focuses on global free access to law. My presentation is here.
Open Access: The New World of Research Communications
The University of Ottawa's recent forum on open access is now available as a webcast.
SCC to Make Factums Available Online
Simon Fodden reports from the LexUM Conference (I'm there too) that Supreme Court of Canada Justice Michel Bastarache just informed the conference that the Court is committed to providing factums online beginning with a series of test cases next year.
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