A Conversation About

Publicly Funded Research Data /

Une conversation à propos des données de recherche

financés par l‘état

Tracey P. Lauriault, Amos Hayes, D. R. Fraser Taylor

Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University (http://gcrc.carleton.ca)

Conversation* de la recherche / Research conversation*

École des sciences de l’information / School of Information Studies

ESIS, Université d’Ottawa /Ottawa University, Wed. March. 21, 12:00-13:30, 200 rue Lees, B-152

GCRC

• GCRC is an official Research Centre in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

• Research focus on the application of geomatics to the understanding of

• socio-economic issues,

• the theory of cartography and

• cartographic education in an international context.

• It has capacity in a broad range of activities in the field of GIP

• The centre currently focuses on 12 interrelated research themes

• Cybercartography

• Archiving and Preservation

• Law and Policy

• Geospatial Information Management

• Interoperability

• Global Map

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Overview

• Indigenous Knowledge

• Northern Research

• Nunaliit

• Open Source

• Sound

• Cinema

Public Funding

GRCR Research Centre Funding

• SSHRC

• Initiative on the New Economy (INE) Major Collaborative Initiative Grant

• Image, Text, Sound and Technology (ITST) Strategic Grant

• INE Outreach Grant & Standard Research Grants

• International Polar Year Canada • NSERC

• Indian & Northern Affairs

• Canadian International Polar Year Secretariat Office

• Government of Nunavut • Inuit Heritage Trust • Kitikmeot Heritage Society

(NPO)

• Government of Canada

• HRSDC - Data Development Projects on Homelessness Program

• Heritage Canada - Gateway Fund

• Statistics Canada, Geography Division

• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Grant

• Natural Resources Canada

• Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)

• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

• Inukshuk Wireless

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Overview

Participatory Research Data

ISIUOP – Participatory Data Collection

Data & Software

- Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework (BSD)

- Geogratis Framework & Topographic Data (Unrestricted terms of use)

- Flow lines collected by different hunters (Shared rights)

- More sensitive data – e.g. Bear Dens, sacred sites, environmentally sensitive data are for viewing & use by the community only

- Data will become part of IPY Canada

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/ISIUOP/Inuit+Sea+Ice+Use+and+Occupancy+Project+(ISIUOP)

Nunaliit iPad Data Capture app

Community:

• Wished access was faster and atlas and data were housed in community

• Wished adding content was easier

• Needed flexibility for types of data and metadata to be saved and how to present it

Nunaliit:

• Distributed network of replicating nodes, including nodes in communities, and on mobile

• Simplified data collection app replaces half a dozen devices for offline data collection

• Document oriented database with data and applications loosely connected via flexible schema system

Inuit Siku (sea ice) Atlas

http://sikuatlas.ca/sea_ice_map.html?module=1

Law and Policy

Mapping the Legal and Policy

Boundaries of Digital Cartography

(SSHRC Partnership Project)

- Centre for Law, Technology and Society

- Natural Resources Canada

- Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre

Ethics and Consent in Arctic Digital

Research

- Interdisciplinary, historical & cultural study of consent

- Examine Consent Models in the North

- Consult w/ northern data contributors

- Consult w/ researchers & officials

- GCRC & CLTS will Develop a data consent model

- GCRC to Build a data collection consent framework into data collection technology

Data Portals - RNCan / NRCan

http://www.geoconnections.org/fr/resourcelibrary/keyStudiesReports

http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca

http://www.geobase.ca

http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/

Data Partnerships

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Atlases

Data & Software - Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework ( BSD)

- Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) Statistics Canada (Restricted use)

- FCM QoLRS (Viewing only)

- City Neighbourhood framework data files (Viewing only)

- Toronto Community Housing (Viewing only)

Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness

– Partnership Data Sharing

City of Toronto – Aging Social Housing Stock

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Atlases

Social Data Portals

http://hifis.hrsdc.gc.ca/index-eng.shtml

Data are inaccessible to researchers

Data access is controlled

http://www.municipaldata-donneesmunicipales.ca/Site/Collection/en/index.php

Technology

Accessible Technology

http://sikuatlas.ca/technology.html

Nunaliit

http://nunaliit.org/about.html

The development team behind Nunaliit believes strongly that all the outputs of publically funded research and development should be freely available for use, modification, and re-distribution with minimal

restrictions. We feel this open sharing of ideas and data is going to have huge positive impacts on society as a whole. With this license, everyone is free to use and expand upon this technology.

Managing Research Data

IPY – Research funding and data management

http://www.ipy-api.gc.ca/pg_IPYAPI_052-eng.html

Canadian Institute for Health Information

http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/35664.html

Policy on Access to Research Outputs http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34846.html

Research Data Canada

Infrastructure: “Canada supports a national, coordinated network of repositories and services for collection, preservation and dissemination of research data, which make use of green storage facilities wherever possible. Canadian services are linked to the global research data ecosystem and are interoperable with other national, international and disciplinary networks. Data quality, integrity, and interoperability are ensured through adherence to international discipline and metadata standards”.

http://rds-sdr.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/news/data_summit_report.html

Community Based Research Data

Community Data Consortium

https://communitydata-donneescommunautaires.ca

Community Data Canada

http://cdc-dcc.info/mandate.php

Community Information and Mapping System (CIMS) (http://www.cims-scic.ca/)

Data & Software

- CIMS Infrastructure (Open Source)

- Health Districts(Viewing only)

- Community Social Data Strategy Data (Viewing only)

- Geogratis Data (unrestricted use)

- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Viewing only)

- Community created data sets (Viewing only)

- City of Ottawa Ward Boundaries (Open Data)

Social Planning Council of Ottawa

Using Population Health Data to Profile the Health and Well-Being of Children and Youth in Eastern Ontario http://www.cims-scic.ca/CYHNEO_atlas

Social Planning Council of Winnipeg

Community Data Program Member - Social Planning Council of Winnipeg (http://www.spcw.mb.ca)

Where to ask for & find data?

Open Data Portals – Fed.

http://acdi-cida.gc.ca/acdi-cida/ACDI-CIDA.nsf/eng/FRA-511112638-L57

http://www.data.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=F9B7A1E3-1

Open Data – Prov.

http://www.data.gov.bc.ca/

Open Data – Cities

• OpenData Framework; Municipal Open Government Framework

• City of Burlington (ON), Pilot

• City of Calgary (AB)

• City of Edmonton (AB)

• City of Fredericton (NB)

• Gatineau Ouverte – Citizen Led

• City of Guelph (ON), Guelph Coffee and Code – Citizen Led

• City of Hamilton (Transit Feed) (ON), Open Data Hamilton – Citizen Led

• OpenHalton (ON) – Citizen Led

• City of London (ON), OpenData London – Citizen Led

• Township of Langley (BC)

• City of Mississauga – Mississauga Data (ON)

• Ville de Montréal Portails données ouvertes (QC), Montréal Ouvert – Citizen Led

• City of Nanaimo (BC)

• City of Niagara Falls (ON)

• District of North Vancouver (BC) GeoWeb

• City of Ottawa (ON), Citizens’ APP Group – OpenData Ottawa; Apps

• Ville de Québec Catalogue de données, Capitale Ouverte (QC)- Citizen Led in Ville de Québec

• City of Prince George (BC) catalog

• City of Regina (SK) Open Gov & Open Data site

• City of Surrey (BC) GIS Catalog

• City of Toronto (ON); DataTO – Citizen Group

• City of Vancouver (BC); Open Data Wiki

• Region of Waterloo (ON) – Citizen Led

• City of Windsor (ON) Open Data Catalog

http://datalibre.ca/links-resources/

GCRC Guiding Principles

GCRC – Guiding Principles

• Products produced w/public funds belong to the public

Whenever possible open access comes first

BSD License

Use data from open access sources

Creative Commons

Share as much as possible

Publish in Open Access Journals

Create and use open source software, tools, widgets, etc.

Design for open source browsers

Participate in open access, open data, open source for a

Build in consent and data access protocols into data collection tools

Conduct research on access to data, consent, law and policy

Encourage these principles in public consultations

Education & Capacity building

Adhere to interoperability standards and specifications

Data Preservation

Openness

The more open, accessible, interoperable, free and discoverable public data are the more innovation we will see, the more

stories we can tell about Canada from multiple points of view and public policy, research and science is more intelligent

That is why it is important to have a conversation about data.