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Open Science

Open Science is an important scientific movement that is making scientific research transparent and accessible to many groups through collaborative networks.

What is Open Science?

In early 2020 The Government of Canada created the Road Map for Open Science, highlighting the next steps the federal government will be taking to make federal science open to all. 

What is Open Science?  For some it means to carry out research in a more transparent and collaborative method, but a more concrete definition by OECD mean to allow for unhindered access to scientific articles, access to data from public research and colloraborative research. 

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