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The Canadian Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education are collaborating in supporting an international webinar series in support of the UNESCO consultations on the creation of a Recommendation on Open Science, an international normative document to be adopted by the UNESCO General Conference in November of 2021.

The webinar series is based on a brief prepared by Florence Piron (Laval U), Leslie Chan (U Toronto), Lorna Williams (U Victoria, Lil’wat First Nation), Rajesh Tandon (PRIA India), and Budd Hall (U Victoria). The title of the brief is “Open Science Beyond Open Access: For and With Communities A Step Towards the Decolonization of Knowledge”.

Please follow the event link below to register. Once registered an email will be sent to you with the link to the virtual meeting.

A follow-up email will be sent to all registered attendees the day before the event containing the link to the virtual meeting.

Additionally, the virtual meeting link can be found on the event page if you click on the “Access the event” button.

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About this Event

Speakers:

• Dr. George Openjuru (Gulu University, Uganda)
• Ms. Ama Serwah Nerguaye-Tetteh (Ghana National Commission for UNESCO)
• Dr. Budd Hall (UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education)
• Dr. Catherine Odora Hoppers (Gulu University, Uganda)
• Dr. Obadele Kambon (University of Ghana)
• Dr. Ada Peter (Covenant University, Nigeria)

Additional Support:

Should you require any additional support with the registration process, please do not hesitate to contact Nathan Creighton-Kelly ([email protected])