PLOS and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network Announce Community Action Publishing Deal
SAN FRANCISCO, CA and OTTAWA, ON The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced an agreement for CRKN members to participate in PLOS’ Community Action Publishing (CAP) program, a new collective action publishing model from PLOS, enabling 19 participating CRKN institutions to publish fee-free in
PLOS Medicine and PLOS
Biology. This model shifts publishing costs from authors to research institutions based on prior publishing history as affiliated with corresponding and contributing authors. The group collectively contributes to the shared cost recovery target and any surplus revenue collected by PLOS is redistributed to members.
Health officials in Nova Scotia identified four new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with the total number of active cases in the province dropping to 29. The four new cases have been found in each of the province’s four health zones, which includes the Western Zone, Northern Zone, Eastern Zone and Central Zone.
HALIFAX Public health measures surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic require a degree of truthfulness to be fully effective and help maintain the spread of the virus. While some Canadians have acted in accordance, others have not, and many are asking the question, why? “By not disclosing, they’re putting people’s lives at risk,” said New Brunswick Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Jennifer Russell during a news update on Jan. 5. It’s a topic Maritime officials have addressed lately, including N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs, who last week called out residents caught lying to contact tracers who are working to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Financial Relief for Nova Scotia Universities
January 12, 2021 - 2:22 PM
Nova Scotia’s post-secondary sector plays a key role in our cultural, social and economic well-being as a province, and like other sectors, it has faced unprecedented challenges due to COVID-19.
That is why the province is investing $25 million to help Nova Scotia universities manage the impact of the pandemic.
All 10 universities faced unexpected financial challenges for 2020-21, including loss in revenues related to tuition and residence fees. Institutions have also incurred additional COVID-19 related costs around information technology, curriculum development and additional supports for faculty, as well as increased cleaning and other costs associated with public health directives.
Posted: Jan 07, 2021 3:18 PM AT | Last Updated: January 7
Mayor Amanda McDougall feeds her 5-week-old son, Emmett, in her office.(Matthew Moore/CBC)
Sitting in the mayor s office in downtown Sydney, N.S., Amanda McDougall works on business as five-week-old Emmett coos softly from a small couch next to his mother s desk.
Just over a month after giving birth, McDougall the first woman to be elected mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality is back on the job and looking to normalize the idea of new parents in positions of power. People were ready to see something completely different, said McDougall, who was elected in October. What could be more different than a 37-year-old and her five-week-old in the mayor s office?