Open Science FAQ

Open science means that research discoveries can be correlated more quickly, and data sets can be evaluated by multiple different parties, which adds to the reliability of research conclusions and expedites new research discoveries by allowing researchers to easily build off of research done by other parties.

Currently, the following 9 institutes are practicing Open Science in Canada:

1. The Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI)
2. Research Centre affiliated with U Laval (CERVO)
3. The Neuro at McGill
4. Western University
5. Centre de REcherche de I'Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal (CRIUGM)
6. Baycrest Academy for Research and Education
7. Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology at Simon Fraser University
8. The Douglas
9. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

Open Science provides the opportunity for your research to inform and support further research in similar fields, faster and with impact on a scale that is broader than it might be otherwise. This allows research to have the potential to progress more quickly with less duplication and greater collaboration.

The HBI acknowledges the autonomy of its stakeholders - including but not limited to: researchers, staff, trainees and participants - through recognizing their right to decline to participate in research and associated activities conducted under an Open Science framework. That said, any HBI research Teams or Platforms supported by the HBI will endeavour to support Open Science principles insofar as their activities are supported by HBI. See Principle 5.