Research Data Management (RDM): Plan

Step-by-step guidance to create a Data Management Plan for Canadian funding agencies, including CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC

Data Management Plan templates for the following types of research: accessing data from Research Data Centres (StatCan), advanced research computing, arts-based research, interdisciplinary health software / technology development, mixed methods (surveys and qualitative research), neuroimaging, open science workflows, and qualitative health sciences.

The UK Data Services provides guidance on two approaches to cost the resources needed to implement good data practices. This includes people’s time, equipment, infrastructure and tools to manage, document, organise, store and provide access to data.

CARE is an acronym for Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, and Ethics. This website from the Global Indigenous Data Alliance includes links to CARE Principles publications and supporting slides.

The First Nations Information Governance Centre offers training and resources on OCAP®: Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession.

Prepared by Inuit Tapirit Kanatami in 2018.

Published by NAHO

Indigenous Data Management: Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Action webinar series

Online open education training resource for researchers new to research in partnership with Inuit, Métis, and First Nations communities.

A toolkit developed from the experiences of three First Nations community partners involved in the Indigitization Program. Includes guidance on management of information.

The National Dialogue on Data Management Plans and Indigenous Data was hosted in collaboration with the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research Evidence Alliance, the Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health, and Dr. Angela-Mashford Pringle. Guest speakers featured Aaron Franks (First Nations Information Governance Centre), Dr. Robert Henry (University of Saskatchewan, nātawihowin and mamawiikikayaahk Research, Training and Mentorship Networks), Dr. Wayne Clarke (University of Alberta), and Dr. Jennifer Walker (McMaster University) on February 3, 2023

This tool, a Glossary of Terms for Sensitive Data used for Research Purposes, is intended to provide definitions for a number of common terms used in the discussion of the management of sensitive data in the Canadian context. It was developed by the Sensitive Data Expert Group of the Portage Network in 2020.

The Human Participant Research Data Risk Matrix, is intended to help researchers determine risk level for human participant research data, and make decisions with respect to its management, deposit, and appropriate access/future use. It was developed by the Sensitive Data Expert Group of the Portage Network in 2020.

This tool, Research Data Management Language for Informed Consent, is intended to assist researchers working with sensitive data in the development of tailored, deposit-friendly language for ethics approval and informed consent.