Webinar | Open Science & the Decolonization of Knowledge: Africa (English)

Event Link: https://bit.ly/2Hjmag1

Moderator: Dr. George Openjuru, Gulu University, Uganda

Rappoteur: Dr. David Monk, Gulu University, Uganda

Speakers:

• 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

Background:

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 Université), Leslie Chan (University of Toronto), Lorna Williams (University of Victoria, Lil’wat First Nation), Rajesh Tandon (PRIA India) and Budd Hall (University of Victoria). The title of the brief is “Open Science Beyond Open Access: For and With Communities A Step Towards the Decolonization of Knowledge”. Available here: https://zenodo.org/record/3946773#.X2uYDWhKiUk