Curated Collections

The Open Science and Data Platform (OSDP) provides access to important information like scientific research papers, datasets, regulatory information, and curated content collections. These collections are focused on regions of interest and topics related to the human and natural environment, such as biodiversity, air, water, and climate, among others.

Content collections are created through a collaborative process with subject matter experts in accordance with pre-determined relevancy criteria. In other words, individual datasets and publications are identified from the Platform’s catalogue where they are relevant both from a geographic and topical standpoint. The collections provide a starting point to assessing cumulative effects in regions of interest by providing access to a curated suite of data and information.

Curated collections can support communities that are conducting research and can also support Regional Assessments undertaken under the federal Impact Assessment Act. For example, the Northern Ontario content collection was created to provide relevant information useful to inform the Ring of Fire Regional Assessment.

Read more about how and why curated collections were created on the OSDP.

Access to the content collections:

• Resources to Understand Cumulative Effects in the Abitibi Region
• Resources to Understand Potential Effects from Future Offshore Wind Development in Atlantic Canada
• Canada Marine Planning Atlas Curated Content
• Resources to Understand Cumulative Effects in Northern Ontario
• Resources to Understand Cumulative Effects in the Salish Sea Ecosystem
• Resources to Understand Cumulative Effects in Western Canada

Search from larger content collections

Search through the platform’s Explore page by choosing from the content collections currently available on the OSDP.