The Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) is pleased to share our 2024-25 Corporate Plan, as approved by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED).
The planned activities for 2024-25 demonstrate the Alliance’s commitment to fulfilling the initiatives in the Multi-Year Funding Proposal, as well as activities to improve digital research infrastructure (DRI) services, access and functionality. In collaboration with our DRI partners and community, the Alliance will:
- Renew aging ARC and cloud infrastructure, and upgrade data centre capacity
- Prioritize equitable access to DRI and facilitate the enactment and assertion of Indigenous data sovereignty
- Support researchers using quantum computers
- Improve access to commercial cloud services
- Streamline and improve national DRI services
- Develop a national DRI service catalogue
- Continue to implement the Cybersecurity Framework and Long-Term Action Plan
- Stabilize and grow the DMP Assistant and Lunaris
- Improve the sharing of sensitive data through the Control Access Management initiative
- Develop a national DRI training framework and extend user support
- Maintain and expand national and international engagement
- Continue to support the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy through the coordination, installation, and operation of new compute resources for AI
The Alliance is also preparing its 2025-30 strategic plan and sharing its vision for the future of Canadian DRI. This work will continue into the next fiscal year and beyond, focusing on the growing needs of the Canadian research ecosystem as well as emerging opportunities and technologies.