2022
2022 CRKN Conference: Strength in Community
Online & in Montreal
October 03 - November 02, 2022
Masha Cemma
Policy Advisor
Office of the Chief Science Advisor
Dr. Masha Cemma is a policy advisor to the Chief Science Advisor of Canada, Dr. Mona Nemer. In that role, she advises on the Open Science file and science advice in emergencies and has supported the creation of the Roadmap for Open Science and the Open Science Dialogues. Prior to working with the Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Cemma has completed a Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellowship at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Dr. Cemma earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto in 2016. Her first exposure to science policy was through a fellowship at the World Health Organization while still in graduate school. She further honed her policy skillset via the Action Canada Fellowship and a certificate program through the London School of Economics.
Presenting at the following sessions
October 06, 2022
12:30pm
Until now, a large part of Government of Canada scientists and researchers have not had the infrastructure to make their scientific publications openly available. This session outlines how we are addressing this gap, through the development of the Federal Open Science Repository (FOSR), a shared repository to make federally funded scientific outputs accessible to all.
