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Natalie Harrower

@natalieharrower.bsky.social
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Canadian back from half a lifetime in Ireland. Executive Director crdcn.ca. You many know me from dri.ie Happily up to my eyeballs in #ResearchInfrastructures #SSH #OpenScience #FAIR

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Érudit @erudit.org · 12/03/2026
⬆️ With colleagues involved in Canada’s Major Scientific Initiatives / en compagnie de collègues des grandes initiatives scientifiques du Canada : @natalieharrower.bsky.social - @crdcn.bsky.social @robannan.bsky.social - @genomecanada.ca @fbouchard.bsky.social - @umontreal.ca
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Global Research Initiative on Open Science (GRIOS) @grios-openscience.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A warm welcome to all AAB members! Thrilled to have you on board! @amaddi.bsky.social, Amanda Blatch-Jones, Eduarda Centeno, Emmanuel Boakye, @emckiernan.bsky.social, Julia Priess Buchheit, @natalieharrower.bsky.social, Nchangwi Munung, Neil Jacobs, Timothy Errington 👉 www.grios.org/academic-adv...
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Academic Advisory Board
The Academic Advisory Board (AAB) is an integral part of GRIOS governance. Its main role is to advise the Steering Committee on academic matters and ensure the academic rigour and quality of the work ...
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CRDCN @crdcn.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
📊 Today, @chiefscican.bsky.social has released Towards a National Scientific Data Governance Framework with recommendations to ensure research data is managed responsibly and used to benefit everyone. CRDCN's @natalieharrower.bsky.social contributed as an expert panelist. 🔗https://buff.ly/mFeCc4c
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I just walked into the departures area at an airport (at home) and my phone provider texted me with roaming info. I’m nowhere near a border 🧐
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CRDCN @crdcn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Day 2 of CRDCN 2025 is well underway! Board member and Academic Director of the @nb-rdc.bsky.social Ted McDonald speaks at the plenary session “Data management and supporting FAIRly restricted data” alongside James Doiron, Alexandra Cooper and Kevin Read, and moderator @natalieharrower.bsky.social.
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
US set to close office responsible for global science and technology sciencebusiness.net/internationa...
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US set to close office responsible for global science and technology deals
Cuts at the US Department of State could eliminate the office that negotiates science and technology agreements, including with Europe, throwing into confusion the future of global research cooperatio...
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
50% tariffs on one of the world’s poorest countries. The disgust is real.
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Trump tariffs could undermine Brexit deal in Northern Ireland “A former EU commissioner has questioned whether Trump thought through his plan’s effect on the peace process brokered by the US almost 30 years ago.” What makes anyone think that he *would* have thought this through??
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Trump tariffs could undermine Brexit deal in Northern Ireland
US president imposes two-tier rate on island of Ireland, raising concerns over impact on 1998 peace pact
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Canadian universities, please respond this way, thank you. jrnl.ie/6662142
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Trinity warns staff not to answer US government request for diversity and equality information
A questionnaire seeks to establish whether funded research aligns with the Trump administration’s interests.
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Word
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Really excited to be part of this panel on Canada’s national research infrastructures!
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
😂
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Randomly came across this guide to Canadian etiquette and it’s so specific and accurate! I didn’t realize some of these were specific to Canadians - eg how a gift is also it always accompanied by a card. culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/canadian-cul....
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Canadian - Etiquette
Common cultural etiquette and polite behaviour when visiting a home, eating or giving gifts
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
@marjoriessister.bsky.social hello, friend.
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I just gave this book to my eight-year-old niece, so considering this and what @whatsfsaid.bsky.social just said, I think I’ll be asking her if I can borrow it! (We have agreed to read parts together ❤️)
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Day ONE of the next four years starts with stupid, cruel, vindictive and dangerous. Read it. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 14/01/2025
We're delighted to share our new Web Archiving Factsheet with the BlueSky community. This cutting-edge new preservation capability means the DRI can digitally capture websites or content published on the web, to act as a record. Find out more: dri.ie/news/factshe...
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DRI Factsheet No. 11: Web Archiving and the DRI - Digital Repository of Ireland
A new DRI Fact Sheet has been published in the Repository – DRI Factsheet No. 11: Web Archiving. This fact sheet offers detailed guidance on the processes involved in the creation of web archives, alo...
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 15/01/2025
Our Jan newsletter is out now! With news of our 2025 #CommunityArchive Scheme winners, tips on the creative reuse of digital collections, and the latest #OpenResearch news, read the latest issue here: mailchi.mp/ria/dri-jan-... Subscribe: dri.ie/dri-friends-... #DigiPresNews
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/01/2025
Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms | Johnny Ryan
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Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms | Johnny Ryan
The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control Elon Musk’s latest attempts at direct political interference illustrate the grave danger that Europe is facing. He has…
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I only crossed paths with Kathryn McWilliams briefly - her death is a huge loss to research. Her career was incredibly impressive and I was so moved by these words in her obituary: www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/k...
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Hello!
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 07/01/2025
"They came from Florida, from Fox News and Fox Business, square-jawed men and women with big hair and collagen lips." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Eliot Weinberger · Incoming! They Came from Fox News
They vow to cut two trillion dollars from the federal budget – five times the combined annual salaries of all federal...
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Duo goes Meta
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
What a lovely thing to do - this acknowledgement.
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Niléane @mastodon.nileane.fr · 24/12/2024
This German meme was just brought to my attention and I feel obligated to reshare it here Frohe Weihnachten
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Hard to express the delight and surprise of this clip in the kid’s film That Christmas! If you know, you know. 🤣#IrishMemes #Don’tMakeUnnecessaryJournies
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
👋
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Bahareh Heravi @bheravi.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
🌟Exciting Opportunity: 20 PhD Scholarships Available! These include PhD in AI & Journalism/Media. 🔗 Start Date October 2025 🗓️ Application Deadline 31 January 2025 👉 APPLY tinyurl.com/5xafkuan
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
@jehalli.bsky.social you are looking very small, furry and cuddly here 🤗. Welcome to Bluesky!
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I have a have no Catie’s fudge problem.
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The CRDCN new Strategic Plan is out! Here's what we will get up to over the next five years: FR: doi.org/10.71548/ceb... EN: doi.org/10.71548/v8n... More info: crdcn.ca
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Is light roast hard on the knees?
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
‘Trans’ and ‘archives’ sent me to you as a peep in the know :-) Also you’re one of the best scholars I’ve met. Forever.
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 09/12/2024
Win free books. Awesome books. Books with cats. Free. 🐾🐾🐾
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@suchmayer.bsky.social
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Image of a lit candle
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Librarianship.ca @librarianshipca.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
McMaster gives community organizations easy access to research dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcm... McMaster University Libraries is supporting Ontario communities through a program that gives non-profit and charitable organizations free access to academic journals and research.
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McMaster gives community organizations easy access to research
McMaster is the first university in Ontario to join the Community Scholars Program, which gives charitable and non-profit organizations free access to research, journals and publications.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
No one will email you persistently or message or call or text to urge you to do the work that is truest to yourself and deepest within your imagination, the work you set out to do.
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Yes and my forearms hurt.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
AOC has become the first user to hit 1,000,000 followers on Bluesky
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Ah now look, @clancyny.bsky.social is finally back in my feed. All hail Bluesky!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The European Federation of Journalists—the largest organization of journalists in Europe—announced that they’ll stop posting on Twitter as of January 20, 2025: “We can no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
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Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Launching this today! It’s open access, so everyone can enjoy the work within.
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Soooo bitchin’
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Yup, Toronto specifically. Hamilton sounds different.
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Ontarians and southern Californians have the same accent. Only time I ever confuse an American for a Canadian, they turn out to be from California.
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Lately I’ve found myself carrying around 75% of my body weight for one timed minute every time I go to the gym. If I carry it for two minutes do I double my lifespan? I need to quit the internet.
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South Carolina 50501 @ctraveler.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
295,000 journalists from 44 countries will stop posting content on X. We are making change and the world has spoken. www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
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European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
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Natalie Harrower @natalieharrower.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I wish Google would stop offering the AI summaries at the top do a search. It’s crap and wastes my time.
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