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Collaborate on O3

Collaborate and Share with Ontario's R+E Community

Membership is free and open to members of Ontario's research and education community. Join O3 Collaboration using an e-mail addresse tied to your ORION-connected institution by clicking here.

Applications for membership without an e-mail address tied to a connected institution will be denied. If you are looking to join a private collaboration space, please wait for an invitation from a group space manager. If you are already a member of a group space you should see your group spaces on the left menu as long as you are logged in.

As a member of O3 Collaboration, you can:

  • Read and contribute News, such as announcements about R+E activities, news releases and articles
  • Glean information from the Knowledge Base and contribute to or enhance existing articles
  • Keep updated on research and education conferences, webinars and events posted in the Calendar and promote your own

All items in these areas are public, but only members can post new items or comment on existing items.

New and existing members should make themselves familiar with our Terms of Use.

Leverage Private O3 Collaboration Spaces

Private collaboration communities are available to collaborative research and education groups affiliated with ORION-connected institutions at no cost. us to learn more.

More than 100 research and education groups from across Ontario are using O3 for projects that span areas such as applied research, social sciences research and knowledge mobilization. Groups need to be based at an ORION-connected institution, but are welcome to invite members outside their institution from across the province or even from around the world.

Each O3 space comes with the following optional tools: Blogs, Document Sharing / Versioning, Discussion Forums,Photo Galleries, Wiki and Calendar as well as the ability to embed outside content from other Web-based sources using Java code and RSS, such as Youtube videos, Wordpress blog entries, Flickr photo streams and Twitter feeds.

O3 is ideal for groups with stakeholders at multiple institutions and locations from Ontario and around the world.  Preview a sample group space here.

CONII Embraces O3 Collaboration

ResearchImpact Mobilizes Knowledge Using O3

O3 Case Study

Learn how ResearchImpact has improved collaboration for their stakeholders using O3 Collaboration.

O3 Collaboration Panel at ORION Summit 2011

Learn more about O3 Collaboration directly from three user communities representing Ontario colleges and universities.

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Testimonials

"O3 Collaboration has been essential in facilitating communication, collaboration and co-creation amongst our national project's researchers, young adults and community partners. The tools allow us to stay connected and continue our collaborative work in between meetings. It's really hard to imagine how this multi-site project would run without the help of O3."

- Jennifer McPhee, Project Coordinator, Mobilizing Minds

"O3 has been a valuable new tool for connecting our researchers and their partners. It has also given our team a new way to mobilize knowledge across groups and helped turn research into action."

- Krista Jensen, Knowledge Mobilization Officer at York University's Office of Research Services

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