Newsletters

CAF Newsletter – January 2021

CAF Newsletter – January 2021 Important: Shibboleth Upgrade Recommended In December 2020, all CAF Technical Contacts were sent an email highlighting the necessity of upgrading to the 4.0.x version of Shibboleth. We strongly recommend that this upgrade be done as soon as possible. Here is why this upgrade is important: Issue: Shibboleth Identity Provider version 3.x […]

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DAIR Newsletter – December 2020

Welcome to the December 2020 edition of the DAIR Community Newsletter. We have exciting news to share with you. BigBitBus Selected to Develop New DAIR BoosterPack One of our DAIR graduates, BigBitBus, will be building the latest DAIR BoosterPack, “Kubernetes Automation Toolkit (KAT)”, which focuses on adopting containerization technology to help businesses: Start to use […]

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Research Software Newsletter – October 2020

Call 3 Update 13 projects selected for funding under Research Software Call 3! RS Call 3 will provide funding to these projects that enable research teams to adapt existing software for re-use by other research teams, including teams that are in a different discipline. Repurposing existing software aims to accelerate discoveries, and maximize public investment in […]

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CAF Newsletter – September 2020

CAF Newsletter – September 2020 Critical Security Recommendation for eduroam to Mitigate Evil Twin Attacks A couple weeks ago, our new Program Manager for Identity and Access Management, Rafal Lawrukiewicz, sent an email highlighting the necessity of the eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool (CAT), and how it mitigates against man-in-the-middle attacks such as the “Evil Twin”. […]

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DAIR Newsletter – September 2020

Welcome to the September 2020 edition of the DAIR Community Newsletter. We have exciting news to share with you. DAIR Webinar – “How to Deploy Docker in the DAIR Cloud” – July 8 at 1:00 p.m. ET In our next DAIR webinar, we’ll discuss how to approach troubleshooting in the DAIR Cloud, as well as […]

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DAIR – June 2020

Welcome to the June 2020 edition of the DAIR Community Newsletter. We have exciting news to share with you. DAIR Webinar – “How to Deploy Docker in the DAIR Cloud” – July 8 at 1:00 p.m. ET On our next DAIR webinar, we’ll discuss how to set up a Docker environment (Docker host for containerized […]

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Research Software – March 2020 Newsletter

Local Research Software Support Call 1 Announced! The Local Research Software Support funding call has launched and is accepting applications. The goal of this call is to establish research software support teams at selected institutions, who are available to assist researchers to develop, enhance, repurpose, and maintain software for research. Learn more: Press Release CRSC […]

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DAIR – February 2020 Newsletter

Welcome to the February 2020 edition of the DAIR Community Newsletter. We have lots of exciting news to share with you. New Quarterly Webinar Given the success of the DAIR BoosterPack Launch Party webinar in December, we’re going to host quarterly DAIR webinars! The focus of each webinar will be a presentation of a specific […]

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Research Software – September 2019 Newsletter

Canadian Research Software Conference 2019 Our 2019 Canadian Research Software Conference took place on May 27th – 29th in Montreal. The room was at capacity, and we had two packed days of engaging talks from Dr. Pablo Castro, Dr. Jonathan Kelly, Dr. Gail Murphy, and many other members of the research software community. Attendees said […]

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CAF September 2019 Newsletter

CAF Newsletter – September 2019 Eduroam Visitor Access is Coming Soon! Stay tuned for the launch of eduroam Visitor Access (eVA) for Canadian Access Federation (CAF) participants this Fall! eVA allows you to grant visitors secure, time-limited access to eduroam through your campus’s existing eduroam Wi-Fi network. eVA can strengthen Wi-Fi security at your institution and […]

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