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GCcollab
GCcollab is an external social networking platform hosted by the Government of Canada. It is accessible to Canadian federal, provincial and territorial public servants by using their government email address. GCcollab is also open to academics and students of all Canadian universities and colleges. Academics and students gain access using the school email address.

GCcollab is an open source, cloud-based social networking tool designed to encourage users to develop their own profiles, including descriptions of individual business activities, interests and expertise, collaborate and share knowledge on thematic areas.

It is expected that participants of GCcollab will increase the depth and breadth of data and information sharing between the academic and public sector communities to support improved deliberation on policy, program and research issues.

GCcollab is managed by the GCtools Team, which also manages the GCconnex and GCpedia platforms. The team is part of the | Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada.

Launch
GCcollab was established in September 2016 as a one-year pilot project with the objective of offering a variety of Web 2.0 and social media functions.

Software
GCcollab is powered by Elgg, an open source social networking engine. As of February 2017, GCcollab was using version 1.12.

Features on GCcollab
GCcollab offers many features that emulate those of external social networking and collaboration sites, such as LinkedIn,Twitter, Facebook, Google Docs, Flickr and Reddit.

The Wire
A feature similar to Twitter where users can post text with the 140 character limit. Other users are able to 'like' or 'reply' to the comment.

Blogs
Users can write an article that reflects upon their ideas or opinions based on a subject relevant to their work practices.

Bookmarks
A feature used to share links from external or internal websites.

Groups and Subgroups
Allows the users to organize groups relevant to their work practices. It gives several options on the level of access of the group and the content to be displayed.

Files and Folders
Entire documents of various formats can be uploaded.