Vera Granikov is a PhD candidate at the School of Information Studies at McGill University, exploring the role of collaboration in keeping up to date with the latest information. Vera is also a Research-Embedded Information Specialist and a Research Coordinator with the Quebec-SPOR SUPPORT Unit at the Department of Family Medicine (McGill University). There, she leads health information and research literacy initiatives, and a collaborative information monitoring system. Vera is passionate about information literacy, the value of information, collaboration, community, patient engagement, and citizen science.