Open Access (OA) is a global movement to make scholarly content more easily discoverable and accessible by removing subscription and login barriers. Get higher visibility for your work while retaining control over your copyrights.

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News:

NSERC, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), announced the first Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications in 2015.

• NSERC and SSHRC researchers will be required to comply with the new policy for all grants awarded from May 1, 2015 onward.
• While CIHR-funded researchers will now refer to the new, harmonized policy, compliance requirements will not change for the health research community.

In 2025, the Tri-Agencies presented it's Draft, Revised Open Access Policy. The key difference will be the requirement to deposit peer-reviewed journal articles into a Canadian repository immediately upon publication of the article. There will no longer be a 12 month grace period. 

Learn more about the 2015 policy and its implementation:

• FAQ from science.gc.ca

For more information about open access publishing opportunities please contact:

Dr. Kathryn Rose

For more information about the Research Repository and Journal hosting please contact: 

Dr. Pat Gamsby

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