In Canada the Institutes of Health Research effected a policy of open access in 2008, which in 2015 expanded to include the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. [1] [2] The Public Knowledge Project began in 1998 at University of British Columbia. [3] [1] Notable Canadian advocates for open access include Leslie Chan, Jean-Claude Guédon, Stevan Harnad, Heather Morrison, and John Willinsky. [4]
There are some 88 collections of scholarship in Canada housed in digital open access repositories. [6]
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In Canada the Institutes of Health Research effected a policy of open access in 2008, which in 2015 expanded to include the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. [1] [2] The Public Knowledge Project began in 1998 at University of British Columbia. [3] [1] Notable Canadian advocates for open access include Leslie Chan, Jean-Claude Guédon, Stevan Harnad, Heather Morrison, and John Willinsky. [4]
There are some 88 collections of scholarship in Canada housed in digital open access repositories. [6]
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (April 2018) |
Key events in the development of open access in Canada include the following:[ according to whom?]