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In [[Canada]] the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research|Institutes of Health Research]] effected a [[Open-access policy|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]].<ref name=unesco>{{cite web |url= http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/access-by-region/europe-and-north-america/canada/ |work=Global Open Access Portal |title=Canada |publisher=[[UNESCO]] |accessdate= 6 April 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_F6765465.html |title=Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications |work= Science.gc.ca |publisher= Government of Canada |accessdate= 6 April 2018 }}</ref> The [[Public Knowledge Project]] began in 1998 at [[University of British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pkp.sfu.ca/about/history/ |title=History |work=Pkp.sfu.ca |accessdate= 6 April 2018 }}</ref><ref name=unesco />
In [[Canada]] the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research|Institutes of Health Research]] effected a [[Open-access policy|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]].<ref name=unesco>{{cite web |url= http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/access-by-region/europe-and-north-america/canada/ |work=Global Open Access Portal |title=Canada |publisher=[[UNESCO]] |accessdate= 6 April 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_F6765465.html |title=Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications |work= Science.gc.ca |publisher= Government of Canada |accessdate= 6 April 2018 }}</ref> The [[Public Knowledge Project]] began in 1998 at [[University of British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pkp.sfu.ca/about/history/ |title=History |work=Pkp.sfu.ca |accessdate= 6 April 2018 }}</ref><ref name=unesco />

==Journals==
As of April 2018, approximately 128 [[open access journals]] come from Canada. Examples include:<ref name=doaj>{{cite web |url= http://doaj.org |title=(Search: Country of Publisher: Canada) |work= [[Directory of Open Access Journals]] |publisher= Infrastructure Services for Open Access |location=UK |accessdate= 6 April 2018 }}</ref>
* Aestimatio : Critical Reviews in the History of Science ({{issn|1549-4470}}; {{issn|1549-4497}})
* [[Avian Conservation and Ecology]] ({{issn|1712-6568}})
* [[Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology]] ({{issn|1913-200X}})
* [[Canadian Studies in Population]] ({{issn|0380-1489}}; {{issn|1927-629X}})
* East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies (EWJUS)
* [[Ecology and Society]] ({{issn|1708-3087}})
* [[Educational Technology & Society]] ({{issn|1176-3647}}; {{issn|1436-4522}})
* Encounters in Theory and History of Education ({{issn|1494-4936}}; {{issn|1925-8992}})
* {{illm|Enfances, Familles, Générations|fr|Enfances Familles Générations}} ({{issn|1708-6310}})
* [[Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (journal)|Evidence Based Library and Information Practice]] ({{issn|1715-720X}})
* Global Media Journal: Canadian Edition ({{issn|1918-5901}})
* Historical Studies in Education ({{issn|0843-5057}}; {{issn|1911-9674}})
* History of Science in South Asia ({{issn|2369-775X}})
* Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Media Studies ({{issn|1918-8439}})
* Journal of Community Informatics ({{issn|1712-4441}})
* [[Journal of Computational Geometry]] ({{issn|1920-180X}})
* [[Journal of Medical Internet Research]] ({{issn|1438-8871}})
* [[Journal of Research Practice]] ({{issn|1712-851X}})
* MediaTropes ({{issn|1913-6005}})
* Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture ({{issn|1920-602X}})
* Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research ({{issn|1911-9593}})
* VertigO : La Revue Électronique en Sciences de l'Environnement ({{issn|1492-8442}})
* Voix Plurielles: Revue de l'Association des Professeur-e-s de Français des Universités et Collèges Canadiens ({{issn|1925-0614}})
* Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice ({{issn|0710-0841}})

== Repositories ==
As of April 2018, the UK-based [[Registry of Open Access Repositories]] lists some 88 [[open access repositories]] of scholarly communication in Canada.<ref name=roar>{{cite web |work= Registry of Open Access Repositories |publisher=University of Southampton |location=UK |url= http://roar.eprints.org/view/geoname/geoname=5F2=5FCA.html |title= Browse by Country: Canada |accessdate= 6 April 2018 }}</ref> Examples include those maintained by the following:<ref name=opendoar>{{cite web |url= http://www.opendoar.org/countrylist.php?cContinent=North%20America |title= Canada |work= [[Directory of Open Access Repositories]] |publisher=University of Nottingham |location= UK |accessdate= 1 April 2018 }}</ref>
* [[Athabasca University]]
* Atlantic Canada Portal
* British Columbia Electronic Library Network
* [[Carleton University]]
* [[Centre de documentation collégiale]]
* [[Dalhousie University]]
* [[École de technologie supérieure]]
* [[École nationale d'administration publique]]
* [[École Polytechnique de Montréal]]
* [[Érudit]] <ref name=carl>{{cite web |url=http://www.carl-abrc.ca/advancing-research/scholarly-communication/open-access/ |title= Institutional Repositories: Repositories in Canada |publisher=[[Canadian Association of Research Libraries]] |work= Carl-abrc.ca |accessdate= 6 April 2018 }}</ref>
* [[Institut national de la recherche scientifique]]
* [[International Development Research Centre]] (IDRC)
* [[Library and Archives Canada]]
* [[Memorial University of Newfoundland]]
* [[Mutopia]]
* [[National Research Council of Canada]] (NRC)
* [[OCAD University]]
* Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) <sup>[https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30289390]</sup>
* [[PubMed Central Canada]]<ref name=carl /> (closed)
* [[Simon Fraser University]] (SFU)
* [[Télé-université]] (Université du Québec) (TELUQ)
* [[Union of BC Indian Chiefs]]
* [[Université de Montréal]]
* [[Université du Québec à Chicoutimi]]
* [[Université Laval]]
* [[University of British Columbia]]
* [[University of Guelph]]
* [[University of Prince Edward Island]]
* [[York University]]


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 14:51, 10 April 2018

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Canada". Global Open Access Portal. UNESCO. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications". Science.gc.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ^ "History". Pkp.sfu.ca. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

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