Open access in Canada
Open access is a set of principles and a range of practices through which nominally copyrightable publications are delivered to readers free of access charges or other barriers. In Canada, open access policy has developed and expanded for nearly 20 years.[1] 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.[2][3] In 2025, the Tri-Agency (comprising the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) released a draft, revised open access policy.[4]
There are also established Canadian organizations that pursue or support open access activities. The Public Knowledge Project began in 1998 at University of British Columbia.[5][2] The Canadian Research Knowledge Network was launched in 1999 (as the Canadian National Site Licensing Project),[6] and facilitates open access to research via licensing agreements with publishers and the Partnership for Open Access (with Érudit).[7] Érudit, a Canadian scholarly journal platform, has been operating since 1998.[8] Together, Érudit and the Public Knowledge Project formed Coalition Publica in 2017.[9] In 2023, the Canadian Research Knowledge Network and Canadian Association of Research Libraries released a library action plan in support of open scholarship in Canada.[10] Notable Canadian advocates for open access include Leslie Chan, Jean-Claude Guédon, Stevan Harnad, Heather Morrison, and John Willinsky.[11]
Repositories
[edit]There are some 88 collections of scholarship in Canada housed in digital open access repositories.[12]
Timeline
[edit]- 1994 27 June: Stevan Harnad posts a Subversive Proposal calling on authors to archive their articles for free online.
- 1998: Public Knowledge Project (PKP) established by John Willinsky. French-language Érudit online publishing platform launched, as a university-based initiative with the ambition to create digital tools and offer services to scholarly journals[13]
- 2000: PKP releases first open source software package, Open Conference Systems (OCS), which it supports until 2014[14]
- 2002: PKP launched Open Journals Systems (OJS) as an open source journal publishing platform[14]
- 2003: 12 Canadian universities host OA journals on their IRs (Institutional Repositories)[15]
- 2005: SFU Dean of Libraries Lynn Copeland initiates PKP partnership with Simon Fraser University Library and the Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing, led by Rowly Lorimer.
- 2006: November: Athabasca University begins policy encouraging deposits in its institutional repository.[16][17]
- 2009 October: York University begins open access policy.[16][17]
- 2014: Érudit and Canadian Research Knowledge Network launch Partnership for Open Access. [18]
- 2015: Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications (2015) released. [19]
- 2017: Coalition Publica founded to support publishing in social sciences and humanities fields.[20]
Journals
[edit]- Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal issued one of the world's first open access journals, Surfaces (ISSN 1188-2492) in 1991.[21]
- FACETS is Canada's first multidisciplinary open access journal in Canada.
- Anthropocene Coasts, is a multidisciplinary international open access journal jointly published by Canadian Science Publishing and East China Normal University.
- Arctic Science is a quarterly open-access peer-reviewed journal.
In addition, Canadian universities and research institutions support and / or host the following journals:
- PHEnex Journal (ISSN 1918-8927) launched in 2009
Athabasca University
- Canadian Folk Music/Musique folklorique canadienne (ISSN 0829-5344) launched in 2000
- International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education (ISSN 0830-0445) launched in 2014
- Journal of Distance Education (ISSN 0830-0445) launched in 2014
- Journal of Research Practice (JRP) (ISSN 1712-851X) launched in 2005
- Brock Education (ISSN 2371-7750) launched in 1999
- Brock Review (ISSN 1188-9071) launched in 2008
- Canadian-Caribbean Institute Journal launched in 2020
- interconnections: journal of posthumanism (ISSN 2564-260X) launched in 2022
- Journal of Emerging Sport Studies launched in 2018
- Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education (ISSN 1029-5968) launched in 2022
- Studies in Social Justice (ISSN 1911-4788) launched in 2007
- Teaching and Learning launched in 2002
- the general brock university Undergraduate journal of history (ISSN 2371-8048) launched in 2016
- A JOURNAL OF TEXT-AND-IMAGE CRITICISM/CREATION (ISSN 1929-4336) launched in 2012
- Voix Plurielles (ISSN 1925-0614) launched in 2004
- Canadian Journal of Children's Rights launched in 2014
- Carleton Review of International Affairs launched in 2009
- Papers of the Algonquian Conference / Actes du Congrés des Algonquinistes (ISSN 0831-5671) launched in 1967
- Proceedings of the Child Rights Academic Network launched in 2008
- Southern Journal of Canadian Studies launched in 2005
- Gnosis : journal of philosophy (ISSN 1927-5277) launched in 2001
- Journal of Religion and Culture (ISSN 1198-6395) launched in 2011
- Allons-y: Journal of Children, Peace and Security (ISSN 2371-4387) launched in 2016
- Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education (ISSN 1925-993X) launched in 1987
- Canadian Journal of Law and Technology (ISSN 1702-9228) launched in 2002
- Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management (ISSN 1923-6530) launched in 2005
- Dalhousie Law Journal (ISSN 0317-1663) launched in 1973
- Dalhousie Medical Journal (ISSN 1488-9994) launched in 1997
- Healthy Populations Journal (ISSN 2816-2536) launched in 2021
- Initial(e)s (ISSN 0710-4278) launched in 1981
- International Journal of Georesources and Environment (ISSN 2371-9508) launched in 2015
- Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography (ISSN 2369-8721) launched in 2011
- Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (ISSN 0078-2521) launched in 2002
- Pseudo-Dionysius launched in 2013
- Verso: An Undergraduate Journal of Literary Criticism launched in 2009
- YA Hotline (ISSN 0701-8894) launched in 2005
Institut national de la recherche scientifique
- Enfances Familles Générations (ISSN 1708-6310) launched in 2004
- NOvation: Critical Studies of Innovation (ISSN 2562-7147) launched in 2019
- Revue Lien social et Politiques (ISSN 1204-3206) launched in 1979
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
- Mise-en-scène (ISSN 2560-7065) launched in 2016
- Canadian Journal of Environmental Education (CJEE) (ISSN 1205-5352) launched in 1996
- International Journal of Holistic Early Learning and Development (ISSN 2369-2189) launched in 2015
- Lakehead Law Journal (ISSN 2368-2647) launched in 2015
- Lakehead University Post (ISSN 2371-1426) launched in 2016
Laurentian University/Université Laurentienne
- Diversity of Research in Health Journal / Revue de la diversité de la recherche en santé (ISSN 2561-1666) launched in 2017
- Canadian Journal of Family and Youth /Le Journal Canadien de Famille et de la Jeunesse (ISSN 1718-9748) launched in 2008
- BOSS: The Biannual Online-Journal of Springsteen Studies (ISSN 2368-4712) launched in 2014
- Canadian Journal of Nursing Research (ISSN 1705-7051) launched in 1969
- Canadian Review of Art Education (ISSN 0384-1839) launched in 2015
- Education Libraries (ISSN 0148-1061) launched in 1992
- Fifth Column: The Canadian Student Journal of Architecture launched in 1980
- Flux-International Relations Review (ISSN 2562-6094) launched in 2019
- Fontanus: from the collections of McGill University (ISSN 0838-2026) launched in 1988
- Indian Ocean World Centre Working Paper Series (ISSN 2371-5111) launched in 2016
- McGill Journal of Global Health (ISSN 2817-9471) launched in 2020
- McGill Journal of Medicine (ISSN 1715-8125) launched in 1995
- McGill Journal of Political Studies (ISSN 2291-5648) launched in 2016
- Montreal Architectural Review (ISSN 2368-6952) launched in 2014
- The Prognosis (ISSN 1929-1620) launched in 2011
- Bridges: Conversations in Global Politics and Public Policy (ISSN 2291-6490) launched in 2013
- Global Health: Annual Review (ISSN 2561-1313) launched in 2015
- Global Labour Journal (ISSN 1918-6711) launched in 2010
- International Journal for Students as Partners (ISSN 2560-7367) launched in 2017
- International Journal of Risk and Recovery launched in 2018
- iScientist launched in 2016
- Journal of Professional Communication (ISSN 1920-6852) launched in 2011
- McMaster Journal of Communication launched in 2004
- McMaster Journal of Engineering Physics launched in 2017
- McMaster Undergraduate Journal of Law & Politics (ISSN 2368-3368) launched in 2015
- McMaster University Medical Journal (ISSN 1927-2413) launched in 2019
- Meducator (ISSN 1499-6081) launched in 2002
- Nexus (ISSN 0711-5342) launched in 1980
- Psynapse: McMaster Undergraduate Journal of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour launched in 2017
- Sciential (ISSN 2562-1483) launched in 2018
- Sophie Journal (ISSN 2368-0652) launched in 2011
- TEXT Technology (ISSN 1053-900X) launched in 1991
Memorial University of Newfoundland
- at the EDGE (ISSN 1923-4996) launched in 2010
- Buried Text: Publications in History and Archaeology launched in 2019
- International Conference on Marine and Freshwater Environments (iMFE 2014) launched in 2014
- Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Polity, and Practice (ISSN 1925-1270) launched in 2012
- Journal of Macrodynamic Analysis (ISSN 1499-1586) launched in 2001
- kabiri (ISSN 2562-4466) launched in 2018
- Mapping Politics (ISSN 1920-5473) launched in 2009
- Phenomenon of Singing launched in 1997
- Postscript: A Journal of Graduate Criticism and Theory (ISSN 1192-0823) launched in 1993
- Proto-Type launched in 2013
- Regional Language Studies...Newfoundland (ISSN 0079-9335) launched in 2013
- The Morning Watch (ISSN 0384-5028) launched in 1996
- The Singing Network launched in 2017
- Behavioural Sciences Undergraduate Journal (ISSN 2562-4687) launched in 2013
- El texto hispanoamericano/The Spanish American Text (ISSN 2562-5284) launched in 2014
- Experiences in Spanish-English Translation/Experiencias de traducción español-inglés (ISSN 2562-4741) launched in 2017
- Mount Royal Undergraduate Education Review (ISSN 2368-0024) launched in 2014
- Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review (ISSN 2562-4733) launched in 2013
- Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, and Action launched in 2007
- Encounters in Theory and History of Educations (ISSN 2560-8371) launched in 2000
- Federal Governance (ISSN 1923-6158) launched in 2004
- Federalism-E launched in 2004
- GEMS (Gender, Education, Music, and Society) (ISSN 1710-6923) launched in 2013
- Historical Studies in Education / Revue d'histoire de l'éducation launched in 1989
- Ideas in Ecology and Evolution (ISSN 1918-3178) launched in 2008
- Immediate Science Ecology (ISSN 1929-2201) launched in 2012
- International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (ISSN 1555-9033) launched in 2006
- International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace (ISSN 1927-9434) launched in 2012
- Journal of Critical Race Inquiry (ISSN 1925-3850) launched in 2010
- Journal of Point of Care Ultrasound (ISSN 2369-8543) launched in 2016
- Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association launched in 2004
- QIHI Journal of Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety launched in 2016
- QSURJ Queen's Science Undergraduate Journal launched in 2015
- Surveillance & Society (ISSN 1477-7487) launched in 2002
- Bulletin of the British Columbia Entomological Society launched in 1906
- Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing launched in 1982
- Canadian Journal of Higher Education (ISSN 0316-1218) launched in 1977
- Comparative Media Arts Journal (ISSN 2562-489X) launched in 2015
- Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie (ISSN 2563-7320) launched in 2021
- Ecothinking (ISSN 1925-6752) launched in 2015
- Frontline Learning Research (ISSN 2295-3159) launched in 2013
- Ibnosina Medical Association Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (ISSN 1947-489X) launched in 2009
- Integrated Assessment (ISSN 1389-5176) launched in 2000
- International Critical Childhood Policy Studies Journal (ISSN 2168-9660) launched in 2008
- Intersectional Apocalypse launched in 2018
- Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia (JESBC) (ISSN 0071-0733)) launched in 1906
- Journal of Childhoods and Pedagogies (ISSN 2368-948X) launched in 2016
- Journal of Ecosystems and Management (ISSN 1488-4666) launched in 2001
- Journal of Modern Hellenism (ISSN 0743-7749) launched in 1984
- Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education 1916-7342 launched in 2009
- Journal of the Institute for the Humanities (ISSN 1920-1567) launched in 2002
- Northern Review (ISSN 0835-3433) launched in 1990
- Openings: Studies in Book Art (ISSN 2326-0157) launched in 2012
- Performance Matters (ISSN 2369-2537) launched in 2015
- Pharmactuel (ISSN 0834-065X) launched in 2000
- Philosophical Inquiry in Education (ISSN 2369-8659) launched in 1987
- Poetic Front (ISSN 1913-973X) launched in 2008
- Scholarly and Research Communication (ISSN 1923-0702) launched in 2010
- SFU Educational Review (ISSN 1916-050X) launched in 2007
- Stream: Culture/Politics/Technology (ISSN 1916-5897) launched in 2008
- TESL Canada Journal (ISSN 0826-435X) launched in 1984
- The Journal of Intelligence, Conflict, and Warfare (ISSN 2561-8229) launched in 2018
- thirdspace: a journal of feminist theory & culture (ISSN 1499-8513 launched in 2001
- Western Tributaries launched in 2014
Toronto Metropolitan University
- International Health Trends and Perspectives (IHTP) launched in 2021
- Journal of Critical Dietetics (ISSN 1923-1237) launched in 2011
- Interactive Film & Media Journal (ISSN 2564-4173) launched in 2021
- International Conference on Thermal Engineering launched in 2017
- aboriginal policy studies (ISSN 1923-3299) launched in 2011
- Agora: Political Science Undergraduate Journal (ISSN 1927-4793) launched in 2011
- Alberta Academic Review (ISSN 2561-5327) launched in 2018
- Alberta Academic Review (ISSN 2561-5335) launched in 2018
- Alberta Law Review (ISSN 0002-4821) launched in 2006
- Alternative francophone (ISSN 1916-8470) launched in 2008
- Ancient Lanka (ISSN 2816-9425) launched in 2022
- Annals of Social Studies Education Research for Teachers (ASSERT) (ISSN 0002-4821) launched in 2020
- Blue Jay (ISSN 2562-5667) launched in 2010
- Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie (ISSN 1499-6685) launched in 1972
- Canadian Journal of Sociology (ISSN 1710-1123) launched in 2008
- Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education (ISSN 0318-9090) launched in 2009
- Canadian Review of Comparative Literature (ISSN 0319-051X) launched in 1974
- Canadian Social Studies (CSS) (ISSN 1191-162X) launched in 2000
- Canadian Studies in Population (ISSN 0380-1489) launched in 1974
- Compass (ISSN 2371-6096) launched in 2011
- Complicity an International Journal of Complexity and Education (ISSN 1710-5668) launched in 2004
- CONNECT: The World of Critical Care Nursing (ISSN 1748-6254) launched in 2001
- Connections: A Journal of Language, Media and Culture (ISSN 2563-6715) launched in 2020
- Constellations: History & Classics Faculty of Arts (ISSN 2562-0509) launched in 2009
- Crossings (ISSN 2816-5195) launched in 2022
- Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry (ISSN 1916-3460) launched in 2009
- Deakin Review of Children's Literature (ISSN 1927-1484) launched in 2011
- East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies (ISSN 2292-7956) launched in 2014
- eLucidate (ISSN 1742-5921) launched in 2004
- Eureka (ISSN 1923-1512) launched in 2010
- Finno-Ugric Studies Association of Canada: Conference Proceedings launched in 2016
- Fonds d’Archives (ISSN 2561-0465) launched in 2017
- Health Science Inquiry (ISSN 2562-7791) launched in 2010
- Histos (ISSN 2046-5963) launched in 1996
- IASSIST Quarterly (ISSN 2331-4141) launched in 1977
- Imagining SoTL (ISSN 2563-8289) launched in 2021
- International Association of School Librarianship Conference Proceedings (ISSN 0257-3229) launched in 2016
- International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning (ISSN 1206-9620) launched in 1997
- International Journal for Leadership in Learning (ISSN 1929-5499) launched in 2013
- International Journal of Critical Care (ISSN 2816-9050) launched in 2022
- International Journal of Industrialized Construction (ISSN 2563-5034) launched in 2020
- International Journal of Qualitative Methods (ISSN 1609-4069) launched in 2002
- International Kimberlite Conference: Extended Abstracts launched in 1973
- Intonations (ISSN 2562-0479) launched in 2018
- invoke (ISSN 1927-7091) launched in 2012
- Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISSN 1092-1206) launched in 1991
- Journal of Jungian Scholarly Studies (ISSN 1920-986X) launched in 2005
- Journal of Juvenilia Studies (ISSN 2561-8318) launched in 2018
- Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences (ISSN 1482-1826) launched in 1998
- Journal of the Academy of Forensic Nursing (ISSN 2817-3848) launched in 2023
- Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l'Association des bibliothéques de la santé du Canada (ISSN 1708-6892) launched in 2004
- Language and Literacy (ISSN 1496-0974) launched in 1999
- Library and Information Research (ISSN 1756-1086) launched in 1993
- The Lyceum launched in 2011
- Manitoba Law Journal (ISSN 0076-3861) launched in 2003
- Modular and Offsite Construction Summit Proceedings (ISSN 2562-5438) launched in 2015
- Movement Matters (ISSN 2564-1611) launched in 2021
- Multilingual Discourses (ISSN 1929-1515) launched in 2012
- Past Imperfect (ISSN 1718-4487) launched in 1992
- Past Imperfect (ISSN 1192-1315) launched in 1992
- Pathfinder (ISSN 2563-2493) launched in 2020
- Pathways: University of Saskatchewan Archaeology and Anthropology Graduate Student Journal (ISSN 2563-6235) launched in 2020
- Phenomenology and Pedagogy (ISSN 0820-9189) launched in 1983
- Political Science Undergraduate Review (ISSN 2562-1270) launched in 2015
- Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI launched in 1993
- Religious and Socio-Political Studies Journal (ISSN 2817-1209) launched in 2022
- School Libraries Worldwide (ISSN 1023-9391) launched in 1995
- Socialist Studies/Études socialistes (ISSN 1918-2821) launched in 2005
- Spaces Between: An Undergraduate Feminist Journal launched in 2013
- Spectrum (ISSN 2561-7842) launched in 2018
- The International Review of Information Ethics (ISSN 2563-5638) launched in 2004
- Topophilia (ISSN 2561-5319) launched in 2017
- Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology (ISSN 2292-1389) launched in 2014
- Éducation francophone en milieu minoritaire (ISSN 1718-5343) launched in 2005
University of British Columbia
- Canadian Journal of Undergraduate Research launched in 2016
- Citizenship Education Research Journal (ISSN 2368-8246) launched in 2016
- Critical Education (ISSN 1920-4175) launched in 2010
- Cultural Logic (ISSN 1097-3087) launched in 1997
- Expedition launched in 2011
- Journal of Political Studies (ISSN 1481-482X) launched in 2006
- Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies launched in 2005
- See Also launched in 2015
- Seed: Canadian Studies Undergraduate Journal launched in 2012
- That’s What (We) Said launched in 2019
- The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada (ISSN 1920-6216) launched in 2008
- Trail Six: An Undergraduate Journal of Geography (ISSN 1916-0747) launched in 2006
- Transnational Curriculum Inquiry (ISSN 1449-8855) launched in 2004
- UBC Medical Journal (ISSN 1920-7425) launched in 2011
- UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences Student Journal launched in 2013
- Undergraduate Journal of Experimental Microbiology and Immunology launched in 2001
- University of British Columbia Undergraduate Journal of Psychology (ISSN 1927-2820) launched in 2012
- Workplace : A Journal for Academic Labor (ISSN 1715-0094) launched in 1998
- 49th Parallel Ejournal launched in 2017
- Alberta Journal of Educational Research (ISSN 0002-4805) launched in 1955
- ARCTIC (ISSN 0004-0843) launched in 1948
- ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature (ISSN 0004-1327) launched in 1970
- Calgary Papers in Military and Strategic Studies (ISSN 1911-7981) launched in 2007
- Canadian Counsellor / Conseiller Canadien (ISSN 0008-333X) launched in 1967
- Canadian Journal for Educational Administration and Policy (ISSN 1207-7798) launched in 1995
- Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education (ISSN 1916-9221) launched in 2008
- Canadian Journal of Counselling / Revue Canadienne de Counseling (ISSN 0828-3893) launched in 1986
- Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy / Revue canadienne de counseling et de psychothérapie (ISSN 1923-6182) launched in 2011
- Canadian Journal of Transportation (ISSN 1715-2127) launched in 2007
- Canadian Perspectives on Academic Integrity (ISSN 2561-6218) launched in 2018
- Contributions to Discrete Mathematics (ISSN 1715-0868) launched in 2006
- Currents: Scholarship in the Human Services (ISSN 1499-6073) launched in 2005
- Education Matters: The Journal of Teaching and Learning (ISSN 2292-2768) launched in 2013
- Emerging Perspectives: Interdisciplinary Graduate Research in Education and Psychology (ISSN 2560-6980) launched in 2017
- Functional Diversity (ISSN 2369-5722) launched in 2017
- History of Intellectual Culture (ISSN 1492-7810) launched in 2001
- International Journal of Nursing Student Scholarship (ISSN 2291-6679) launched in 2014
- Journal of Applied Hermeneutics (ISSN 1927-4416) launched in 2011
- Journal of Critical Public Health (ISSN 3033-3997) launched in 2024
- Journal of Indigenous Social Development (ISSN 2164-9170) launched in 2010
- Journal of Military and Strategic Studies (ISSN 1488-559X) launched in 1998
- Journal of Mind-Body Regulation (ISSN 1925-1688) launched in 2011
- Journal of Undergraduate Research in Alberta (ISSN 1927-5811) launched in 2011
- Opuscula: Short Texts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (ISSN 1920-2938) launched in 2011
- Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching (ISSN 2560-6050) launched in 2016
- Teaching and Learning Inquiry (ISSN 2167-4779) launched in 2013
- The Motley Undergraduate Journal (ISSN 2817-2051) launched in 2023
- The School of Public Policy Publications (ISSN 2560-8312) launched in 2008
- Transformative Social Work (ISSN 2817-870X) launched in 2023
- African Journal of Teacher Education (ISSN 1916-7822) launched in 2010
- Borders: Undergraduate Arts Journal launched in 2012
- Canadian Society of Landscape Architects launched in 2011
- Canta Aeide: Journal of Classical Studies launched in 2020
- Critical Studies in Improvisation / Etudes critiques en improvisation (ISSN 1712-0624) launched in 2004
- Critical Voices: The University of Guelph Book Review Project launched in 2011
- Crossways Journal (ISSN 2560-6425) launched in 2017
- CSL Leadership Review (ISSN 1916-5404) launched in 2006
- CTRL+ALT+DH! launched in 2023
- da Vinci's Notebook (ISSN 1923-5720) launched in 2009
- Flora: Undergraduate Philosophy Journal launched in 2022
- Footnotes launched in 2008
- Guelph Ichthyology Reviews (ISSN 1181-8549) launched in 1990
- iBOL Barcode Bulletin (ISSN 2371-4646) launched in 2010
- International Journal of Collaborative-Dialogic Practices launched in 2021
- International Review of Scottish Studies (ISSN 1923-5755) launched in 1971
- Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario (ISSN 1713-7845) launched in 2012
- MIC: Memoria, Identite, and Community launched in 2021
- Participator launched in 2024
- Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research (ISSN 1911-9593) launched in 2006
- Recreation and Society in Africa, Asia and Latin America launched in 2010
- Review of Higher Education in Africa (ISSN 1916-7881) launched in 2009
- Studies by Undergraduate Researchers at Guelph (ISSN 2291-1367) launched in 2007
- Studies by Undergraduate Researchers at Guelph (SURG) (ISSN 2291-1367) launched in 2007
- Synergies Canada (ISSN 1920-4051) launched in 2010
- Teaching and Learning Innovations launched in 2012
- Antistasis (ISSN 1929-5014) launched in 2010
- Atlantic Geoscience (ISSN 0843-5561) launched in 1990
- Canadian Folk Music Journal/Revue de Musique Folklorique Canadienne (ISSN 0318-2568) launched in 1973
- Canadian Journal for Traditional Music (ISSN 1485-4422) launched in 1998
- Florilegium (ISSN 0709-5201) launched in 1979
- International Fiction Review (ISSN 1911-186X) launched in 1974
- International Hydrographic Review (ISSN 0020-6946) launched in 1963
- Journal of New Brunswick Studies / Revue déétudes sur le Nouveau-Brunswick launched in 2010
- Journal of Student Writing launched in 2012
- Linguistica Atlantica (ISSN 1188-9322) launched in 1993
- Maritime Sediments (ISSN 0025-3456) launched in 1965
- Maritime Sediments and Atlantic Geology (ISSN 0711-1150) launched in 1982
- R.C.M.P. Security Bulletins launched in 1919
University of Northern British Columbia
- Annual Review of Policy Design launched in 2013
- Canadian Political Science Review (ISSN 1911-4125) launched in 2007
- Journal of Ecocriticism (ISSN 1916-1549) launched in 2009
- @nalyses / Analyses (ISSN 1715-9261) launched in 2006
- Aporia (ISSN 1918-1345) launched in 2009
- Canadian Journal of Media Studies / Revue canadienne d'études des médias (ISSN 1911-4281) launched in 2018
- Conversations: The Journal of Cavellian Studies (ISSN 1929-6169) launched in 2013
- Education Journal / Revue de l'éducation (ISSN 1925-5500) launched in 2018
- Global Media Journal - Canadian Edition (ISSN 1918-5901) launched in 2008
- Jean-Paul Dionne Symposium Proceedings (ISSN 2561-4878) launched in 2018
- OLBI Journal (ISSN 1923-2489) launched in 2010
- Potentia: Journal of International Affairs (ISSN 2562-8534) launched in 2009
- Revue interdisciplinaire des sciences de la santé - Interdisciplinary Journal of Health Sciences (ISSN 1920-7433) launched in 2016
- University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine (ISSN 2292-650X) launched in 2011
University of Prince Edward Island
- Island Studies Journal (ISSN 1715-2593) launched in 2006
- Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies launched in 2019
- in education (ISSN 1927-6117) launched in 2009
- Catalyst (ISSN 2380-3312) launched in 2015
- Critical Analysis of Law: An International & Interdisciplinary Law Review (ISSN 2291-9732) launched in 2014
- Critical Intersections in Education: An OISE/UT Students' Journal (ISSN 2291-0697) launched in 2013
- Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society (ISSN 1929-8692) launched in 2012
- Galbraith Society Undergraduate Engineering Journal launched in 2015
- International Journal of Indigenous Health (ISSN 2291-9368) launched in 2013
- Journal for Activist Science and Technology Education (JASTE) (ISSN 2560-8908) launched in 2009
- Journal of Classroom Research in Literacy (ISSN 1918-2449) launched in 2008
- Journal of Recovery in Mental Health (ISSN 2371-2376) launched in 2017
- Knots: An Undergraduate Journal of Disability Studies launched in 2015
- Master of Teaching Research Journal launched in 2018
- MediaTropes (ISSN 1913-6005) launched in 2008
- Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada | Cahiers de la Société bibliographique du Canada (ISSN 0067-6896) launched in 1962
- Prandium: The Journal of Historical Studies at U of T Mississauga launched in 2012
- Re: Locations --Journal of the Asia-Pacific World launched in 2018
- Records of Early English Drama Newsletter (ISSN 0700-9283) launched in 1976
- Saeculum Undergraduate Academic Journal launched in 2007
- Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science (ISSN 1913-0465) launched in 2007
- Symposia: the Graduate Student Journal of the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto (ISSN 2368-9323) launched in 2009
- The English Languages: History, Diaspora, Culture (ISSN 1929-5855) launched in 2010
- The iJournal: Graduate Student Journal of the Faculty of Information (ISSN 2561-7397) launched in 2016
- Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics (ISSN 1718-3510) launched in 1980
- University of Toronto Art Journals launched in 2008
- University of Toronto Journal of Law and Equality (ISSN 1703-2997) launched in 2018
- vis-é-vis: Explorations in Anthropology (ISSN 1203-4274) launched in 2008
- with caffeine & careful thought launched in 2013
- Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal (ISSN 1209-9392) launched in 1997
- Youth Engagement in Health Promotion launched in 2015
- Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies (ISSN 1923-5615) launched in 2010
- Anthropologica (ISSN 0003-5459) launched in 1981
- Appeal : Review of Current Law and Law Reform (ISSN 1205-612X) launched in 1995
- ARTiculate (ISSN 1927-9701) launched in 2012
- Autism's Own (ISSN 1929-6177) launched in 2013
- Beside the Point (ISSN 1918-8714) launched in 2010
- Borders in Globalization Review (ISSN 2562-9913) launched in 2019
- Canadian Children launched in 2009
- Canadian Journal of Political Theory and Social Theory (ISSN 0380-9420) launched in 1977
- Canadian Zooarchaeology / Zooarchéologie canadienne (ISSN 1923-2527) launched in 1992
- Canadian-American Public Policy (ISSN 1047-1073) launched in 1990
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See also
[edit]- Open data in Canada
- Open educational resources in Canada
- Science and technology in Canada
- Open access in other countries
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Further reading
[edit]- Devon Greyson; et al. (2010). "Open Access in Canada: A Strong Beginning". Feliciter. 56. Canadian Library Association. hdl:10760/13601. ISSN 0014-9802.
- Andrea Kwan (2011), Open Access and Scholarly Monographs in Canada, MPub Project Reports, Simon Fraser University
- John Dupuis, ed. (2013). "Resources on Open Access in Canada". Confessions of a Science Librarian.
- Taylor Price (2016). Open Access Publishing in the Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada (Master of Arts thesis). Lakehead University.
External links
[edit]- "Scholarly Communication: Open Access". Carl-abrc.ca. Canadian Association of Research Libraries.
- "Tag oa.canada". Open Access Tracking Project. Harvard University. OCLC 1040261573.