Kudos to #Canada's three major research-funding agencies for their draft all-green, zero-embargo, rights-retention #OpenAccess policy.
https://science.gc.ca/site/science/en/interagency-research-funding/policies-and-guidelines/open-access/draft-revised-tri-agency-open-access-policy-publications

The agencies are the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (#CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (#NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (#SSHRC) — sometimes known collectively as the #TriAgency.

#Copyright #Embargoes #GreenOA #OpenLicenses #RightsRetention

Slaw column from PKP's Founder, John Willinsky --> "What Was Heard: Contradictions in Canadian Scholarly Publishing"

Canada's #TriAgency aims at reviewing and revising its #OpenAccess policy in consultation with researchers, library organizations, Indigenous advisors, and publishers.

Check out John's open letter, and how small as well as large publishers reacted: https://www.slaw.ca/2024/09/17/what-was-heard-contradictions-in-canadian-scholarly-publishing/

#OpenAccessWeek #APCs #DiamondOA #DiamondOpenAccess #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #TriAgency