Review of Canada’s Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications (2015)

by Britt Amell | 14 June 2024

On July 4, 2023, the presidents of Canada’s three national research funding agencies—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) announced their plan to review the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications (2015). A revised version of the policy is anticipated to be released in 2025…

The Tri-Agency Policy change will mark a significant step forward for open access, but a suite of other advances is necessary to ensure Canadian researchers and their institutions have the capacity and readiness to comply; new commitments must be implementable and sustainable to affect real change. This requires good faith from all corners of the Canadian research ecosystem – the funders, publishers, research administrators, libraries, and researchers – but it also requires shared responsibility and shared investment. Furthermore, for true viability, policy changes need to be accompanied by a cultural shift and a rethink of the research assessment process that has only just begun.

More info:

https://ospolicyobservatory.uvic.ca/tri-agency-review-open-access-2015-policy/