Canada releases draft OA policy

posted on Mar 5, 2025
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On 25 February, the Canadian government announced its draft revised OA policy, with details on how to submit comments online (through 31 March). STM expects to submit comments to the Tri-Agencies that govern research grants and encourages members to do so as well.

The draft policy requires:

  • Immediate access to ‘all agency-funded, peer-reviewed research articles published by agency-funded grantees and chairholders’
  • Deposit of the version of record (VoR) or accepted manuscript (AM) to a Canadian institutional repository with an open license, to be implemented through rights retention (if deposit conflicts with publisher policy, authors have the option to submit an author’s original (AO) to the repository)

The draft doesn’t mention paying for gold, but also doesn’t mention any restrictions on grant funds for publishing costs.

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