University of Ottawa announces comprehensive open access program

"The University of Ottawa is the first Canadian university to adopt a comprehensive open access program that supports free and unrestricted access to scholarly research. The University’s new program includes: [1] a commitment to make the University’s scholarly publications available online at no charge through the University’s repository, uO Research; [2] an author fund to help researchers defray open access fees charged by publishers; [3] a fund to support the creation of digital educational materials organized as courses and available to everyone online at no charge; [4] support for the University of Ottawa Press’s commitment to publishing a collection of open access books; and [5] a research grant to support further research on the open access movement...."