Michael Geist, Canadian universities closed-minded on open access - thestar.com

"Notwithstanding the success stories, two major barriers remain. The first is the need for broader campus support for open access. In recent months, many of the world's top universities — including Harvard, Stanford, MIT, and Cornell – have adopted open access strategies that feature mandatory open access policies within some faculties as well as financial support to absorb costs faced by researchers who wish to publish in open access journals. Canadian universities may benefit from far more public funding than their U.S. counterparts, but they have been much more reluctant to adopt open access mandates. While there are some exceptions – Athabasca University along with the library departments at York University and the University of Calgary have adopted open access policies – most have been strangely silent on the issue. Second, Canadian university publishers have been generally hostile toward open access...."