SSHRC Open Access Policy: It’s a Big Deal, But Don’t Worry – It’ll be OK | Ian Milligan

" ... This move will require all grant recipients funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) or its sister agencies the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) or the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to make their peer-reviewed journal publications freely accessible within twelve months. I’ve been waiting for this news to break for months: it was apparently supposed to surface back in October 2014 during Open Access Week, but it’s been suspected that the dreadful shootings in Ottawa that month may have delayed it. That’s rumour, though, so don’t put too much stock in that ..."