Federal funding agencies release open-access policy - SFU News - Simon Fraser University

"Canada's three largest government-funding agencies have released joint guidelines effective May 1, 2015, to ensure open-access publication of the research they support. Entitled the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications, the guidelines require that all peer-reviewed publicly funded research be made freely available online within 12 months of publication. The policy includes research supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ..."