The Partnership for Open Access (POA) enables open access publishing in Canada.
The POA provides financial support to non-commercial scholarly journals through the ongoing commitment of library partners and is based on a close collaboration between all stakeholders of the research ecosystem.
Part of the diamond open access movement, the POA is building a collective, equitable, and robust path for the dissemination of knowledge.
The POA is a collaboration between CRKN and Érudit and was formed in 2014. Read more about 10 Years of POA.
The POA in Numbers
2,000+ articles
Each year, the POA enables the publication of more than 2,000 scholarly articles in immediate open access.
250+ journals
More than 250 scholarly journals are supported financially through the POA, with over 160 journals publishing in immediate open access, and with 40 flips made possible with the help from the POA.
90+ libraries
The POA is supported by more than 90 libraries around the world.
0 APCs
The POA is based on an open access model that does not charge fees to either readers or authors. This model is called diamond open access.
CRKN Members Supporting the POA
Libraries can participate at one of three levels, based on their financial commitment:
- Champion libraries contribute at the level set by their consortium’s agreement and make an additional contribution to the Open Access Acceleration Fund.
- Partner libraries contribute at the level set by their consortium’s agreement.
- Ally libraries make a contribution to the Open Access Acceleration Fund.
The Open Access Acceleration Fund increases the financial support provided to the diamond open access journals on the erudit.org platform.
Champions
- Queen's University
- Université de Montréal
- Université Laval
- University of British Columbia
- University of Ottawa
- York University
Partners
- Athabasca University
- Brock University
- Cape Breton University
- Carleton University
- Concordia University
- Dalhousie University
- École nationale d'administration publique
- HEC Montréal
- Lakehead University
- Laurentian University
- MacEwan University
- McGill University
- McMaster University
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Mount Allison University
- Mount Royal University
- Mount Saint Vincent University
- Simon Fraser University
- Télé-université du Québec
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- Trent University
- Université de Hearst
- Université de l'Ontario français
- Université de Moncton
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivière
- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Université du Québec en Outaouais
- Université Sainte-Anne
- University of Alberta
- University of Calgary
- University of Guelph
- University of Manitoba
- University of New Brunswick
- University of Saskatchewan
- University of the Fraser Valley
- University of Toronto
- University of Victoria
- University of Winnipeg
- Western University
Allies
- Bishop's University
- Nipissing University
- Royal Roads University
- University of Northern British Columbia
- University of Regina
- University of Waterloo
- University of Windsor
- Wilfrid Laurier University