CBC
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CBC
Ryerson introduces ‘all-gender’ student housing option
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Financial Post
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CBC
UPEI boosts recruitment efforts around the globe
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Saskatoon StarPhoenix
$42.8 million med school faculty buyouts ‘absolutely’ worth it despite massive deficit, dean says
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Science
A bold open-access push in Germany could change the future of academic publishing
Over the past 2 years, more than 150 German libraries, universities, and research institutes have formed a united front trying to force academic publishers into a new way of doing business.
Times Higher Education
UK government commissions ‘detailed study’ on overseas students
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Re: A bold open-access push in Germany could change the future of academic publishing
It is in the interest of Canadian universities to seek a similar agreement and to put pressure on the giants of scientific publishing, since if the German and other scientific publications in Europe are in free access anywhere in the world (if the agreement in the article is signed), quotes from Canadian publications will decline in proportion and the cvs of Canadian researchers will suffer. This approach is very different from the recent federal policy on open access, which requires the researcher to publish in any open access journal any research publications funded by the federal granting councils. The pressure is thus on the researchers, who are deprived of access, for their publications, to magazines that are not open access, often of excellent reputation. But I feel that it would be very difficult for Canadian universities to speak with one voice and put pressure on publishing giants. There is just too much competition between them, which does not seem to be the case in Germany.