RE: "Paywall: The Business of Scholarship" - Since 2014 @uofalibraries decided to no longer sign non-disclosures (bit.ly/2PTMw7E) & now share collection expenditures data (bit.ly/2PibLnc). Check out their precedent for change. #OAWeek2018 #unpaywall #LeadOER

Breaking: Nobel Prize winner Donna Strickland has applied and been made a full professor @uwaterloo.

School-age children in lower-income households are especially likely to lack broadband access. pewrsr.ch/2Rjsh3K

Thanks to everyone that helped organize and participate in #OAweek events Ryerson University @ryersonlibrary thx SPARC #LeadOER have a final listen Podagogies: A Learning and Teaching Podcast Creating an Open Access Textbook with Dr. Paul Chafe and Aaron Tucker bit.ly/2qdcCHL

Dr. Tony Bates reporting that 90% of BC institutions are using #opentextbooks, as per the 2018 national survey of online learning in Canadian universities and colleges #ETUG Woot! cc: @BCOpenText

They are so lucky to have you!

Also featured in our #Technologist track is “Write Here, Right Now: Creating and Using an #Open Access eText,” by Paul Chafe, Aaron Tucker, and Nada Savicevic of Ryerson. #TESS18

Here’s a great open and interactive textbook re: the academic writing process. I’m so impressed with RyersonOER’s outputs. #tess18 pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca/writehere/

#TESS2018 getting so much inspiration from instructors librarians instructional designers across Ontario and #OERFellows about how to partner to further #opened at #RyersonU

Students can improve the learning experience...change my mind! Come to the Ryerson University Student Learning Centre and discuss! x.com/SXDLab/status/…

Such a great example from Canada about releasing materials into the public domain!

Dear Mr. Enright, The Sunday Magazine: Your concern is commendable; however, this story is more complex and worthy of a closer examination by a credible news organization. On the subject of CanLit and education please consider wp.me/pztoh-1pJ and wp.me/pztoh-1sk. Regards.

#INDU presents its report on the Statutory Review of the Copyright Act after hearing 263 witnesses and receiving 192 briefs. Read the recommendations and executive summary: ow.ly/Touo50uvDGb #copyrightreview #cdnpoli

The INDU copyright review provides a textbook example of good policy development: heard from hundreds of stakeholders, cited every one, & let the evidence dictate their recommendations. In doing so, it laid foundation for future Canadian copyright reform. michaelgeist.ca/2019/06/fixing…

I am attending the 2019 Technology + Education Seminar + Showcase !

I am happy to deliver a Roadmap for Open Science to bolster the Government of Canada’s efforts in making federal science open and accessible to all! Read more about it: canada.ca/en/innovation-… #OpenScience #OpenGovCan

Kicking off #OEWeek2020 in conversation with the 2019-20 eCampusOntario OE Fellows. Join us! ecampusontario.zoom.us/webinar/regist…