Circling back: My Year with cIRcle
Photo courtesy: UBC Brand and Marketing My time as cIRcle’s Research Assistant (RA) started this past September, as I began my second year in UBC’s Master of Library and Information Studies program. I had learned the theory behind scholarly communications but had no real-world experience working with academic resources. As the months went by […]
Publishing grant-funded research articles in cIRcle : The Green Open Access Route
Photo courtesy of Pixabay What is the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications? If you have received a grant in the last ten years you likely will be familiar with the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications. Released in May 2015, the policy affects the three major grant-funding agencies in Canada: Canadian Institutes of Health […]
Earth Day 2025: Biodiversity
Photo courtesy: UBC Brand & Marketing Our Power, Our Planet April 22nd is Earth Day, a day dedicated to celebrating year-round environmental protection movements. This year’s theme is “Our Power, Our Planet” highlighting the impact of collective climate action. For 2025, Earth Day Canada encourages centering action around Biodiversity citing a strong desire among Canadians […]
New in cIRcle : “The American election : is democracy on the ballot?”
Photo by Ted Eytan “Is democracy already lost?” In his October 2024 Vancouver Institute Lecture, distinguished scholar in American politics, Dr. Paul J. Quirk, poses the question, “Is democracy already lost?” as he discusses the fragile state of American democracy and what it means for the future […]
Paper Pledge for the Planet
Photo courtesy of Chris Yakimov CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Global Campaign for Open Access Climate Research Paper Pledge for the Planet is a global campaign to make climate change research openly available via institutional repositories like cIRcle. Launched in October 2024 in celebration of International Open Access Week, the Paper Pledge is a joint collaboration of […]