By Benjamin Lefebvre
Open Access Week 2022 runs from October 24 to 30, and this year’s theme is “Open for Climate Justice.”
Look for a series of articles focused on open scholarship, with an emphasis on collaboration between members of the University of Waterloo, the community, and the climate movement every day this week in the Daily Bulletin.
External events will be listed on Open Scholarship Committee: Events.
As stated on the website for International Open Access Week, “This year’s theme seeks to encourage connection and collaboration among the climate movement and the international open community. Sharing knowledge is a human right, and tackling the climate crisis requires the rapid exchange of knowledge across geographic, economic, and disciplinary boundaries.”
Organized once again by SPARC in partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee, this year’s event builds on the foundation established by three preceding events that placed equity and inclusion at the centre of the open access movement: “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge” in 2018, “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge” in 2019, and “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion” in 2020, and “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity” in 2021. Now, in the midst of unparalleled changes and challenges to teaching, learning, and community building as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, “Open for Climate Justice” invites us all to consider new pathways to equity and climate justice in a shifting knowledge landscape.
On Twitter? The official hashtag for the week is #OAWeek.