Copyright & Fair Dealing Guide

What is Open Access?

Open Access (OA): In general terms, scholarly research that is published in open access is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions (although it does require that proper attribution of works be given to authors).- Canadian Association of Reseach Libraries

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What are Open Educational Resources?

Open Educational Resources (OER): Teaching, learning, and research resources that, through permissions granted by their creator, allow others to use, distribute, keep, or make changes to them.- BC Campus OpenEd

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Take a look through our Open Access & Open Educational Resources List to find useful materials

The shared Nipissing University and Canadore College campus sits on the territory of Nipissing First Nation, the territory of the Anishnabek, within lands protected by the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850. We are grateful to be able to live and learn on these lands with all our relations.