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Coalition Publica is pleased to showcase materials that help build capacity for diamond open access publishing in Canada. These are developed and maintained by Coalition Publica, PKP, Érudit, the CARL Library Publishing Community Engagement Team and other community partners to support journals to adhere to best practices in digital scholarly publishing. We also highlight research that supports the development and understanding of scholarly publishing in Canada. Resources include articles, guides, tutorials, webinar recordings, reports, and templates, and are tagged according to the target audience.

How to Embed Fonts in a PDF File

This guide explains how to embed fonts in a PDF file, allowing readers to view it with the desired layout regardless of their connection location or the screen they are using (mobile, tablet, computer, etc.), even when offline.

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Creating Accessible Content: A Guide for Journal Editors and Authors

This guide from PKP covers the general principles of creating universally accessible content published on the web. It highlights techniques to address limitations for the use of assistive technologies and tips on creating different file formats in an accessible way. This guide will be useful for authors in preparation of their manuscripts and for editors in formatting materials for publication and adding content to journal websites, whether or not they use OJS.

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PKP’s 25th anniversary Annual Report (2022-2023)

The year 2023 marked the 25th anniversaries of PKP and Érudit, the two partner organisations that together form Coalition Publica. As two national infrastructures, the occasion was an important milestone in the history of scholarly communication in Canada

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Exploring the ecosystem of Canadian HSS journals and their role in national knowledge dissemination

Presentation at Creative Approaches to Open Social Scholarship: Canada, the 11th Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE) Partnership annual gathering in Montréal, QC, Canada, 17-18 June 2024.

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Érudit’s 25th anniversary Annual Report (2022-2023)

The year 2023 marked the 25th anniversaries of Érudit and PKP, the two partner organisations that together form Coalition Publica. As two national infrastructures, the occasion was an important milestone in the history of scholarly communication in Canada.

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Les revues savantes canadiennes en sciences humaines et sociales. Portrait quantitatif et qualitatif

This report provides an overview of Canadian scholarly journals operating in 2019. It presents characteristics such as access modes, languages ​​of publication, the presence of different disciplines, support from funding agencies, and the organizations that support editorial teams. The report is divided into two sections. Quantitative analyses were used to present detailed information on all journals. In addition, a qualitative survey was conducted on the finances and organizational practices of a sample of journals.

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Characteristics of Canadian scholarly journals – And why these journals need our attention

Presentation at the virtual Canadian Symposium of Scholarly Journals / Symposium canadien des revues savantes, November 14th, 2024.

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Impact of Canadian scholarly journals and articles based on download patterns on the Érudit platform

This presentation was delivered on Wednesday June 4, 2025 at the BRIC 2025 conference in Montréal, Canada.

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Funding and Coordinating a National Diamond Open Access Landscape: Strengths and Untapped Potential in Canada

Presented at the DIAMAS final conference by Coalition Publica, this poster provides a visual representation of the diverse levels and forms of support available to Diamond Open Access journals in Canada.

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Publication savante en français au Canada : thématiques locales, rayonnement international

This presentation aims to highlight Canadian journals publishing entirely or predominantly in French, as well as certain characteristics of their influence, notably through consultations recorded on erudit.org.

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Canadian Scholarly Journals

Metadata of Canadian scholarly journals, including active journals and journals that have ceased publication.

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Documenting the Canadian Scholarly Journal Landscape

Coalition Publica has developed and published a detailed, open inventory of the historic and active journals that make up the national research dissemination landscape. In this webinar, we present the methodology behind its creation, provide some insights offered by its analysis, and demonstrate how it is already being put to use by different actors in the field.

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