Canada’s Open Educational Resource (OER) landscape has known many successes, but manifests one notable gap. While provincial initiatives such as BCcampus and eCampusOntario are world leaders, Canadian academics are key contributors globally to the OER movement, and Canadian student groups are passionate and successful advocates, the Government of Canada has yet to play a substantive role in open education. Over the past several years, stakeholders from across Canada’s post-secondary landscape have become increasingly interested in coordinating advocacy efforts to underscore the role the federal government should play. A National Advocacy Framework for Open Educational Resources in Canada aims to articulate a common set of principles for federal involvement, a vision, and potential advocacy strategies to help unify efforts in this regard.

Keywords

open educational resources · OER · advocacy · government · affordability · copyright