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Vancouver News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Vancouver Honorees Shine in Order of CanadaJust before the start of 2026, the Governor General unveiled the latest Order of Canada honorees, with a dozen individuals from Metro Vancouver and nearby areas making the list. Highlights include Nardwuar the Human Serviette, named a Member, and Raffi Cavoukian, promoted to Companion, the highest level. Other notable recipients are UBC researchers Adele Diamond and Janice Eng, who were promoted to Officers, and forensic nurse Sheila Early, refugee law professor James Hathaway, audio pioneer Barry Truax, science journalist Ziya Tong, and open-access scholar John Willinsky, who were named Members. These awards celebrate individuals who have significantly shaped Canadian culture and...
2025-12-3101 min
Canada News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!B.C. Talent Honored in Order of Canada AppointmentsGovernor General Mary Simon has appointed eighty new members to the Order of Canada, with a focus on British Columbias outstanding individuals. Notable honorees include UBC stars like neuroscientist Adele Diamond, neurologist Janice Eng, and animal welfare expert Marina von Keyserlingk. Forensic nursing pioneer Sheila Dawn Early, Vancouver broadcaster Nardwuar the Human Serviette, and childrens songwriter Raffi Cavoukian were also recognized. Legal scholar James Hathaway and SFUs John Willinsky received top honors for their work in international refugee law and scholarly publishing, respectively. Checkout Solipillow.comDNN | The Daily News Now!The world’s first global local ne...
2025-12-3101 min
Against the Grain - The PodcastA Conversation with John Willinksy, Founder, Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with John Willinsky, Founder, Public Knowledge Project. In this conversation, John talks about his career beginnings as a schoolteacher, then becoming a college professor and researcher. In 1998, he became frustrated with being unable to share research findings with the public due to copyright issues. So, he founded the Public Knowledge Project to improve discoverability and indexing in scholarly research. The PKP has since grown into a global, open-source initiative now used by over 50,000 journals, working with Google Scholar and OpenAlex. John believes research integrity...
2025-07-1456 min
SustainEpisode 253: Juan Pablo Alperin and John Willinsky on the Public Knowledge Project and Open Journal SystemsGuest
Juan Pablo Alperin | John Willinsky
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, host Richard discusses the importance of maintaining open access to research with guests Juan Pablo Alperin and John Willinsky from the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). The conversation covers PKP’s history, the development of their open-source software, Open Journal Systems (OJS), and its impact on scholarly publishing. They dive into the integration with other open-access initiatives, the role of AI in future projects, and the challenges faced in balancing sustainability with the rising de...
2024-10-2544 min
Against the Grain - The PodcastDay Two, Part Five of the 2023 Charleston In Between Today we're featuring Audio from Day Two, Part Five of the 2023 Charleston In Between. In this session, we'll feature a series of power pitches by four different presenters on solutions for integrity in publishing. This session is presented by Neil Christensen, Morressier, Gareth Dyke, ReviewerCredits, John Willinsky, Public Knowledge Project, and Elliot Lumb, Signals. This session was organized and moderated by Leah Hinds, Executive Director, Charleston Hub, and Sven Fund, Managing Director, Reviewer Credits. Video of the presentation available at: https://youtu.be/KonoDmw7Jkc Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in...
2024-07-2958 min
Sustainability MattersOpen Access: What Would it Take to Make Knowledge-Sharing Equitable?It’s open access week. So, this episode, we break down the concept of open access to research. Is it a basic human right? What’s its role in shaping global development? And how are technologies—both new and old—influencing a movement for it.We speak with Professor John Willinsky, author of “Development and Open Access,” a chapter in Brill’s Critical Perspectives on International Education, and Professor Michael A. Peters, author of “Degrees of Freedom: Open Source, Open Access and Free Science,” a chapter in Knowledge Economy, Development and the Future of Higher Education published by Brill.
2023-10-2554 min
2023-06-0200 min
Intangiblia™In the name of science? Copyright vs. Open Access - Professor John WillinskyCan Open Access be the answer to hinder widespread misinformation? What role does Copyright play? Professor John Willinsky talks about the changes needed in the US Copyright Law and his book “Copyright's Broken Promise: How to Restore the Laws Ability to Promote the Progress of Science”. Send us a textCheck out "Protection for the Inventive Mind" – available now on Amazon in print and Kindle formats. The views and opinions expressed (by the host and guest(s)) in this podcast are strictly their own and do...
2022-07-1937 min
School's InThe Potential Gains and Risks of Scholarly Open Access Publishing Cooperatives with guest John WillinskyHosts Dan Schwartz and Denise Pope have a discussion with John Willinsky, examining the feasibility of publishing cooperatives that bring together libraries, journals, scholarly societies, and other institutions as a financially sustainable open access model for peer-reviewed scholarly publishing.
2019-09-0128 min
Center for Internet and SocietyHearsay Culture Show #59, KZSU-FM (Stanford)A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet & Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. This week, David interviews Prof. John Willinsky of Stanford University, discussing his book "The Access Principle". For more information, please go to http://hearsayculture.com.
2008-02-1300 min