PKP reacts to Russian invasion of Ukraine
March 16, 2022
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has unleashed an outpouring of condemnation from scientists and research organizations worldwide.This week, Canada’s three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – announced a new Special Response Fund for Trainees (Ukraine).
Full details can be found here.
In response to this announcement, John Willinsky, PKP Founding Director, states, “We are encouraged by Canada setting up funds for Ukrainian researchers. PKP will be looking to support the 500+ Ukrainian open access journals using its open source Open Journals Systems publishing platform. We’re taking extra steps to ensure the preservation of, and the continuing open access to, the research published in these journals by providing online backup services for them.”
