Coalition Publica Updates and Opportunities

From Coalition Publica’s brand-new website to the CP Scholarship Program, Student Editor Grants, Advancing Diamond event, and participation in the CFI National Research Facilities Workshop, check out the exciting updates and opportunities CP has for you!

The new Coalition Publica website

Building on its growing international recognition, Coalition Publica, the partnership between Érudit and the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), has launched a new website and refreshed visual identity. These updates reflect our evolution and will support our mission to strengthen research dissemination and digital scholarly publishing in Canada for years to come.

Check out Connecting Communities, Advancing Open Access: The New Coalition Publica Website / Rassembler la communauté et promouvoir le libre accès : le nouveau site web de Coalition Publica

CP Scholarship Program

Are you exploring big data using digital humanities research methods? Interested in scholarly publishing and open access? A student researcher looking to delve deeper into the social dimensions of research communication? Consider applying for a Coalition Publica Scholarship! Apply by April 19th, 2026.

Check out the Coalition Publica Scholarship Program – Call for applications 2026 / Bourses de recherche Coalition Publica – Appel à candidatures 2026.

CP Student Editor Grants

Coalition Publica, in partnership with the Student Journal Forum, is pleased to announce this year’s grants for student journal editors. Do you know students who are part of the editorial team of an undergraduate or graduate student-run journal, who might benefit from a grant to develop new skills and capacity? Share this application! Applications are due by April 12th, 2026.

Check out Coalition Publica Student Editor Grants – Call for applications / Bourses Coalition Publica pour éditeurs étudiants et éditrices étudiantes – Appel à candidatures.

Advancing Diamond

We are pleased that the Coalition Publica event on “Advancing Diamond”, April 15 – 16 2026, is full! The event’s importance lies in bringing together stakeholders and consolidating momentum around diamond open access as a dominant and equitable model in Canada, helping align institutions, libraries, and journals toward sustainable support systems that reinforce and advance the country’s leadership in this space.

Learn more about the CP Advancing Diamond event in English and en français.

CFI 2026 National Research Facilities Workshop

Tanja Niemann, Executive Director of Érudit, and co-lead within the senior leadership of Coalition Publica, moderated a timely Day 1 panel at the Canada Foundation for Innovation / Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation 2026 National Research Facilities Workshop with colleagues involved in Canada’s Major Scientific Initiatives.

The panel discussion on Fighting misinformation and mistrust in science: The potential of robust major scientific infrastructure explored the role of national research infrastructure in combating misinformation and mistrust in science. The panel sparked lively conversation and helped cement Coalition Publica’s position as an important advocate for Canadian infrastructure committed to an internationalist approach. — Urooj Nizami, PKP Community Engagement and Outreach Associate Director

The panelists included Natalie Harrower, Executive Director, Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN), Rob Annan, President and CEO, Genome Canada, and Frédéric Bouchard, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Professor at the Department of Philosophy of the Université de Montréal and Chair of Board of Directors, Érudit.

Coalition Publica, a partnership between Érudit and the Public Knowledge Project, is one of nineteen nationally significant research facilities supported through ongoing operating and maintenance funding by the Canada Foundation for Innovation / Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation.

Explore the rest of the schedule and program.

Photo credit: Urooj Nizami