Access Copyright Opt-Out List (revised): 34 and Counting - About 25% of Canadian Universities

Here's the latest Access Copyright Opt-Out list revised on August 2, 2011 and in alphabetical order based upon information provided by readers. Further updates are, of course, welcome at any time:

ACCESS Copyright Opt-out List

Opted-out (August 2010, January 2011 or August 2011)  

1.    Acadia University (NS)
2.    Athabasca University (AB) - as of August 31, 2011
3.    Carleton University (ON)
4.    Columbia Bible College (BC)
5.    Concordia University College of Alberta - January 1, 2011
6.    Dalhousie University (NS)
7.    Grant MacEwan University - January 1. 2011
8.    Holland College (PEI)
9.    Lethbridge College (AB) - August, 2010
10.    Memorial University (NL)
11.    Mount Saint Vincent University (NS)
12.    Mount Royal University (AB)
13.    NorQuest College (AB)
14.    Northern Lights College (BC)
15.    Portage College (AB) - August, 2010
16.    Queens University (ON)
17.    Quest University (BC)
18.    Royal Roads University (BC)
19.    Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology  - January 1, 2011 (SK)
20.    University of Alberta (AB)
21.    University of Calgary (AB) - as of August 31, 2011
22.    University of Guelph (ON)
23.    University of Lethbridge (AB) - as of August 31, 2011
24.    University of Manitoba (MB)
25.    University of New Brunswick (NB)
26.    University of Northern British Columbia (BC) - as of August 31, 2011
27.    University of PEI (PEI)
28.    University of Regina (SK)
29.    University of Saskatchewan (SK) - as of August 31, 2011
30.    University of Waterloo (ON)
31.    University of Windsor (ON)
32.    York University (ON) - as of August 31, 2011


To Opt-out in 2012

33.    University of British Columbia (BC)
34.    University of Victoria (BC)

Some of these are colleges and not degree granting universities. But most by far appear to be the latter. This is a very substantial number of the degree granting universities in Canada that are members of AUCC outside of Quebec - at least 25% it would appear - ranging from very large to very small and of all shapes and sizes.

Access Copyright doesn't operate in Quebec, where its counterpart COPIBEC licenses post secondary institutions.


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