On April 28, 2015, University Affairs magazine published a nice, concise article on the new tri-agency open access policy. The new policy came into effect May 1st. In this article, the authors outline the basic Open Access (OA) options available to researchers: the “green” option, the “hybrid journal-gold” option, and the full “gold” option.

You can read the full UA article here:
“What does the new tri-agency open access policy mean for researchers?”