Mandate and Role
The Advancing Research Committee develops CARL positions, priorities, and initiatives that collectively aim to foster a sustainable scholarly research ecosystem in Canada, whether at the stage of new knowledge creation or at later stages of its dissemination, use and preservation. While maximizing open access to scholarship is a clear objective, the ultimate goal is to create a healthy, integrated scholarly communication environment to serve the interests of Canadian research, learning and scholarship.
Working Groups
Communities of Practice
Past Sub-Groups
- Canadian Web Archiving Coalition (CWAC)
- Author Addendum and Author Rights Task Group
- Open Repositories Working Group
- Canadian Scholarly Publishing Working Group
- SHERPA/RoMEO Canadian Journals Working Group
- Canadian Collective Print Strategy Working Group
- Open Access Policy Template Working Group
Members
As of August 2025
- Michael Vandenburg (Dalhousie) – Chair
- Gohar Ashoughian (Simon Fraser)
- Dale Askey (Alberta)
- Lesley Balcom (New Brunswick)
- Guylaine Beaudry (McGill)
- Jonathan Bengtson (Victoria)
- Amy Buckland (Concordia)
- Stéphanie Gagnon (Montréal)
- Loubna Ghaouti (Laval)
- Frédéric Giuliano (UQAM)
- Joseph Hafner (York)
- Geoff Harder (Alberta)
- Christine Ivory (LOP)
- Dianne C. Keeping (Memorial)
- Allison Kelley (NRC)
- Geoffrey Little (Western)
- Beth Namachchivaya (Waterloo)
- Jennifer Schofield (LAC)
- Chantal St-Louis (Sherbrooke)
The CARL President and Executive Director are ex-officio members of all CARL Strategic Committees.
CARL Liaison & Committee Secretary
Elizabeth Kalbfleisch