Humber College
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Humber Press publishes titles on a wide variety of topics reflective of both the breadth of Humber College’s academic offerings and the scope of its faculty’s interests and accomplishments. Humber Press offers an accessible publishing environment that strives to promote scholarship and advance diverse perspectives. Humber Press editors develop texts to showcase the research and creativity of Humber College’s faculty. They encourage first-time authors and are pleased to present a venue for writers to take their work from the germination to the publication stage. Humber Press primarily publishes in accessible digital formats and through a Creative Commons license, which allows ideas to be shared more widely and in a more sustainable fashion. This is open and freely accessible to the public.

Second repository:
https://library.humber.ca/collections/repository/
The Repository is a collection of scholarly work created by Humber College’s faculty, students, and staff. It is administered by Humber Library. The repository’s purpose is to share, promote, and preserve the scholarly and creative output of the Humber College community.

Both repositories are publicly available and are accessible online free of charge.

The Journal of Innovation in Polytechnic Education (JIPE) is an online, open-access journal devoted to publishing peer-reviewed papers that investigate and expand teaching and learning within the polytechnic educational context. The journal features scholarly work that explores the integration of theory and practice in an authentic manner and education that fosters innovation and entrepreneurship characteristic of the polytechnic model of education. JIPE especially encourages contributions exploring the impact of innovative teaching and learning practices that push the boundaries of traditional approaches to learning or educational delivery including: inter-disciplinary approaches; the engagement of students with industry, action learning and/or applied learning and research opportunities. The journal publishes original empirical papers, brief reports, case studies, review papers, and our 'micro-dissemination' option: Innovation Spotlights. The journal welcomes submissions from scholars across the polytechnic and community college sector, both within and outside of Canada.