The Tri-Faculty Open Access Publishing Fund is supported by the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation, via Research Investment Funding (RIF). The funding is an initiative open to faculty researchers to provide funds to encourage the dissemination of scholarly research through open access publications. Open Access resources are unrestricted, digital materials available to anyone via the Internet. Making your peer-reviewed research publication available through Open Access can increase the number of times your publication is accessed, read, and cited.