{"id":5611,"date":"2026-10-26T15:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/muninconf\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=5611"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:23:11","slug":"prof-leslie-chan","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/muninconf\/portfolio\/prof-leslie-chan\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Leslie Chan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leslie Chan is Associate Professor, Teaching, in the Department of Global Development Studies and Director of the Knowledge Equity Lab at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Leslie\u2019s work critically examines the global and institutional power dynamics that shape scholarly communication systems, digital infrastructures, and research evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As one of the original signatories of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and founding director of Bioline International, Leslie has long championed the visibility and recognition of research from the Global South and alternative models of knowledge dissemination. He was Principal Investigator of the Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network (OCSDNet), a multi-regional research initiative that influenced the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science by foregrounding inclusive infrastructure, community-led research, situated openness, and epistemic pluralism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the Knowledge Equity Lab and its partnership with the Knowledge for Change (K4C) network, Leslie fosters collaborative learning between students, scholars, and community organizations, supporting justice-oriented, participatory research and pedagogical practices. He also contributes to global and national research policy through advisory roles with organizations such as the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI), and the Tri-Agency and the International Development Research Center in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/muninconf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/172\/2026\/10\/Chan.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/muninconf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/172\/2026\/10\/Chan.png 600w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/muninconf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/172\/2026\/10\/Chan-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leslie Chan is Associate Professor, Teaching, in the Department of Global Development Studies and Director of the Knowledge Equity Lab at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Leslie\u2019s work critically examines the global and institutional power dynamics that shape scholarly communication &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/muninconf\/portfolio\/prof-leslie-chan\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":669,"featured_media":5612,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"portfolio-type":[],"class_list":["post-5611","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prof. Leslie Chan - Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/muninconf\/portfolio\/prof-leslie-chan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prof. Leslie Chan - Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leslie Chan is Associate Professor, Teaching, in the Department of Global Development Studies and Director of the Knowledge Equity Lab at the University of Toronto Scarborough. 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