Our story
About
Founded in Winnipeg, Canada, The Canadian Institute for Open Knowledge (CIOK) supports open, multilingual, and interdisciplinary scholarship across the humanities, sciences, and education. Its mission is to break down academic barriers and amplify diverse voices in research. Apertum: Journal of Boundary-Crossing Research is CIOK’s flagship publication. True to its name — Latin for “open” — Apertum provides a space for bold ideas, rigorous inquiry, and critical engagement across disciplines, languages, and borders. Rooted in openness and inclusivity, the journal welcomes work that challenges conventions and promotes meaningful knowledge exchange.
Mission
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Promote free and ethical circulation of knowledge by publishing peer-reviewed research without cost to readers.
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Amplify the diverse voices of global research, including early-career scholars, researchers without institutional affiliation, and scholars from universities in developing countries.
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Foster interdisciplinary, critical, comparative, and multilingual approaches.
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Offer a scholarly space that is rigorous, inclusive, and open to experimentation.
Vision
Create an international, equitable and bilingual publishing network that rethinks the traditional dynamics of scientific knowledge, rooted in the principles of open science, cognitive justice and linguistic sovereignty.
Editorial Board
1/ Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Laurent Poliquin
Director, Canadian Institute for Open Knowledge Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2/ Associate Editors
Dr. Fatima El-Amin
Department of Comparative Literature, University of Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Lucas Tremblay
Faculty of Health Sciences, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Dr. Priya Ramanathan
Centre for Inclusive Education, University of Delhi, India
Dr. Jorge A. Salazar
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
3/ Senior Editorial Board
Dr. Caroline Meunier
Institute for Feminist and Social Transformation, Carleton University, Canada
Dr. Andrew Kwong
School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia
Dr. Amina Ben Youssef
Laboratoire des Savoirs Transversaux, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
Dr. Mark S. Adeyemi
Department of Philosophy of Science, University of Lagos, Nigeria
4/ Consulting Editors
Dr. Erik Hofstadter
Digital Research and Humanities Lab, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Dr. Lise Bellemare
Statistics and Research Design Consultant, Montreal, Canada
5/ Editorial Board Members
Dr. Nadia Hassan – Global Public Health, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Thomas Becker – Epistemology and Education, University of Vienna, Austria
Dr. María Elena Sánchez – Decolonial Studies, Universidad Autónoma de México
Dr. Anne-Marie Rioux – Indigenous Studies, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Dr. Kenji Yamamoto – Environmental Policy and Sustainability, Kyoto University, Japan
Dr. Sylvia Okafor – Development Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Dr. David Lee – Educational Technology, University of British Columbia, Canada