From P2P Foundation

= Canadian Open Access advocate, focusing on development issues

Bio

Extensive profile and interview at http://poynder.blogspot.com/2008/06/open-access-interviews-leslie-chan.html.

This is just the intro:

"Every revolution has its unsung heroes: those people who contribute a great deal to a cause, but who are insufficiently recognised for it — sometimes because their efforts take place behind the scenes, sometimes because they are unduly modest, sometimes for a combination of such reasons.

That would appear to be the role that Leslie Chan has played in the Open Access (OA) movement. Without fanfare, and with little public thanks, Chan has for over ten years now tirelessly promoted OA — travelling the world to give presentations on the topic, writing articles in support of it, and advising, assisting, and motivating others to play their part too, all voluntary work that Chan has had to fit around a full-time teaching post at the University of Toronto Scarborough." (http://poynder.blogspot.com/2008/06/open-access-interviews-leslie-chan.html)