This presentation described the origin of and policies and procedures relating to the recently-established Open Access Authors Fund at the University of Calgary. Other Open Access activities at the University of Calgary were also briefly discussed. This talk was presented at McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, and at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, on January 27, 2009, and at Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, on January 28, 2009.