Dr. Mark Turin is a devoted advocate for open learning. He uses open educational resources whenever possible, creates opportunities for producing open access materials, and encourages students and scholars alike to think about how information is shared and with whom. In the courses he teaches at UBC, he uses 95% open educational resources. He edits the World Oral Literature Series for Open Book Publishers (OBP), where he also serves on the Editorial and Advisory Board. He has also been instrumental in creating open access archives in the form of the World Oral Literature Project, a global initiative to document and make accessible endangered oral literature, and Digital Himalaya, which archives and makes available ethnographic materials from the Himalayan region. In his work at the UBC Himalaya Program, he has helped to oversee the creation of open courses for Nepali and Tibetan languages. Dr. Turin is admired by his colleagues and students alike for his deep engagement with the issues of voice, representation, and equity which are at the heart of open access.