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This textbook emphasizes connections between theory and application, making physics concepts interesting and accessible to students while maintaining the mathematical rigour inherent in the subject. Frequent, strong examples focus on how to approach a problem, how to work with the equations, and how to check and generalize the result.

The provision of northern health care entails many unique challenges and circumstances that are rarely represented in mainstream health sciences education. This open access, online resource consists of 38 short chapters from a variety of experts, academics, and practitioners in northern and Indigenous health and health care from around the Circumpolar North  on the following themes:

• Health issues in northern and Indigenous communities
• Health systems and governance
• The social determinants of health in northern and Indigenous communities
• Culture and health
• Professional practice in rural/remote/isolated communities

The learning objectives for this OpenEd textbook include:

• Understanding the unique healthcare needs and professional responsibilities that result from remoteness and population sparsity;
• Identifying the social, environmental and cultural aspects of a community that inform and impact care needs;
• Appreciating traditional and Indigenous medicines and approaches to healing as part of a holistic care system; and
• Exploring the similarities and differences in northern health care across the circumpolar region.

The purpose of this book is to help readers understand the different ways in which pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 education is organized under provincial jurisdiction in Canada. It considers issues related to the purposes of schooling; the structure of Canadian education; the influence of policy, politics and law on schooling; resource concerns (economic and human); teaching and learning environments; the nature of the teaching profession; and links between schools, parents and communities. The text ends by detailing social, political and economic impacts on school reform.

Our primary goal in adapting University Success from a US-based College Success textbook is to help you succeed in university.

University Success has a student-friendly format arranged to help you develop the essential skills and provide the information you need to succeed in university. This is not a textbook full of theory and extensive detail that merely discusses student success; rather, this is a how-to manual for your first year of study. The book provides realistic, practical guidance ranging from study skills to personal health, from test taking to managing time and money. Furthermore, University Success is accessible—information is presented concisely and as simply as possible.

University Success has the following features to help you achieve your goals: Each chapter asks you to evaluate yourself because success starts with recognizing your strengths and weaknesses, your hopes and desires, and your own personal, individual realities. You’ll develop your own goals based on these self-assessments, determining what success in college really means for you as an individual. Throughout the book, you will find numerous interactive activities created to help you improve your skills. To assist you with this, the material is presented in easily digestible “chunks” of information so you can begin applying it immediately in your own life—and get the most out of your university education.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: You and Your University Experience
• Chapter 2: Staying Motivated, Organized, and On Track
• Chapter 3: Thinking about Thought
• Chapter 4: Listening, Taking Notes, and Remembering
• Chapter 5: Reading to Learn
• Chapter 6: Preparing for and Taking Tests
• Chapter 7: Interacting with Instructors and Classes
• Chapter 8: Writing for Classes
• Chapter 9: The Social World of University
• Chapter 10: Taking Control of Your Health
• Chapter 11: Taking Control of Your Finances
• Chapter 12: Taking Control of Your Future

Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more.  It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada.  It is adapted from “Physical Geology” written by Steven Earle for the BCcampus Open Textbook Program.

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PM4ID, the First Canadian Edition, offers new features and improvements, including:

• New cover design, updated fonts, and enhanced list of Glossary terms.
• Addition of four new case studies, written to deepen reader comprehension.
• Inclusion of images with diverse skin tones, body shapes, abilities, and gender to increase representation.
• Revised content to feature Canadian spelling and contexts.
• Overall review of all written material in the textbook with detailed notes documenting content revisions.
• Comprehensive revisions based on peer reviews collected by the Open Textbook Library.
• Significant revisions to Chapter 6, with major updates to content on communication and scheduling (project management) software focusing on web-based solutions.
• Multiple versions of the book, including Print PDF, Digital PDF, EPUB, MOBI, and all chapters are available in natural voice audio recordings.
• A series of video cases with interviews of Canadian instructional design experts (video and audio recordings).
• Interactive reviews of three chapters using H5P activities.

Our primary goal in adapting University Success from the US-based, University of Minnesota Libraries Publication, College Success textbook is to help you succeed in university.

University Success has a student-friendly format arranged to help you develop the essential skills and provide the information you need to succeed in university. This is not a textbook full of theory and extensive detail that merely discusses student success; rather, this is a how-to manual for your first year of study. The book provides realistic, practical guidance ranging from study skills to personal health, from test taking to managing time and money. Furthermore, University Success is accessible—information is presented concisely and as simply as possible.

University Success has the following features to help you achieve your goals: Each chapter asks you to evaluate yourself because success starts with recognizing your strengths and weaknesses, your hopes and desires, and your own personal, individual realities. You’ll develop your own goals based on these self-assessments, determining what success in college really means for you as an individual. Throughout the book, you will find numerous interactive activities created to help you improve your skills. To assist you with this, the material is presented in easily digestible “chunks” of information so you can begin applying it immediately in your own life—and get the most out of your university education.

 

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: You and Your University Experience
• Chapter 2: Staying Motivated, Organized, and On Track
• Chapter 3: Thinking about Thought
• Chapter 4: Listening, Taking Notes, and Remembering
• Chapter 5: Reading to Learn
• Chapter 6: Preparing for and Taking Tests
• Chapter 7: Interacting with Instructors and Classes
• Chapter 8: Writing in University: It’s All About the Process!
• Chapter 9: The Social World of University
• Chapter 10: Taking Control of Your Health
• Chapter 11: Taking Control of Your Finances
• Chapter 12: Taking Control of Your Future

 

Strategies for Academic Success accompanies the online first-year University of Saskatchewan Arts and Science course by the same name.  The textbook has a reader-friendly format arranged to help you develop the essential skills and provide the information you need to succeed in university. Strategies for Academic Success is meant to be accessible—information is presented as concisely and as simply as possible.