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This open textbook supports the learning outcomes of SAIT's COMN200 curriculum as they relate to communications for academic and professional purposes for early childhood educators.

A Practical Guide to Introductory Geology is a comprehensive laboratory manual covering the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, streams, structural geology, and much more. This manual provides ample background information to assist students learning remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The text has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada, especially Alberta and British Columbia, and includes a diverse set of exercises intended to accompany the GEOL 1101 curriculum at Mount Royal University. This laboratory manual is an adaptation of Physical Geology - 2nd Edition by Steven Earle.

With funding from Alberta Open Educational Resources, Bow Valley College and NorQuest College collaborated to create Open Educational Resources (OER) in the form of e-textbooks for English language learners.

NorQuest College created In the Community: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook. The textbook:

• helps learners notice, learn, and practice English that will be helpful in your community
• gives learners practice in the four main language skills–listening, speaking, reading, and writing
• helps learners learn about intercultural skills
• helps learners develop some important essential skills
• can be used as an online textbook with interactive activities or downloaded, printed and used as a regular textbook

The textbook is aimed at Canadian Language Benchmarks levels 5/6 and has been designed to be facilitated by an instructor.

An instructor guide for this book can be found here.

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Some Problems of Philosophy is designed to be used with a first year course in philosophy that covers a little informal logic, God, knowledge, and mind. It includes some first rate original contributions from contemporary thinkers and the obvious historical works.

A practical introduction to Canadian environmental regulations for environmental science professionals and students. This guide explores how legal frameworks impact environmental work, emphasizing the importance of understanding compliance, permits, and the regulatory landscape. With a focus on the Canadian context—while drawing from UK and US influences—it highlights key principles, regulatory structures, and the evolving nature of environmental law. Not a legal textbook, but a helpful resource for navigating the regulatory side of environmental science.

Pedagogical Leadership for Early Childhood Educators is a supplemental book for ECEL 3008, a course which is part of the ELCC Leadership Certificate Program taught at Red Deer Polytechnic.

The aim of this book is to present current and significant content that will bring forward the Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) developed for the ECEL 3008 course. The ECEL 3008 course has ten CLOs intended to be achieved within the classroom and workplace settings.

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Conservation is often portrayed as an applied science—a body of knowledge about how ecological systems function, how they are threatened, and how they can be maintained. Conservation is also a form of management. It entails working with people to achieve desired ecological outcomes, grappling with conflicting land-use objectives, and making optimal use of available conservation resources. The aim of this book is to build a bridge between these two perspectives, linking theory with practice.

Major topic areas include the history of conservation, the social and scientific foundations of conservation, threats to biodiversity, applied conservation methods at both the species and ecosystem levels, the accommodation of climate change, and structured decision making. Special attention is given to topics that are the subject of debate or controversy, as they provide valuable insight into the practical aspects of conservation. The narrative is focused specifically on Canada. This permits an integrated treatment, where conservation theory is presented in the context of the social and institutional framework responsible for its implementation. The result is a comprehensive synthesis of applied conservation, tailored to the needs of conservation students and practitioners in Canada. Learning is supported by an engaging and clear writing style and 196 colour illustrations.