[Canadaoer] Suggestions for physical geography open textbook

Hello there, One of the instructors at Yukon College is looking for an open textbook for Geog 101 and potentially Geog 102. What he is looking for is basically general physical geography content, including information about the seasons, atmosphere, water, lithosphere, weather and climate, and biosphere. Doesn’t need to be related to a region in particular. We did find some things that could work for him, but was just wondering if any of you know of materials that have been created more recently or something that you recommend. Many thanks, Aline Goncalves InfoLit/Reference Librarian Library services/Innovation Commons t. 867.668.8727 Acknowledging that we live and work in the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council. This email may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you have received this email in error, please delete it. Thank you for your co-operation. yukoncollege.yk.ca<http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/> the future Yukon University (YukonU) 500 College Drive, PO Box 2799 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5K4 Canada Hey all, For sure! For folks who may not know, the British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS) picked up the #TextBookBrokeBC campaign, adapted some materials, and created a robust suite of new materials (digital & print). One of the things we made was a campaign guide for students' unions to have a place to start/refer back to while running the campaign. It is a great resource for any stage of OER work! I have attached it to this email. There is a handful of other materials and guides (classroom talk scripts, template presentations, suite of print materials, etc.), I would be more than happy to share with other students' unions who are interested in working on this. So please don't hesitate to contact me if you know of a students' union/association that would be interested. It is important for students to raise awareness on our end and working together works! Thanks Aran -- Aran Armutlu | Chairperson British Columbia Federation of Students (604) 733-1880 | wearebcstudents.ca<http://wearebcstudents.ca/> | @theBCFS On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Amanda Coolidge <acoolidge@bccampus.ca<mailto:acoolidge@bccampus.ca>> wrote: Hi Aran, You know that whole package you put together for BCFS on textbookbrokebc? You showed us the handouts at Festival of Learning... Can you share those resources with our Canada OER Group? http://www.wearebcstudents.ca/our-campaigns/textbooks Heather- you can also look at: https://uspirg.org/reports/usp/open-101 BCcampus Open Education OER Student Toolkit<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=55b789e4-c4a3-42d3-8125-b43943f211f0&contributor=&keyword=&subject=Toolkits> Thanks Amanda ________________________________ From: "Heather Ross" <heather.ross@usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca>> To: "canadaoer" <canadaoer@mail.bccampus.ca<mailto:canadaoer@mail.bccampus.ca>> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2018 2:21:54 PM Subject: [Canadaoer] Resources For Students Advocating for OER I just had a meeting with the VP Academic of our undergraduate student association and he’s looking for a resources for individual students to guide them in approaching their instructors about considering OER. Does anyone have something like talking points for individual students? Thank you. Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.) Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies) Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Research Fellow Open Education Group Room 50.5, Murray Building University of Saskatchewan Tel: 306.966.5327 email: heather.ross@usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca _______________________________________________ Canadaoer mailing list Canadaoer@mail.bccampus.ca<mailto:Canadaoer@mail.bccampus.ca> https://lists.bccampus.ca/mailman/listinfo/canadaoer -- Amanda Coolidge, MEd Senior Manager of Open Education BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate. 250-8<callto:250-580-6949>18-4592 | acoolidge@bccampus.ca<mailto:acoolidge@bccampus.ca> 120-645 Fort Street<https://maps.google.com/?q=645+Fort+Street&entry=gmail&so… | Coast and Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, B.C. | V8W1G2 BCcampus.ca<http://bccampus.ca/> | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for BCcampus news<http://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/>