Catalogue

Disinformation: Dealing with the Disaster is an accompaniment to an online course with the same title. The first four chapters provide an overview of fundamental concepts and phenomena that have led us to our current online information environment. Chapter 1, Information Disorder, examines information and its evolution, looking briefly at historical and contemporary trends in the areas of misinformation, disinformation, online propaganda and more. Chapter 2, Information Distribution, provides a simple overview of the news industry including journalism and editing, as well as the progression of fake news–a politicized concept which is leading us into a post-truth world. Chapter 3, Information Automation, takes readers through the automatic aspects of information exploration, examining search engines, algorithms, and associated concepts. Chapter 4, Information Manipulation, explores human interactions with information, focusing on how humans share, consume, and interact with information on social media. Each chapter provides the reader with a base level of a specific literacy (information, media, digital and meta) making them better equipped to confront disinformation. The final chapter provides readers with various frameworks and tools for effectively evaluating information and suggests that readers integrate them into their online search behaviors. 

This textbook offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to managerial communication, designed for college and polytechnic students preparing for leadership roles in today’s diverse, digital, and team-based workplaces. Blending foundational theory with practical strategies, the book equips learners with the tools they need to communicate clearly, professionally, and ethically across a variety of business contexts.

Key topics include professional and workplace communication foundations, team collaboration and leadership communication, intercultural competence, inclusive and respectful language, and the use of AI in writing and editing. Students will learn to plan and revise business documents such as emails, memos, reports, and proposals, and develop strong presentation and public speaking skills. Special attention is given to communication in virtual environments, writing with clarity and purpose, using visual aids effectively, and conducting and participating in interviews. With a focus on real-world application and workplace readiness, this textbook helps students build the communication confidence needed to lead teams, manage relationships, and contribute meaningfully in a variety of professional settings.

This toolkit was crafted utilizing the knowledge gained from:

• 2023/24 Saskatchewan Polytechnic Prince Albert Campus On Site Composting Project
• Consultations with Selkirk and Dawson College regarding their Food Waste Diversion projects that utilized a Dehydrator and Vermicomposting systems.
• The knowledge of Keri Sapsford, owner of the Backyard and Compost Corner, who operates a windrow system to Compost for her clients in Prince Albert, and was brought on as a Composting expert to manage this project.

Through this toolkit we hope to promote the use of on site composting at sites where composting services are not available. As Composting can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, divert waste from the landfill and utilize a beneficial nutrient resource that would otherwise go to waste it only makes sense to compost as much as possible. The benefits also expand to those who interact with your site as they become aware of nature-based solutions that will regenerate our land and economy.

Some of the core values central to nursing are advocacy, social justice, and optimization of health for clients, families, and populations. What can we do to combat racism and eliminate racial health inequities as nurses and nursing students? By learning how to assess patients of colour effectively, as well as taking action to end racial health inequities, we are actively engaging in cultural safety and anti-racism. This textbook will examine multiple racial health inequities and their causes among the social determinants of health. It will also address how health care providers can consider these in their daily interactions with clients they meet in the community and hospital. As this textbook will show, people in marginalized groups often have health inequities compared to people in groups with power.