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This text has been created from a combination of original content and materials compiled and adapted from existing open educational resources.

Intermediate Microeconomics is a comprehensive microeconomic theory text that uses real world policy questions to motivate and illustrate the material in each chapter. Intermediate Microeconomics is an approachable yet rigorous textbook that covers the entire scope of traditional microeconomic theory and includes two mathematical approaches, allowing instructors to teach the material with or without calculus. With real-world policy topics as an entrée into each subject, Intermediate Microeconomics will help students engage with the material and facilitate learning not only the concepts, but their importance and application as well.
This edition was revised specifically to use in ECON 211 at the University of Saskatchewan. Enhancements in this edition include Canadian case examples, revised graphics, interactive glossary items, supplementary media, and finally, interactive self-checks.

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.

From the perspective of a long time family practitioner, researcher, and educator, and technology innovator, this textbook offers the first comprehensive view of technology in the family for college students, professionals and the public. Each chapter offers content and a complete reference list, learning activities, ideas for critical blog posting and additional readings. The beginning chapters cover foundational information about our societal use of information and communications technology, family theories and ways of understanding families, and how families differ in their use and access to ICT. The main body of the book (chapters 4-10) covers elements of the family from couple relationships and dating apps, to children’s use and impacts on development from early childhood through young adulthood, use by parents and in the parent-child relationship, shared use by family members, and then topics important to family life: work-family balance and health and financial management and technology. The end of the book pivots to look closely at use by family professionals, the competencies needed to integrate technology into practice, and policy as a proactive and systemic avenue for change. End of book material include an additional reading list and recommended web content, social media and thought leaders. The authors lends her ideas on teaching for critical thinking with an overview at the beginning of the book, and classroom assessment ideas (actually short ways to engage learners in critical thinking activities).

The use of open education is growing and has become a global movement. Across much of North America, most post-secondary institutions are in the process of integrating the use of open education resources into teaching and learning activities. The following are the chapters covered in the guide:

• Chapter 1 starts with very basic information on the definition and description of what constitutes OER.
• Chapter 2 introduces the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by providing a brief listing of each goal.
• Chapter 3  focuses on commercial word processing tool options.
• Chapter 4 describes a number of open-source word processing and additional tools.
• Chapter 5 introduces the basic open-source TeX-based systems that arose out of the open-source software movement.
• Chapter 6 delves further into TeX-based open-source tools by highlighting some packages useful for content creation.
• Chapter 7 describes other TeX-based tools helpful for creating open content.
• Chapter 8 introduces the emerging OER tools Pressbooks, EdTech Books and LibreTexts.

Conferencing tools are a technology that allows educators to engage with their students in real-time.

This open resource has been created for KPU educators (and educators everywhere) to explore best practices for using conferencing tools for teaching and learning.

The strategies provided within this PressBook are adaptable and may be used with any conferencing tool in educational contexts. Each chapter contains critical considerations for using conferencing tools to support pedagogy and provides an overview infographic for the key takeaways. 

Additionally, there are Activity “recipes” that can be used in various spaces, including, Zoom, BigBlueButton, and Microsoft Teams.

Why do affluent, liberal, and design-rich cities like Minneapolis have some of the biggest racial disparities in the country? How can designers help to create more equitable communities? Introduction to Design Equity, an open access book for students and professionals, maps design processes and products against equity research to highlight the pitfalls and potentials of design as a tool for building social justice.

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