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Financial Empowerment is an adaptation of the openly licensed textbook Personal Finance, v. 1.0 which was adapted by Saylor Academy (2012) under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee and is available here: http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/.

The purpose of the Financial Empowerment adaptation is to take an accessible, student-focused, personal finance textbook from the United States and make it affordable and relevant for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada. While many mainstream Canadian personal finance texts provide excellent content in terms of the mechanics of personal finance, they are expensive and not always relevant to the values and experiences of students in the classroom. Many mainstream personal finance texts fall short for Indigenous Canadians and non-Indigenous Canadians alike because they do not speak to the varied backgrounds, knowledge systems, and experiences of their readers. This textbook was adapted in order to motivate a broad range of students to learn about personal finance.

The specific goals of this textbook are:

1. to help students build a solid understanding of personal finance in order to achieve financial literacy and financial success by providing them with the skills and knowledge necessary to navigate short and long-term financial change;
2. to tailor the content for a Canadian audience by providing Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives on personal finance and financial planning using examples and information from the Canadian financial system and economy;
3. to increase accessibility to financial education resources for students and general public alike regardless of where they live or study;
4. to customize the content for Indigenous students in Canada and address student needs for practical and theoretical knowledge on financial decision-making and financial risk assessment; and
5. to connect financial literacy with Indigenous Knowledge and history by threading Indigenous perspectives and interviews with Elders and other community leaders throughout the textbook.

Supplementary resources for this text include:

1. PowerPoint slides
2. Video Introduction

Early childhood is a critical time in development. Many outcomes, both positive and negative, have their beginnings in these years. It is vital that children’s health and safety be protected. High-quality early care and education programs can play a valuable role in improving outcomesfor children.

This Pressbooks Guide builds on information provided in the Pressbooks User Guide published by Pressbooks.com. It follows the steps an author might take to create or modify an open educational resource (OER) in Pressbooks. Each chapter points readers to the pertinent chapters in the Pressbooks User Guide, provides any additional information, and includes instructions specific to post-secondary faculty and staff working in Saskatchewan Polytechnic.

Inspired by BCCampus’ UDL Explorer Challenge, faculty at Saskatchewan Polytechnic piloted a 4-month project to engage participants with Universal Design for Learning. A new challenge was launched each month between January and April that urged faculty and staff to incorporate an easily achievable UDL   strategy into their classes or daily work. Our monthly themes included: Be Flexible, Provide Access, Help People Prepare, and finally in April, Reflect and Plan.
Our goal was to educate faculty and staff about UDL, and to also model UDL practices such as:

•    Offering flexibility by providing many different options to complete the challenge.
•    Using accessible language – no jargon!
•    Offering various methods to seek assistance including text, audio, or video recordings, along with a coffee break chat with Learning Technology Trainers.

In this session you will learn about our pilot project, both successes and lessons learned. You will also have the opportunity to participate in a bespoke UDL mini challenge.

This book was imported into the Pressbooks publishing platform using the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James

This guide is designed to help University of Regina faculty easily discover open educational resources (OERs) for their courses. It is primarily a list of open textbooks organized by faculty and department at the University of Regina, but other OER such as videos may also be included. The guide will be continuously updated as new resources are identified and created across the OER ecosystem.

There are 9 main sections in the guide:

• Faculty of Media Art and Performance
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Nursing
• Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies
• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Social Work
• Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
• Faculty of Business Administration: Paul J. Hill School of Business

For each resource listed, the following are provided:

• A short summary of the book based on the content, author, or other features
• If available, the “Includes” line lists supplementary materials (e.g. exercises) that are available
• If available, the “May suit” line lists University of Regina courses in which the resource could potentially be adopted (work-in-progress)

Faculty are encouraged to make use of these resources in their courses either as textbooks or as supplementary readings.