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After working through the Academic Integrity pressbook, students will be able to explain the six fundamental values of academic integrity, identify unethical academic behaviours, and will be familiar with the university’s policy and procedures for academic integrity violations. They will have developed an understanding of plagiarism as a form of misrepresentation, will be able to describe how citations work and will be aware of quoting and paraphrasing properly as well as of good note-taking practices. Students will be able to explain the university services available to them if they need assistance with their work.

Chicago Style Citations covers why it is important to use citations, elements of common source types, and how to create footnotes or endnotes and bibliographic citations based on the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. The sources and activities throughout the tutorial focus on educational content. This tutorial can also be used as a reference resource. This tutorial is adapted from APA Style Citations by Ulrike Kestler (Kwantlen Polytechnic University), which in turn was based on the APA Style Citation tutorial Sarah Adams and Debbie Feisst (University of Alberta Libraries).

Introduction to Marketing teaches the experience and process of actually doing marketing - not just the vocabulary. It carries five dominant themes throughout in order to expose students to marketing in today's environment: Service dominant logic, sustainability, ethics and social responsibility, global coverage, and metrics.

Due to the high price barrier, about half of Organic Chemistry students at KPU do not have access to the textbook. This has become a serious issue that significantly affects the learning outcomes for the course. The creation of this open textbook is intended to provide a solution to this problem and help students get success in this course.

The book contains ten chapters, with the contents cover from the basic concepts on chemical bonding, functional group, to stereochemistry, spectroscopy for structure determination (IR and NMR) and organic reactions (nucleophilic substitution, elimination, radical substitution of alkanes, addition and oxidation reactions of alkenes, preparation and reactions of alkynes).

Organic Chemistry is a challenging subject for lots students. To help readers understand the concepts more easily, simple and concise languages are intentionally applied in the book. The featured shaded textbox areas are included frequently in the book, where readers can find useful learning tips, reminder of common errors, comparison between similar concepts. To help readers develop the problem-solving skills, a small section labelled as “strategy” is usually given for the examples in the book. Readers are encouraged to try solving the problems by themselves with helpful hints provided in the “strategy”, and then compare their work with the detailed solutions provided afterwards.

This is a collection of template pages that you can import into your own Pressbooks OER project as a starting point for creating the front and back matter for your project.

This Open Education resource, “Cases on Social Issues: For Class Discussion – 2nd Edition”, includes valuable cases for student use on issues of discrimination, diversity, equity, inclusion and general social issues in the workplace. Included are cases for discussion on workplace scenarios as follows: homophobia; working with Indigenous communities; oil and gas pipelines and the family ranch; invisible disabilities; employee anxiety; safety for women, transgender women and non-binary people; and the bullying of new immigrants and refugees. The critical events portrayed in the cases are realistic and emotional, and most feature the experiences of under-represented and marginalized people. These thoughtful, contemporary cases pose ethical dilemmas about social issues that encourage post-secondary students and instructors to have stimulating, inclusive, and compassionate discussions. Inspired by input from post-secondary students and authored by students and people who are usually under-represented in education material, this resource is designed for upper-level undergraduate or graduate students in the humanities, social sciences, business, healthcare, science, agriculture, environmental studies, Indigenous studies, land use studies, law and more. Each case is supplemented with modifiable discussion prompts, notes for teaching strategies, and a short reading list.

This Open Education Resource on Research Methods in Criminology seeks to integrate traditional, Western methods of research with Indigenous ways of knowing by engaging in a practice called Two-Eyed Seeing. While the task of decolonizing all research methods for criminology is beyond the scope here, this text will aid the reader in assessing the various methods with a critical lens. Woven throughout the entire text are case studies, examples, audiovisual clips, discussion questions and interactive H5P activities that encourage the reader to critically engage with the material and to consider how research ought to consider the positionality of the research participants. Moreover, it will highlight the importance of considering the ethics of applying the chosen technique in the field, particularly when working with Indigenous and other minority participants. In the end, it is hoped that this text will provide unbiased quality learning opportunities that lead to valid results produced by future cohorts of informed researchers.

Untold Stories: Conversations on Inclusion, Belonging and Accessibility in Classrooms and Workplaces is a transformative Open Educational Resource (OER) that centers the lived experiences of students and educators from marginalized communities. Drawing on over two decades of teaching in post-secondary education, this resource was born from a deep need to move beyond passive listening and toward meaningful change. It invites readers into honest, often difficult conversations about exclusion, racism, and systemic barriers in academic and work-integrated learning environments. Through personal narratives, video clips, case studies, discussion questions, and learning activities, Untold Stories explores key themes such as Inclusion, Belonging, Accessibility, Representation, Indigenous Voices, 2SLGBTQIA+ Identities, Allyship, Equity, and the importance of Taking Action. Each chapter is grounded in the voices of KPU students, alumni, faculty, and staff, offering a diverse perspectives that challenge dominant narratives and highlight the power of small gestures—like a kind word or a space made for someone’s voice—to foster belonging. This resource is designed not only to inform but to inspire. It encourages educators to recognize students as contributors to knowledge and change, and to embrace Open Pedagogy as a tool for empowerment. It also calls on those in positions of power to examine and shift the systems and structures that perpetuate exclusion. Whether you are a student, faculty member, employer, or alumni, Untold Stories offers tools for reflection, dialogue, and action. Key features include: First-person accounts that humanize abstract concepts of equity and inclusion, reflection questions and case studies to help guide dialogue and deepen learning, and resources and suggested activities for educators and students who are ready to take action.

A focus on student agency and the transformative potential of Open Pedagogy, this OER offers insight through listening to those with lived experience and practical strategies for strengthening inclusive and accessible environments. Ultimately, this is more than a textbook—it’s an invitation to listen deeply, reflect honestly, and act courageously. Untold Stories aims to normalize conversations around equity and belonging in post-secondary spaces and beyond, reminding us that change begins with acknowledging that every voice matters.