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Introduction to Criminology

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Dr. Shereen Hassan, Dan Lett, MA

Editor(s): Leah Ballantyne, LLB, LLM

Subject(s): Crime and criminology

Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Last updated: 09/01/2024

Although this open education resource (OER) is written with the needs and abilities of first-year undergraduate criminology students in mind, it is designed to be flexible. As a whole, the OER is amply broad to serve as the main textbook for an introductory course, yet each chapter is deep enough to be useful as a supplement for subject-area courses; authors use plain and accessible language as much as possible, but introduce more advanced, technical concepts where appropriate; the text gives due attention to the historical “canon” of mainstream criminological thought, but it also challenges many of these ideas by exploring alternative, critical, and marginalized perspectives. After all, criminology is more than just the study of crime and criminal law; it is an examination of the ways human societies construct, contest, and defend ideas about right and wrong, the meaning of justice, the purpose and power of laws, and the practical methods of responding to broken rules and of mending relationships.

Special thanks to Leah Ballantyne, LLB LLM, a Cree lawyer from the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation in Pukatawagan, Manitoba, who provided expert Indigenous consultation/editing for this textbook.

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Developing Organizational and Managerial Wisdom - 2nd Edition

CC BY (Attribution)   English (Canada)

Author(s): Brad C. Anderson

Subject(s): Business and Management, Organizational theory and behaviour, Business ethics and social responsibility, Business studies: general, Business innovation, Business strategy

Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Last updated: 09/01/2024

Can we develop organizational and managerial wisdom? Can we even put words like “organization” and “manager” in the same sentence as wisdom?

You bet we can.

This book presents novel research results in the dynamics of values, rationality, and power in organizations. Through this understanding, readers will gain insights and frameworks to understand others’ actions within their environment. Armed with the knowledge of how values, rationality, and power influence people’s actions, readers will gain tools they can use to navigate the complexity of organizations to foster wise action.

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Lorrain's Logbook

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Edited by Kyle Jackson, Natasha McConnell, Nick Gill

Subject(s): Diaries, letters and journals, Social and cultural history, North East India, Religious mission and Religious Conversion

Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Last updated: 28/11/2023

Lorrain’s Logbook: Notes from a Missionary in Mizoram, Northeast India (1891-1936) expands the archive for students of Northeast India. Authored by James Herbert Lorrain (Pu Buanga)—one of the most significant missionaries and linguists to operate in the colonial Indo-Burma borderlands—the Logbook is a record of personal observations across decades, from Lorrain’s arrival in Bengal in 1890 to his departure in 1932 from the Lushai Hills District (today: Mizoram). It contains vivid descriptions relevant to a wide range of historical fields—from labour, climate, and clothing to linguistics, animals, and economics—while showcasing how diverse local peoples navigated complex processes of colonial modernity as knowledge brokers, translators, performers, converts, experimenters, resisters, and dreamers.

This entirely new digital transcription and text-searchable online educational resource (OER) unlocks a vital archival source for researchers of imperial frontiers, Asian borderlands, missionization, Mizo history, and beyond. It features an introduction co-authored by Dr. Kyle Jackson (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) and Prof. Joy L. K. Pachuau (Jawaharlal Nehru University).

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Student Engagement Activities for Business Communications

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English (Canada)

Author(s): Melissa Ashman, Arley Cruthers, Sarah Duncan, John Grant, Karen Inkster Vance, Panteli Tritchew

Subject(s): Business communication and presentation, Language learning for business, professional and vocational, Language learning: writing skills

Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Last updated: 27/11/2023

Student Engagement Activities for Business Communications is a compilation resource for instructors of workplace writing and oral presentations. The activities in this book can add value and energy to the classroom by engaging students in activities that support their learning. Handouts, links, activity variations, and debrief questions are included.

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Political Ideologies and Worldviews: An Introduction - 2nd Edition

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)  69 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Valérie Vézina, Alexandra Taylor

Subject(s): Political science and theory, Political ideologies and movements

Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Last updated: 20/11/2023

Political Ideologies and Worldviews: An Introduction 2nd edition takes a “pluralist” approach and, in addition to being the first open textbook on its subject, also pushes back against the Eurocentric tendencies of standard textbooks by including chapters on Indigenous worldviews and Confucianism. Providing the latest scholarship on “classical ideologies” (liberalism, conservatism, socialism, anarchism, etc.), the textbook also includes innovative chapters on populism, feminism, and multiculturalism, as well as looking at the future of ideologies in a globalized world. Joining together scholars from Canada and beyond, the text also contains discussion questions to help students and readers to think further. This new edition features more text breaks, images, tables and exercises throughout the chapters, making it even more interactive and accessible.

This open textbook will be a great asset for introductory courses at the college and university levels on political ideologies and political thought and philosophy, but could also be used in other disciplines, as each chapter assesses the state of the ideology in today’s world. The general reader looking for a better understanding of the competing ideological currents of our time – currents which flow into our daily political debates and real-life government decisions – will also greatly benefit from this book.

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Level One Peer Tutoring Fundamentals and Integration Workbook

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Alice Macpherson, Christina Page

Subject(s): Education, Teaching skills and techniques, Higher education, tertiary education

Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Last updated: 05/10/2023

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The Laws of Settlement

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Erick Villagomez

Subject(s): Architectural structure and design, Architectural structure and design

Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Last updated: 21/07/2023

Are there fundamental laws that govern all settlements—from the smallest village to the largest cities? The Laws of Settlements ambitiously describes the principles underlying human settlements of all sizes and across all cultures. It revives, updates and refreshes the ’54 Laws of Settlements’ outlined in Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis’ seminal book Ekistics: An Introduction to the Science of Human Settlements, making them relevant to the problems we face in the 21st century.

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Cases on Social Issues: For Class Discussion - 2nd Edition

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)   English

Author(s): Deirdre Maultsaid

Editor(s): Deirdre Maultsaid

Subject(s): Social discrimination and social justice, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Indigenous people: governance and politics, Disability: social aspects, Social impact of environmental issues, Health and safety in the workplace, Bullying and harassment

Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Last updated: 18/07/2023

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.    

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MLA Style Citations

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  45 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Ulrike Kestler

Subject(s): Educational material

Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Last updated: 16/06/2023

MLA Style Citations covers why it is important to use citations, elements of common source types, and how to create works cited and in-text citations based on the 9th edition MLA guidelines. 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 the APA Style Citations Pressbook by Ulrike Kestler.

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Chicago Style Citations

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  50 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Ulrike Kestler, Sigrid Kargut

Subject(s): Educational material

Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Last updated: 16/06/2023

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).