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This book has two purposes. First, it provides KPU instructors with practical resources that they can use to ensure the success of International students in their classroom. To this end, Part One, Foster Belonging, includes ways that International students can be more fully included in classroom culture. Part Two, Instructional Strategies, contains more detailed pedagogical approaches to achieve this inclusion. The second purpose is to provide International students a forum to share their experiences of being an International student at KPU. To this end, the book contains a series of short video clips in which International students speak to what they want Instructors to know about their experiences as International students. These videos are interspersed throughout Parts One and Two, and can be found grouped together as a playlist in the Appendix.

This text is designed for a university level introductory Canadian tax course, providing an overview of Canadian tax law and covering topics such as tax legislation, liability, key tax concepts, calculations, residency, filing, employment, student tax issues, business income, capital gains, GST, and other deductions. It is designed to be a comprehensive resource for both students and teachers, offering clear and concise explanations to make complex tax concepts accessible. This book aims to support learning and teaching needs by providing a solid foundation in Canadian tax law.

This text is designed for a university level intermediate Canadian tax course, covering a wide range of topics, including tax legislation, liability, different tax systems, business structures, capital gains, business and property income, capital cost allowance, personal tax issues, corporate taxable income, and tax payable. It also delves into corporate taxation of passive and investment income, owner-manager remuneration, and the purchase and sale of a business.

This is a high intermediate to low advanced grammar textbook for non-English speakers which is intended for students studying in university or for those students in a career that requires advanced English ability. Its focus is on formal academic language usage.

A modules-based approach to learning research skills that emphasizes the reflective nature of information discovery, the contextual basis for evaluating that information, and a recognition that information has value.

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.

Designed specifically for Kwantlen Polytechnic University students, this Pressbook offers interactive activities and strategies for developing academic writing skills. Learners have the opportunity to review key parts of the writing process from interpreting their assignment instructions, organizing their ideas, drafting their writing, and revising their work.

The central theme of Organic Chemistry II is to develop a thorough understanding of a variety of organic reactions. This book is organized into sections based on common organic functional groups and their properties and reactions. With nine chapters in total, the functional groups included in this book are alcohols, aldehydes and ketones, conjugated systems, aromatic compounds, carboxylic acids and derivatives, and carbohydrates. A notable obstacle that is consistently faced in the teaching and learning experience of Organic Chemistry II is the sheer number of organic reactions that is included in the curriculum, which can be overwhelming for students. An effective approach to learning this is to dissect and comprehend the underlying reasons behind these mechanisms, as well as identifying differences and drawing connections between reactions. Combining these aspects will form a strong foundational understanding of the complex topics included in Organic Chemistry II. Efforts are made in this book to enforce such an understanding. In the discussion of reaction mechanisms, for example, it is explained why a certain type of reaction applies to a specific functional group, why a certain reagent is required for that reaction, and how the different reaction conditions affect the mechanism. In the back matter of the book, a specialized section to explain the origin of reaction mechanism names is included, with the hopes of clarifying the meanings behind common organic reaction mechanism names.