U of R Open Educational Resources

Thanks to funding from the Government of Saskatchewan, the University of Regina is able to offer several books online, for free, mostly through our Pressbooks catalogue. The Open Education and Publishing (OEP) Program provides students and instructors with easily accessible, peer reviewed resources, and aims to democratize the learning experience by saving students the cost of books, improving student grades and retention, and giving instructors the ability to customize their course materials.

Check out the complete list of projects in development and completed OER projects to discover and use the OER created by our academic community at the University of Regina.

See sampling below:

Cree: Language of the Plains / nēhiyawēwin: paskwāwi-pīkiskwēwin

Author:  Dr. Jean L. Okimāsis
Download:  Textbook
Related Resources: Workbook, Audio Lab Sessions, Cree Audio Sessions User Guide, Audio labs in Pressbooks
Description:  Cree: Language of the Plains is a comprehensive educational resource, offering a broad range of learning materials that is easily accessible to Cree language learners. This collection includes an updated and redesigned Cree language textbook, Cree language audio labs, and a Cree language workbook.

Please note the language labs are also available as podcasts. Just search "Cree Language of the Plains" on your favourite podcast app.

Courses: Cree language acquisition, undergraduate
Release date: August 2018
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International
ISBN (textbook): 9780889775503
ISBN (workbook): 978-0-88977-630-2
ISBN (audio lab sessions): 978-0-88977-631-9

Your feedback is important! Let us know if you plan on using this textbook in your course by contacting open.textbooks@uregina.ca

Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education

Edited by:  James McNinch and Marc Spooner, University of Regina
Access:  Dissident Knowledge Book (Formats include online version, epub, mobi, PDF)
Related Resources: N/A

Description:  This collection includes some of the leading authorities in the field, including Marie Battiste, Noam Chomsky, Yvonna S. Lincoln, and Linda Tuhiwai Smith. It is geared towards courses that focus on methodology, colonialism, Indigenous research and knowledge, and theories of change.

Courses: Undergraduate and Graduate Education, Sociology
Release date: May 2018
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International
ISBN: (PDF) 9780889775374Your feedback is important! Let us know if you plan on using this textbook in your course by contacting open.textbooks@uregina.ca

Financial Empowerment: Personal Finance for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People

Adapted by:  Dr. Bettina Schneider, First Nations University of Canada

Access Book: (Available formats include online, epub, mobi, PDF)
Related Resources: Powerpoint Slides, Video Introduction

Description:  Uniquely tailored to Indigenous students’ experiences and histories, Financial Empowerment covers a wide range of topics in financial planning, personal finance, and financial decision-making. Threaded throughout with Indigenous and Canadian content, videos with Elders are also included, offering students their perspectives to enhance the learning experience.

Financial Empowerment is designed for a single-semester introduction to financial planning and decision-making, in order to provide first and second-year business students with the necessary financial literacy and skills needed to make sound financial decisions, assess financial risk, and achieve financial success. This textbook attempts to speak to the varied backgrounds, knowledge systems, and experiences of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians by providing Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives on personal finance and financial planning using examples and information from the Canadian financial system, economy, and Elders.

Courses: Undergraduate Business (1st and 2nd year)
Release date: August 2018
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International
ISBN: 9780889775497

Your feedback is important! Let us know if you plan on using this textbook in your course by contacting open.textbooks@uregina.ca

Free Knowledge: Confronting the Commodification of Human Discovery

Knowledge privatization holds growing sway over the choice of the foods you eat, the medicine you take, the software you use, the music you hear, and even the flowers you plant in your own backyard. This is the result of a world where plant seeds have become subject to patents, medical research is overseen by pharmaceutical giants, universities are beholden to corporate funders, and indigenous knowledge is expropriated.

Subject: Business and Economics, Sustainable Development

Your feedback is important! Let us know if you plan on using this textbook in your course by contacting open.textbooks@uregina.ca

Leadership and Influencing Change in Nursing

Edited by:  Dr. Joan Wagner, University of Regina
Download link: Formats are Web version, epub, mobi, PDF
Related Resources: Introductory Video, supplementary resources

Description: Leadership and Influencing Change in Nursing is designed for a single-semester introduction to the professional nurse’s leadership role as both a care provider and a formal leader. An assortment of authors with diverse nursing leadership roles across Saskatchewan and Canada have contributed to this textbook. These diverse voices are focused on providing student nurses with the foundational tools, techniques, and knowledge required to empower them to meet the leadership challenges found within the incessantly changing Canadian health care environment.

Courses: Nursing (3rd and 4th year)
Release date: June 2018
License: CC BY 4.0 International
ISBN: 9780889775480

Your feedback is important! Let us know if you plan on using this textbook in your course by contacting open.textbooks@uregina.ca

Economics - Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

Created by: Dr. Iryna Khovrenkov, University of Regina

Download Power Point Slide deck: Part1, Part2 and Part 3

Courses: GraduateRelease date: July 2021

License: CC BY 4.0 International