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• Basic Kitchen and Food Service Management

  Author(s): go2HR, The BC Cook Articulation Committee

  Updated: Oct 16, 2020

  Description: Basic Kitchen and Food Service Management is one of a series of Culinary Arts open textbooks developed to support the training of students and apprentices in British Columbia’s foodservice and hospitality industry. Although created with the Professional Cook, Baker and Meatcutter programs in mind, these have been designed as a modular series, and therefore can be used to support a wide variety of programs that offer training in foodservice skills.

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• Education and Career Planning Open Course

  Author(s): Mary Shier, College of the Rockies, Allison Schubert, Vancouver Community College

  Updated: Oct 16, 2020

  Description: This online course is at the provincial ABE level (grade 12 equivalent) and can be used as an elective course towards the BC Adult Grad Diploma. It enables colleges to offer the course on their platforms, use their own instructors, and earn their own FTE’s. The course includes learning modules, student activities and assignments. The goal of Career Planning is to enhance the life and employment readiness skills of adult learners. Students will be prepared to pursue occupational and educational ...[more]

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• Organizational Behavior (OpenStax)

  Author(s): J. Stewart Black, David S. Bright, Donald G. Gardner, Eva Hartmann, et al.

  Updated: Oct 14, 2020

  Description: This OpenStax resource aligns to introductory courses in Organizational Behavior. The text presents the theory, concepts, and applications with particular emphasis on the impact that individuals and groups can have on organizational performance and culture. An array of recurring features engages students in entrepreneurial thinking, managing change, using tools/technology, and responsible management; furthermore, the unique chapter on Social Media and Communication contextualizes the importance...[more]

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• Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care - Thompson Rivers University Edition

  Author(s): Renée Anderson, Thompson Rivers University, Glynda Rees Doyle, Jodie Anita McCutcheon, British Columbia Institute of Technology

  Updated: Oct 6, 2020

  Description: This open educational resource (OER) was developed to ensure best practice and quality care based on the latest evidence, and to address inconsistencies in how clinical health care skills are taught and practised in the clinical setting. The checklist approach, used in this textbook, aims to provide standardized processes for clinical skills and to help nursing schools and clinical practice partners keep procedural practice current. Each skill/procedure is covered in a chapter that has learning...[more]

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• Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care

  Author(s): Glynda Rees Doyle, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Jodie Anita McCutcheon, British Columbia Institute of Technology

  Updated: Oct 5, 2020

  Description: This open educational resource (OER) was developed to ensure best practice and quality care based on the latest evidence, and to address inconsistencies in how clinical health care skills are taught and practised in the clinical setting. The checklist approach, used in this textbook, aims to provide standardized processes for clinical skills and to help nursing schools and clinical practice partners keep procedural practice current. Each skill/procedure is covered in a chapter that has learning...[more]

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• Physical Geology - 2nd Edition

  Author(s): Steven Earle, Thompson Rivers University

  Updated: Oct 2, 2020

  Description: Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciation, groundwater, streams, coasts, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada, especially British Columbia, and also includes a chapter devoted to the geological history of western Canada. The book is a collaboration of faculty from Earth Science departm...[more]

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• Basic Motor Control

  Author(s): Chad Flinn, BCIT, Aaron Lee, BCIT

  Updated: Oct 2, 2020

  Description: This readily accessible online resource was developed for anyone who has interest in, or works with, AC motors and their associated motor control equipment. Whether you are an electrical apprentice learning about the subject in school or a seasoned journeyperson installing equipment in the field, you will find it easy to navigate through the descriptive text, original diagrams, and explanatory videos to find the exact information you are looking for.

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• Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements

  Author(s): Michelle Nakano, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

  Updated: Oct 2, 2020

  Description: Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements is an adaptation of KPU HORT 1155 Introduction to Plant Materials Lecture Notes. It is an editable, open access learning resource with interactive web-based experiences customized for horticulture students studying plant identification. This edition supports student achievement of the Level 1, 2, 3, and 4 learning goals for Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Line F2.

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• Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC - 2nd Edition

  Author(s): Morgan Westcott, BCIT, Wendy Anderson, Selkirk College

  Updated: Sep 30, 2020

  Description: This textbook is an introduction to the tourism and hospitality industry in British Columbia, and is written with a first year college and university audience in mind. It is a collaborative work with input from educators, industry leaders, employers, and past graduates of BC’s tourism and hospitality management programs. All chapters have been reviewed by experts in the field. Each chapter is organized thematically moving from a global, then national, and finally provincial context. Chapters co...[more]

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• Information Systems for Business and Beyond

  Author(s): David T. Bourgeois, Ph.D.

  Updated: Sep 29, 2020

  Description: Information Systems for Business and Beyond introduces the concept of information systems, their use in business, and the larger impact they are having on our world.

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