Congratulations to Dr. Cynthia Alexander on receiving an AtlanticOER Development Grants from the Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries (CAAL-CBPA).

Working with Dr. Beverly McKee, School of Health and Human Services, Nova Scotia Community College, the goal of this project is to create an interdisciplinary textbook that centers a decolonizing approach to public policy, amplifying Indigenous experts’ policy approaches and priorities. The project is reflective of over a decade of collaborative and community based research, including community service learning initiatives undertaken in partnership with Mi’kmaq and Inuit of Nunavut. The resulting textbook will be used to support both students at Acadia and students at Nova Scotia Community College.

About the Grant
The grants aim to support educators from provincially funded post secondary institutions in achieving the following objectives:

• Support the creation or adaptation of open textbooks and ancillary materials, such as PowerPoint slides, quiz banks, images, and other digital study or interactive aids;

• Create a variety of OERs developed for use by educators and students in credit-bearing courses;

• Establish supportive events for the development of content for OERs, such as sprints (a collaborative in-person or virtual event to create or adapt an open textbook or ancillary resources); or

• Distribute funds to maximize direct benefit to a wide range of student learners and inquiry across a diversity of disciplines.

Learn more HERE.