Digital accessibility skills are in high demand, as the world becomes more aware of barriers in digital content that prevent some people from participating in a digital society. These are essential skills for web developers, and essential knowledge for organizations that want to ensure their web content is reaching the broadest audience possible.

Digital accessibility skills are in high demand, as the world becomes more aware of barriers in digital content that prevent some people from participating in a digital society. These are essential skills for web developers, and essential knowledge for organizations that want to ensure their web content is reaching the broadest audience possible.

Many Indigenous students are first-generation learners at post-secondary institutions, and their interactions with front-line staff and service providers inform how they share their experience with their family and community. One negative experience can cause harm and mistrust. Positive experiences help Indigenous students feel respected and help to build their trust with staff and faculty. This can lead to future generations wanting to further their post-secondary education. This guide is an opportunity for you to better understand Indigenous students and to figure out ways both you and your area or department can work to ensure supportive student experiences. By pulling together we can facilitate student success and contribute to long-term improvements for all Indigenous students and communities.

A Guide for Researchers, Hiłḵ̓al is part of a learning series for public post-secondary staff to begin or supplement ways to Indigenize the institution and professional practice.

Foundations Guide is part of a learning series for public post-secondary staff to begin or supplement ways to Indigenize the institution and professional practice.

The Manitoba Foundations Guide (Brandon Edition) is the first Manitoba adaptation of an open professional learning series developed for staff across post-secondary institutions. Guides developed in the series include: Foundations1; Leaders and Administrators2; Curriculum Developers3; Teachers and Instructors4; Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors5; and Researchers6. This guide is an adaptation of the Foundations Guide published by BCcampus and the Ministry of Advanced Education in collaboration with a steering committee of Indigenous education leaders from post-secondary institutions in British Columbia. This guide is intended to support the systemic change occurring across post-secondary institutions and beyond through Indigenization, decolonization, and reconciliation. A guiding principle from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada process states why this change is happening.

Queer Fashion & Style: Stories from the Heartland—An Exhibition Catalog analyzes the recent history of fashion through a queer lens by examining how queer identities are negotiated in everyday styles by women in the Midwest part of the United States from the late twentieth century to the present.

A short online tutorial to introduce readers to research best-practices in the humanities and social sciences.

Rock the Boat is an open-access multimedia resource designed to provoke dialogue about graduate supervision relationships within universities, and their impact on student and faculty wellbeing. Drawing upon the tradition of Research-based Theatre, Rock the Boat draws attention to graduate supervision as a vital form of pedagogy, and as rife with challenges — especially relating to equity, inclusion and diversity.

This is a series of 3 lessons based on an interview with actor, director, and writer Veniamin Smekhov. The topics of the lessons are: The Taganka Theater, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Censorship.

This e-resource is aimed at guiding and supporting human services students through their placements.

This e-resource is aimed at guiding your overall learning and supporting you during your placement. It is important to note that this book is not a textbook. Rather, it is an information resource that will scaffold your learning as you move from the initial stages of your placement to the final few days. Topics covered include those that are immediately relevant to your placement (such as identifying learning activities) as well as hands-on, self-paced activities that will help you reflect on your learnings and develop skills necessary for your career in the human services. It is however also important to note that entire books have been written about the topics that are covered in the resource. Therefore, you will find relevant references and readings are provided throughout. If you are interested in a particular topic you are encouraged to refer to the references and readings during your placement and your future study.

In terms of the e-resource structure, the resource is made up of three modules.  The aim is to cover content relevant to the beginning, middle and end of your placement journey. As we work through the modules, we will cover content in the area of learning styles, supervision, values and more.

Further, each module includes topics that you need to Understand, Examine and tasks to Complete. Click on the image below to explore the topics that will be covered in each module.

The Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre (SRSC) holds letter books of the first principal of the Shingwauk Residential School, Rev. Edward F. Wilson, and the fourth principal Rev. George L. King. The letters range in date from 1875-1904, and include a wealth of information about the early history of Shingwauk and Wawanosh. Descriptions and links to digitized versions of the 10 books included in this collection can be found here on the Algoma Archives Website. The letter books incorporate topics such as funding, staffing, student life, religious missions to aboriginal communities, and more which is not known to the wider public. By digitizing this information we are able to provide both physical and intellectual access to the information, preserve the information for future generations, and teach people about the early history of the Residential School system. Education about the Residential School system in the elementary and high school curriculum is part of the TRC’s Calls to Action (all 94 can be viewed here). However, this education should not stop once students graduate high school. As Canadian citizens we need to continue to educate ourselves about the history of the Residential School system in order to better understand Survivors and First Nations communities. According to the TRC, “ongoing public education and dialogue are essential to reconciliation.” As part of this education process we are sharing stories compiled from the information in the letter books in this open educational resource. The SRSC has more in depth information on the topics covered in these stories and we encourage visits from those wishing to learn more.

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Students in an undergraduate seminar in Cognitive Science share what they've learned, regarding the state of the field in AI research. While AI work is remarkable, even the most astonishing projects are a far cry from replicating human intelligence. Why is that? Well, for one, humans have yet to pin down their own intelligence.

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Students in an undergraduate seminar in Cognitive Science share what they’ve learned, regarding the state of the field in AI research. While AI work is remarkable, even the most astonishing projects are a far cry from replicating human intelligence. Why is that? Well, for one, humans have yet to pin down their own intelligence. While work in AI may eventually point humans towards an answers to pressing questions regarding the nature of consciousness and matters of intelligence, at this present moment, the hard problem of consciousness is still that: a problem without a solution.

Word Count: 17607

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A smart grid is a range of technologies that allow for more complex interactions between the utility and consumer. This book provides an introduction to smart grids. It is written at the community college level for a student planning on earning an A.A.S. in electronics engineering technology. The math used in the book is at the pre-calculus leve, but does use complex numbers to explain some A.C. (Alternating Current) concepts.

This textbook, Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability: Canada, is a collection of information gathered from a diverse range of academic disciplines, including psychology, social psychology, business, and entrepreneurship. The aim is to connect social and environmental issues to current business practices to create more awareness on innovating, developing, and funding to create sustainable solutions to cultural, social, and environmental issues. When reading the chapters in this book, keep in-mind, how do the topic relates to social entrepreneurship and social/environmental responsibility.

This work explores seven topics from various subject areas (global public health, environmentalism, human rights, political expression, and human predation) through social imagery and data from social media.

The Soils Laboratory Manual, K-State Edition is designed for students in undergraduate, introductory soil science courses. The manual highlights the multidisciplinary aspects of soil science with laboratories focused on soil formation, classification, and mapping; soil physics, soil biology; soil chemistry; and soil fertility and management.

I attempted to base the reading for my Software Engineering course on freely available papers and postings. In areas where I could not find documents with the coverage I wanted, I wrote my own monographs. This is a collection of those monographs.

#TheatreAppreciation is a textbook for introductory level lecture classes such as Theatre Appreciation and Introduction to Theatre. It provides insight about the art and craft of theatre, a brief exploration of theatre history, and discussion about the styles and forms of theatre along with an overview of professions in the field.

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Social media, digital devices, and networked communication systems have become fully integrated into our everyday living experience. This e-book touches upon the human experience of contemporary trends that affect how we perceive ourselves, others, and society.

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Authored as a companion to COMM601 Trends in Digital & Social Media, Granite State College (USNH), Concord, NH.

Word Count: 25859

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