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NSCC Open Textbook Catalogue

This catalogue contains NSCC Open Textbook Titles that have been authored or adapted at NSCC and Open Textbooks being used by NSCC instructors.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toolkit book cover

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toolkit

CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike)   English (Canada)

Author(s): Lee A. Swanson

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 27/04/2025

This book is designed for upper year undergraduate students and graduate students studying fundamental entrepreneurship concepts.
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Key Concepts of Computer Studies

CC BY (Attribution)   English (Canada)

Author(s): Meizhong Wang

Subject(s): Digital Lifestyle and online world: consumer and user guides, Computer hardware

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 26/04/2025

If you are looking for a quick study guide in Computer Studies, this book is an excellent resource. Skip the lengthy and distracting books and instead use this book to guide your studies, review your knowledge, or help with tutoring. This book quickly gets to the heart of each particular topic, helping students with a quick review before doing homework or preparing for a test.

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General Physics Remote Lab Manual

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)   English

Author(s): Lawrence Davis

Last updated: 26/04/2025

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ECE Developmental Psychology

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Bill Pelz, Linda Overstreet

Subject(s): Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 25/04/2025

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Northern and Indigenous Health and Healthcare

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)   English

Author(s): Heather Exner-Pirot, Bente Norbye, Lorna Butler

Editor(s): Heather Exner-Pirot, Bente Norbye, Lorna Butler

Subject(s): Medicine and Nursing

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 25/04/2025

The provision of northern health care entails many unique challenges and circumstances that are rarely represented in mainstream health sciences education. This open access, online resource consists of 38 short chapters from a variety of experts, academics, and practitioners in northern and Indigenous health and health care from around the Circumpolar North  on the following themes:

  • Health issues in northern and Indigenous communities
  • Health systems and governance
  • The social determinants of health in northern and Indigenous communities
  • Culture and health
  • Professional practice in rural/remote/isolated communities

The learning objectives for this OpenEd textbook include:

  • Understanding the unique healthcare needs and professional responsibilities that result from remoteness and population sparsity;
  • Identifying the social, environmental and cultural aspects of a community that inform and impact care needs;
  • Appreciating traditional and Indigenous medicines and approaches to healing as part of a holistic care system; and
  • Exploring the similarities and differences in northern health care across the circumpolar region.
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Applied Math for Food Service

CC BY (Attribution)   English

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

Subject(s): Educational: Food technology, cooking skills, Scientific standards, measurement etc, Applied mathematics

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 25/04/2025

Applied Math for Food Service is an adapted open textbook created by Amy Savoury. This new open textbook remixes content from two open textbooks published by BC Campus under CC BY licences:

Basic Kitchen & Food Service Management by The BC Cook Articulation Committee, and Math for Trades by Chad Flinn and Mark Overgaard.
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Communication and Mentoring in the Trades

CC BY (Attribution)   English (Canada)

Author(s): Tim Carson

Subject(s): Communication studies, Interpersonal communication and skills

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 24/04/2025

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Organizational Structure

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Bruce Weir, Christine Pitt, Venecia Williams

Subject(s): Organizational theory and behaviour

Last updated: 24/04/2025

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Children, Families, Schools, and Communities

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  10 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Joan Giovannini, Rebecca Laff, Wendy Ruiz

Subject(s): Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Social groups, communities and identities, Couple and Family psychology, Family and health

Institution(s): Holyoke Community College

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 24/04/2025

Children, Families, Schools, and Communities is an introductory text in the field of Child and Family Studies.  It provides a lens for understanding the evolving definition of “family” through socially constructed and ecological theory frameworks.   It promotes strategies for culturally sustaining and deeply collaborative relationships between families, schools, and communities through the use of home-grown advocacy strategies based on community-driven data.  Children, Families, Schools, and Communities is an adapted OER text from Rebecca Laff’s and Wendy Ruiz’s Child, Family, and Community.

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Trauma Informed Behaviour Support: A Practical Guide to Developing Resilient Learners

CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Kay Ayre, Govind Krishnamoorthy

Editor(s): Nikki Andersen

Subject(s): Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy, Trauma and shock, Psychology

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 24/04/2025

Trauma Informed Behaviour Support: A Practical Guide to Developing Resilient Learners guides educators working with primary school aged children to understand trauma as well as its impact on young children's brains, behaviour, learning, and development. The book provides a novel framework of practice – drawing on contemporary theories of developmental trauma and evidence-based practices of positive behaviour support. Practical strategies and tools are offered for educators to use to create strength-based environments that support children's recovery, resiliency and learning. Educators are introduced to the systemic impacts of traumatic stress and are provided with trauma-informed practices that they can use to support workforce development that enhance the quality of pedagogical practices, while promoting the safety and care of the school community.