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Concepts of Biology - 1st Canadian Edition

CC BY (Attribution) 42 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Charles Molnar, Jane Gair

Subject(s): Biology, life sciences,

Publisher: BCcampus

Last updated: 05/05/2025

In this survey text, directed at those not majoring in biology, we dispel the assumption that a little learning is a dangerous thing. We hope that by skimming the surface of a very deep subject, biology, we may inspire you to drink more deeply and make more informed choices relating to your health, the environment, politics, and the greatest subject that are all of us are entwined in, life itself. This text also includes 80 interactive H5P activities that you can use to evaluate your understanding as you go.

In the adapted textbook, Concepts of Biology — 1st Canadian Edition, you will find the following units:

Unit 1: The Cellular Foundation of Life
Unit 2: Cell Division and Genetics
Unit 3: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Unit 4: Animal Structure and Function

Introduction to Human Resource Management / Canadian Edition

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

Author(s): Zelda Craig, College of New Caledonia

Subject(s): Personnel and human resources management

Institution(s): College of New Caledonia

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 05/05/2025

Principles of Macroeconomics

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 24 H5P Activities English (Canada)

Author(s): Sharmistha Nag, NSCC

Subject(s): Macroeconomics

Institution(s): Fanshawe College

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 05/05/2025

Principles of Macroeconomics explains macroeconomic activity measures such as Gross Domestic Product, Unemployment, and Inflation. It discusses the factors that result in growth in the economy. The book uses data and graphs for students to see the implications of these theories on our economy. The textbook uses economic models to determine equilibrium in an economy and explain what causes fluctuations in economic activity. It also describes fiscal and monetary policy tools and evaluates their relative effectiveness on the Canadian economy, outlining the Government’s and Bank of Canada’s roles in stabilizing the economy.

Public Relations Case Studies: Strategies & Actions

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

Author(s): Sam Schechter

Editor(s): Sam Schechter

Subject(s): Public relations

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 04/05/2025

Public Relations Case Studies: Strategies & Actions provides students with real-world PR case studies. The case studies explore PR dilemmas and campaigns in a variety of sectors and circumstances. The book offers learning opportunities about audience analysis, campaign planning, strategy, tactics, message development, media relations, and crisis communications for the PR practitioners of today and the future.

Hybrid Text: Working With PLCs

CC BY (Attribution) English

Author(s): Ted Evans

Subject(s): The Arts

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 04/05/2025

ELTG 3009 / 3021
A open textbook for the study of automation using PLCs. The title is Hybrid because it teaches two systems together: Allen-Bradley and Siemens.
PLC imageBy Pierre75000 CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikipedia.

NSCC Academic Biology 1050

CC BY (Attribution) English

Author(s): Charles Molnar, Jane Gair, Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise

Subject(s): Biology, life sciences

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 04/05/2025

Lifespan Development

CC BY (Attribution) English

Author(s): Lumen Learning

Subject(s): Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 03/05/2025

Download FREE digital formats or read online.
Lifespan Development examines the physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur throughout a lifetime. This course covers the essentials in understanding human development, psychological research, and theories of growth and development. Students will come to understand the lifespan perspective and to analyze growth through each of the major stages of development: prenatal development, infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood (including emerging adulthood), middle adulthood, and late adulthood.
The course covers key topics in each of these stages, including major developmental theories, genetics, attachment, education, learning, disabilities, parenting, family life, moral development, illnesses, aging, generativity, and attitudes towards death and dying.

Environmental Science

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) English

Author(s): Bill Freedman

Subject(s): Biology, life sciences, The environment

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 03/05/2025

This textbook is intended to provide the core elements of a curriculum for teaching environmental science at the introductory level in Canadian colleges and universities.

NSCC Project Management

CC BY (Attribution) English (Canada)

Author(s): Adrienne Watt

Subject(s): Project management

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 03/05/2025

This book covers the basics of project management.

Fundamentals of Business Mathematics

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

Author(s): OER Lab

Subject(s): Business mathematics and systems

Last updated: 03/05/2025