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Grant-Funded Open Textbook Projects

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Authors: Stéphane Brutus and Nora Baronian
Title: Human Resources Management – Canadian Edition
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Customized for the class: MANA 362: Human Resource Management 
Open textbook project led by: Stéphane Brutus
Student assistants: Caroline Task (Master student), Michael Ogoms (Master student)
Grant start date: May 2020

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Author: Pierre-Yann Dolbec
Title: Digital Marketing Strategy
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Customized for the class: MARK 452: e-Marketing
Open textbook project led by: Pierre-Yann Dolbec
Student assistants: Olivia Hechter (undergrad), Alexandre Souze (Master student), Kelly-Anne Lemay (undergrad)
Grant start date: December 2019

 

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Authors: Brian C. Vermeire, Carlos A. Pereira, Hamidreza Karbasian
Title: Computational Fluid Dynamics: An Open Source Approach
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0

Created for the class: AERO 455: Computational Fluid Dynamics for Aerospace Applications
Open textbook project led by: Brian Vermeire
Student assistants: Carlos Pereira (PhD candidate) Hamidreza Karbasian (PhD candidate)
Grant started: June 2019

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Authors: Authors: Stuart James MacMillan and Filiz Ozek
Title: The Practical Guide to Technical Writing for Engineers and Computer Scientists 

Customized for the class: ENCS 282 : Technical Writing and Communication
Open textbook project led by: Stuart James MacMillan and Filiz Ozek

Student assistants: Celeste Eunice Jensen, Rojan Nessari, Apoorva Bhardwaj
Grant started: August 2025

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Authors: David B. Baker and Heather Sperry
Title: History of Psychology (Noba)
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Adopted for the class: PSYC 305: History and Systems
Open textbook project led by: Lucy Farisello
Student assistants: Mihaela Zlatanovska (undergrad)
Grant started: December 2019

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Authors: Martha Lally and Suzanne Valentine-French
Title: Lifespan Development – A Psychological Perspective
Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike

Adopted for the class: PSYC 333: Fundamentals of Lifespan Development
Open textbook project led by: Erin Barker
Student assistants: Laurie Houle (undergrad)
Grant started: December 2020


Authors: Jayson San Miguel; Amelia Liangzi Shi; Dinesh Ramoo; Elisa Niunin; Ephrathah Hadgu; Jessica Motherwell McFarlane; and Tareq Yousef

Title: Introduction to Psychology

Customized for the class: PSYC 205: Introduction to Psychology

Open textbook project led by: Jayson San Miguel
Student assistants: Elisa Niunin, Vanessa Raspa, Ephrathah Hagdu
Grant started: November 2023

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Authors: Beth Shook; Katie Nelson; Lara Braff; and Kelsie Aguilera
Matthew DeCarlo; Rajiv S. Jhangiani; Carrie Cuttler; and Dana C. Leighton
Title: Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology - 2nd annotated edition
Commons Attribution NonCommercial  

Adopted for the class ANTH 203: Culture and Biology
Open textbook project led by: Salinda Hess
Student assistant: Lola Leus (undergrad)
Grant started: August 2023

 

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Authors: Beth Shook; Katie Nelson; Lara Braff; and Kelsie Aguilera
Matthew DeCarlo; Rajiv S. Jhangiani; Carrie Cuttler; and Dana C. Leighton
Title: Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology - 3rd edition
Commons Attribution NonCommercial  

Customized for the class ANTH 203: Culture and Biology
Open textbook project led by: Salinda Hess
Student Assistants: Lola Leus (undergrad);  Adam Garcia
Grant started: July 2025

 

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Authors: Peter Morden
Matthew DeCarlo; Rajiv S. Jhangiani; Carrie Cuttler; and Dana C. Leighton
Title: Quantitative Research Methods for the Applied Human Sciences Creative
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Customized for the class AHSC 380: Quantitative Research Methods for Practitioners
Open textbook project led by: Peter Morden
OER Work-Study Assistant: Rahil Kakkad (undergrad)
Grant started: January 2020

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Authors: Kerri Z. Delaney and Leslie Barker
Title: Fundamentals of Health and Physical Activity
Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike

Created for the class: EXCI 251: Fundamentals of Health and Physical Activity 
Open textbook project led by: Leslie Barker 
Grant started: June 2019

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Authors: Katie Young
Title: The Making of the Irish Landscape
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Customized for the class: IRST398-GEOG343: The Making of the Irish Landscape 

Open textbook project led by: Katie Young

Student assistants: Enver Hampton and Alexia Velenosi
Grant started: Summer 2024

 

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Authors: Natalie Kouri-Towe and Myloe Martel-Perry
Title: Better Practices in the Classroom: Subtitle: A Teaching Guidebook for Sustainable, Inclusive, and Equitable Learning from a Gender and Sexuality Studies Framework
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Customized as a guidebook for undergraduate courses
Open textbook project led by: Natalie Kouri-Towe
Student assistants: Linneah Reynolds and Margot Thorseth
Grant started: 2023


Authors: Loren Lerner and Karine Antaki
Title: Creating the Modern: Intersections of Art & Society in the Nineteenth Century
Creative Commons Attribution

Created for the class: ARTH 366: Studies in 19th‑Century Art and Architecture
Grant started: June 2022

Professor Department Faculty Course/Title Grant type
Susan Liscouet-Hanke
Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering ENCS AERO 201: Introduction to Flight and Aerospace Systems customize
Cristina Sanza and Andrea Hunter Journalism FAS JOUR 443: The Digital Magazine create
Elyse Amend, Kristy Snell, and Amélie Daoust-Boisvert Journalism FAS EDIA-focused style guide customize
Andrew Forster  Design and Art History FAS ARTH354 Radical Animisms – Art & Nature / DART292 Bio-Inspiration of Objects customize
Ivan Kantor Chemical and Materials Engineering ENCS CHME 6151: Life Cycle Assessment customize

In Concordia's education class ETEC 693 Special Issues in Educational Technology (3 credits), Dr. Jiyae Bong and her graduate students are building renewable assignment modules. Find out more about renewable assignments, including how to locate and share them.

Centre of Teaching and Learning Guidebooks

The Centre of Teaching and Learning at Concordia University participates in the OER movement by offering a number of open pedagogical guidebooks, sharing best practices for our local community and beyond.  

Title and Link Description
A guide to embedding education for sustainability in higher education courses Discover the essence of education for sustainability and its integration across disciplines. ...
Contemplative practices and pedagogy in the classroom An open educational resource sharing insights and practices from our community...
Teaching and learning guide for teaching assistants This guidebook covers everything about teaching and learning that teaching assistants (TAs) need to know to succeed in their roles...
   
   
   

OER Concordia University Library Guide was created by Rachel Harris, CC BY 4.0. Except where otherwise noted content on this guide is licenced under a Creative Commons 4.0. International licence. Icons by The Noun Project. Special thanks to Chloe Lei for the previous pilot version of the OER pages and Pamela Carson for web-design consultations.

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