Grant Project Recipients
2025 Recipients
Tier: Adaptation Grant
Team: Megan Hightower Smith, Nova Scotia Community College
Project: This project aims to integrate Indigenous ways of knowing with the Nova Scotia Early Learning Curriculum Framework into a new OER for individuals studying Early Childhood Education. The book will emphasize deepening connections with the Land to promote the relevance and importance of outdoor learning experiences in Early Childhood Education. As such, this OER will be tailored to the unique needs of Atlantic region early childhood educators and will put Etuaptmumk (Two Eyed Seeing) into practice.
Course: ECSP 2205 – Land based curriculum for outdoor learning
Tier: Creation Grant
Project: This project aims to bridge the gap between Nova Scotia policies concerning accessible education and classroom practices to create a new, bilingual resource. This resource will give insight into disability theory and policy and highlight inclusive teaching practices that can be used to implement this knowledge in day-to-day instruction. The OER will be the start of a collection of course materials and lesson plans that not only support pre-service teachers but also current teachers in their lifelong learning.
Courses: EDUC 5201 and 5202 – Inclusive Practices in Elementary Schools I and II; EDUC 5208 and 5209 – Inclusive Practices in Secondary Schools I and II
Tier: Creation Grant
Project: The aim of this project is to create an OER focused on promoting healthy active living in aging populations, with a specific focus on fall prevention. The book will integrate case studies, interactive elements, and evidence-based content. This resource will be valuable not only to undergraduate students but also to health care practitioners and caregivers who are seeking research-based information to support the aging adults in their lives. As such, this resource has the potential to make a positive impact on community health.
Course: KNEP 1102 – Vie active et santé; KNEP 2105 - Biomécanique en AP; KNEP 3204 – Vieillisement en activité physique
Tier: Creation Grant
Team: Dr. Gerald Laronde, Nibissing First Nation Knowledge Keeper, Nipissing University; Dr. Wendy Kraglund-Gauthier, Associate Dean (Research), Chair of Adult Education, Yorkville University; Dr. Julie Mueller, Technology Integration, Laurier University; Dr. David Pink, Department of Physics, St. Francis Xavier University; Dr. M. Shajahan Gulam Razul, Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University; Regina Cozzi, Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University
Project: This project aims to create a resource that highlights Canadian educational and natural science research to connect Science Technology, Engineering, and Math with Science, Technology, Society, and Environment pedagogies. There will be a focus on topics of natural science related to Nova Scotia, providing students with a resource tailored to their learning environments. This OER will integrate both Western science and Indigenous Science, weaving them together to form a cohesive narrative. In this sense, the book aims to respond to the Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Courses: EDUC 427A – Curriculum and Instruction Secondary Science Education A and EDUC 427B - Curriculum and Instruction Secondary Science Education B
Tier: Adaptation
Team: Dr. Jennifer Stamp, Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University; Dr. Kevin LeBlanc, Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University
Project: This adaptation project aims to take the existing OER Introduction to Psychology & Neuroscience and integrate new content and revise existing content, that centers Black and African-Nova Scotian perspectives. The team will be partnering with local experts with lived experience, disciplinary knowledge, and research expertise connected to relevant topics in Psychology and Neuroscience.
Course: PSYO 1011, 1012, 1031, and 1032 – Introduction to Psychology & Neuroscience I and II
Tier: Creation
Project: The goal of this project is to create a new textbook for nutrition and dietetics students and be available for use by current health professionals. The textbook aims to introduce the concepts of sustainability and food systems as integral to health and nutrition. The book will also include practical examples and decision-making frameworks that students can apply in their professional practice in the future.
Course: NUTR 3033 Sustainability, Food Systems, and Health
Tier: Adaptation Grant
Project: This project aims to adapt existing materials to create a new OER that introduces the use of AI, machine learning, sensor technology, and big data in modern agriculture studies. This integration of both computer science and agricultural studies in a single work will provide a more holistic perspective on data-driven decision making in modern agriculture. The goal is to make a resource that is interactive and which includes Canadian case studies, making it tailored to the learning needs of Atlantic agriculture students.
Course: CSCI 6803 – Digital Agriculture
Tier: Creation Grant
Project: In this inter-university collaboration, the team will work to create an OER for Bachelor of Education students across Atlantic Canada that focuses on theories of literacy education. The textbook will take these various theories of literacy education and connect them to classroom practices. This OER responds to a need for an Atlantic focused resource that supports educators in responding to the ever-changing and diverse needs of students in the present day.
Courses: English and Literacy Courses at both Acadia University and St. Francis Xavier University
Tier: Creation Grant
Project: 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.
Team: Dr. Beverly McKee, School of Health and Human Services, Nova Scotia Community College
Courses: Pols 2003 Introduction to Public Policy (Acadia); POLS 4803/5803 Canadian Public Policy (Acadia); PRNS 2018 Health Promotion and Community Nursing (NSCC); PRNS Introduction to Nursing (NSCC)
Tier: Creation Grant
Project: This project aims to create a new, interactive open textbook that will be used to teach upper level undergraduate students in business and social science the foundational data analytics skills in R and Python. The textbook will integrate practical programming skills that will allow students to apply machine learning techniques directly to real-world issues they encounter in their fields of study.
Courses: MGSC 1207 Introduction to Data Analytics for Business; MGSC 2207 Introductory Statistics; ECON 3303 Intermediate Economic Statistics; ECON 4498 Research Seminar in Economics
Tier: Adaptation Grant
Project: The goal of this project is to adapt and expand upon the book, Open Neuroscience Initiative. The project aims to add a lab manual, supplement existing content, and create chapter assignments with both student and expert feedback in mind.
Team: Dr. Erin Mazerolle Department of Psychology, StFX, Sherry Neville-MacLean, Department of Psychology, StFX
Courses: PSYC 231 Brain and Behaviour I; PSYC 232 Brain and Behaviour II
Tier: Adaptation Grant
Project: The goal of this project is to adapt an open Math textbook to make it suitable for teaching Health Mathematics. Current options for OER focused on Math do not meet the learning outcomes for students who take Health Mathematics. This textbook will provide better access for future Licensed Practical Nurses to interactive learning materials with Nova Scotia based case studies.
Courses: Math 1048, Math 1049 Health Mathematics; Math 1025 Health Math Extension from Graduate Math IV
Tier: Creation Grant
Project: The goal of this project is to create an introductory Canadian Studies textbook that makes use of a variety of media types and knowledges to support different styles of learning. The textbook will provide to a range of audiences inside and outside the university a comprehensive interdisciplinary introduction to Canada and to critical Canadian Studies that seeks to restructure how narratives of Canada are discussed to emphasize the different ways of knowing, seeing, and experiencing this country.
Team: Andrew Nurse, Acting Director of Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University, Elizabeth Miller Public Services and Special Collections Librarian at Mount Allison University
Courses: CANA 1001 Contemporary Canada: An Introduction; CANA 1011 Representing Canada
Tier: Creation Grant
Project: The goal of this project is to create a comprehensive textbook on Introductory Clinical Psychology for undergraduate students. Graduate students from Atlantic Canada will be invited to contribute to this book on their areas of expertise. The project team seeks to create a resource that integrates EDI principles and Canadian content, and to garner feedback from students on their experience with the newly developed OER.
Team: Dr. Angela Weaver, Department of Psychology, StFX
Course: PSYC 379 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
Tier: Creation Grant
Project: The goal of this project is to create a Legal Citation Guide that will benefit students and legal professionals. This accessibly designed resource will include commonly cited primary and secondary sources, including explanations of specific components of legal citation and a glossary of legal sources. It will also provide guidance tailored to law students on formatting for legal documents and major papers.
Course: LAWS 1014/1024 Legal Research and Writing
Tier: Adaptation Grant
Project: The goal of this project is to revise, update, and add material to the open textbook “Geological Structures: A Practical Introduction”. This textbook combines theoretical, practical, and experiential learning to further enrich the geoscience learning experience for students
Team: Dr. John Waldron, Acadia University
Courses: GEOL 3603 Structural Geology and Tectonics; EAS 233 Geological Structures
Tier: Creation Grant
Project: The goal of this project is to create a textbook entitled Devised Theatre Tools for Actor Training, which seeks to articulate how devised methods and collaborative models can serve the actor in training. The collaborative nature of Devised training seeks to give actors greater autonomy and thereby can empower them as artists. The book will also aim to provide each artist with the agency to determine the parts of their own complex identity they wish to represent in their work.
Team: Sara Graham, Accessibility Consultant
Courses: THEA 1801, THEA 1802, THEA 2801, THEA 2802, THEA 3801, THEA 3802, THEA 4801, THEA 4802
2023 Recipients
Other Team Members: Luella Legge, Faculty, School of Business and Creative Industries, Nova Scotia Community College; Student Writer/ Editor (TBD); and Lynn MacGregor, Copyright Officer, Nova Scotia Community College
Course: ENTR 2000: Foundations of Entrepreneurship
Other Team Members: Dr. Ayman Aljarrah, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Acadia University; Caroline Cochran, Instructor & MASH Coordinator, Acadia University
Course: Math 1013: Calculus and Math 1023: Calculus 2
Course: HNU 425: Nutrition in Aging
Other Team Members: Justin West, Faculty, School of Access Education and Language, Nova Scotia Community College; Moashella Shortte, Faculty, School of Access Education and Language, Nova Scotia Community College; and Matthew Sampson, Faculty, School of Access Education and Language, Nova Scotia Community College
Course: ECSP 2205: Land Based Curriculum for the Outdoor Learning Environment
2022 Recipients
Project: The goal of this project is to create an open textbook to replace the existing Pearson textbook and to optimize the student learning experience by involving a student in creation, testing, and usability.
Other Team Members: Meghan Landry, Scholarly Communications Librarian, St. Francis Xavier University
Courses: PHYS 121/122: Physics for the Physical Sciences and Engineering I/II
Project: This project is focused on developing ancillary content (such as slide decks, H5P quizzes, and images) to support the use of the existing OER textbook, Exploring substance use in Canada.
Other Team Members: NSCC Copyright Office
Course: SOCS 2024: Introduction to Addictions
Project: The goal of this event is to adapt the existing OER text, Liberté, into an OER that will support four French language courses in the Modern Languages Department at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU). As part of the process, the text will be updated to include Canadian references and perspectives and to make the text more useful and applicable to MSVU students.
Other Team Members: Dr. François-Xavier Eygun, Professor, Modern Languages Department; Dr. Larry Steele, Associate Professor, Modern Languages Department; Dr. Juliette Valcke, Associate Professor, Modern Languages Department; Emily Ballantyne, Educational Developer, Teacher and Learning Centre; Lindsay McCallum, Librarian, Archives and Scholarly Communications & Liaison for the Humanities; Erin Chapman, Instructional Designer, Teaching and Learning Centre; Michael McGuire, Instructional Developer, Teaching and Learning Centre
Courses: FREN 1101: Basic Practical French; FREN 1102: Basic Practical French 2: FREN 2201: Practical French; and FREN 2202: Practical French 2
Project: This project aims to improve inclusivity, accessibility, and relevance of an open educational resource used for an introductory psychology and neuroscience course and to educate undergraduate students on important concepts related to equity, diversity, and inclusivity.
Other Team Members: Erin Austen, Hackathon Co-Organizer, St. Francis Xavier University; Jesse Husk, Faculty Advisor, St. Francis Xavier University; Leanne Fraser, Faculty Advisor, Dalhousie University
Courses: PSYO 1011/1031 & PSYO 1012/1032: Introduction to Psychology I & II
Project: This project is focused on increasing the reach of the Business Information Skills Certificate (BISC) resource by adapting it as open textbook and populating it with redeveloped H5P quizzes, videos, and ancillary materials such as teaching slides and/or an interactive glossary.
Other Team Members: Lizabeth Lemon-Mitchell, Director, Faculty Advancement and Operations, & Instructor, Faculty of Management, University of New Brunswick; Emily Clark, Instructional Designer, Teaching and Learning Services, University of New Brunswick; Leanne Wells, Retired Business Librarian, UNB Libraries; Sally Armstrong, Research Specialist, Senior Associate, PWC Canada
Course: ADM 1165: Business Communications I
Other Team Members: Ms. Margaret Vail, Academic Librarian, St. Francis Xavier University; Dr. Derrick Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, St. Francis Xavier University; Ms. Sherry Neville-MacLean, Lab Instructor, Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University; Dr. Lindsay Berrigan, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University
Course: PSYC 292: Introductory Statistics for Psychology Research
TSS explores what stuttering is from a medical perspective and compares this with social science research on stuttering. Learners can test their understanding of this content through several short quizzes. The second unit features vignettes (short interactive, documentary videos) that look at the lived experiences of people who stutter in social contexts. The third and final unit is an H5P branching scenario/interactive story that introduces students to a mock clinical assessment in which learners can take on the role of a speech language pathologist assessing a client who stutters, and vice-versa. This Theory of Mind activity provides an opportunity for learners to consider the emotions, beliefs, and communicative practices of both participants in a clinical encounter.
Other Team Members: Amelia Robinson, Speech-Language Pathologist; Sandy Crowley, Speech-Language Pathologist; Greg O'Grady, Chair, Newfoundland and Labrador Stuttering Association; and Donna Downey, Manager, Media Services, Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, Memorial University
Course: Linguistics 4700: Experimental Phonetics
Other Team Members: Lynn MacGregor, Copyright Officer, Nova Scotia Community College Courses: MKTG 1010: Introduction to Marketing I; MKTG 2005: Introduction to Marketing II; BUSI 1015: The Business Environment; PSAL 2010: Professional Selling
Other Team Members: Dr. Jonathan Luedee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, University of Toronto; Dr. Glenn Iceton, Independent Scholar
Course: HIST 2833: Environmental History of North America
Course: COMM 1715: Business Communications