Definitely need the student associations onboard. There are two main national ones: CASA<https://www.casa-acae.com/>, and CFS<https://cfs-fcee.ca/>. They don't seem to get along that well with either each other or the provincial and local unions they represent, but maybe they can be united on an issue like this? N We have moved! The Office of Open Learning has moved to the CEI as of Monday, 26 August. We apologize for any delay in getting back to you as we settle in and look forward to welcoming you in our new offices! Prof. Nick Baker Director Office of Open Learning Room CEI-2241 Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation (entrance at 700 California Ave) University of Windsor 401 Sunset Ave. Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4 (519) 253-3000 ext. 4925 fax (519) 971-3693 www.uwindsor.ca/openlearning Twitter: @nbaker The University of Windsor is built on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which includes the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomie. As a settler here, I acknowledge and thank the traditional custodians of the land for their wisdom and connection to this place. ________________________________ From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Hendricks, Christina <christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca> Sent: November 1, 2019 3:06 PM To: Ross, Heather <heather.ross(a)usask.ca>; Tim Carson <tcarson(a)bccampus.ca> Cc: Amanda Coolidge <acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca>; Canada OER <canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca> Subject: Re: [Canadaoer] National OER Advocacy for the Next Federal Election Great idea! Here in BC, and I expect it’s true elsewhere, students have had a very powerful voice in encouraging the provincial government to move forward. I don’t know if there are groups of students already working on the federal level, but it would be good to find out. And if there aren’t, is there a national student group that would be good to reach out to and see if they would work on this with us? Christina ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christina Hendricks, PhD (she, her) Professor of Teaching, Philosophy Academic Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional, Ancestral, Unceded Territory Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 214 – 1961 East Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada Phone 604 822 1136 christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca<mailto:christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca> http://ctlt.ubc.ca/<http://ctlt.ubc.ca> | https://chendricks.org On November 1, 2019 at 11:59:49 AM, Ross, Heather (heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross(a)usask.ca>) wrote: Yes. Let’s work on this. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 1, 2019, at 11:56 AM, Tim Carson <tcarson(a)bccampus.ca> wrote: CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University of Saskatchewan. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. If in doubt, please forward suspicious emails to phishing(a)usask.ca I would agree, count me in. Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Amanda Coolidge <acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca> Sent: Friday, November 1, 2019 11:30:37 AM To: Michael McNally <mmcnally(a)ualberta.ca>; Canada OER <canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca> Subject: Re: [Canadaoer] National OER Advocacy for the Next Federal Election Yes let’s do it!! How do we proceed? Amanda Coolidge, MEd [she/her] Associate Director of Open Education, BCcampus Cell: 250 818 4592 • Email: acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca> Twitter: @acoolidge <http://www.twitter.com/acoolidge> • LinkedIn: amandacoolidge<https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandacoolidge/> <image001.png> Learning. Doing. Leading. 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From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Michael McNally <mmcnally(a)ualberta.ca> Date: Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 5:06 PM To: Canada OER <canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca> Subject: [Canadaoer] National OER Advocacy for the Next Federal Election Dear Canada OER Community, I was reflecting on the fact that we recently went through a federal election campaign where affordability was a central concern for seemingly every party, even to the point of floating vague promises (e.g. wireless mobile cost reductions with little specifics on how this would be practically achieved). Specifically, the NDP noted post-secondary affordability as a key issue, but its focus was more on tuition and grants, and it appeared, to the best of my knowledge, silent on textbook costs. Many parties also seemed relatively unconcerned about making expenditure promises if they figured they would garner votes. Couple these with the fact we are likely looking at a shorter time frame to the next election (most saying 18 to 24 months) and that every party will be looking to improve on their performance from earlier in the month, and I was wondering if there was interest in trying to get OER funding on to any of the federal party's radar (with the hope that given it is a relatively non-partisan issue, that if one party were to propose OER funding others may simply adopt it). I think there might be a variety of approaches/strategies to pursue to get OER funding, but thought I would see if there was some collective interest in pursuing this. Michael -- Michael B. McNally, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education (School of Library and Information Studies) 5-171 Education North, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta CANADA T6G 2J4 mmcnally(a)ualberta.ca<mailto:mmcnally(a)ualberta.ca> Phone: 780-492-3934 Fax: 780-492-2430 _______________________________________________ Canadaoer mailing list Canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca https://lists.bccampus.ca/mailman/listinfo/canadaoer _______________________________________________ Canadaoer mailing list Canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca https://lists.bccampus.ca/mailman/listinfo/canadaoer