Hi there fellow Open Educators! This week the World celebrates Open Access Week<http://www.openaccessweek.org/>, exploring the theme - Open with Purpose, Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion. BCIT is proud to contribute to this discussion by co-hosting an event featuring our own Carol Wenzel, in the faculty of biotechnology who co-produced an open animal dissection image library<https://open.bcit.ca/oer/islandora/object/oer%3Adimages>. She is also wrapping up her second open education grant project, a plant anatomy and morphology image library, with co-op student Horton Lai. This joint event also features Stuart MacKinnon from UBC Okanagan<https://www.facebook.com/ubcocampus/?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVybmdOXwylV4DCYoEbmkFhqLwS9E1Ib1vGfCCKx-xWB14_EECmAiOeKkqdatApcn4qO_oU77Nb6rurnc4S2_SjCNSe67T-6nIpIV3O2SdAuxQnTEkFYgBIN7VPxa3UjEvHziggZXU8T1C31jkt4fK163peyuCP-Dw8Vn0rG6t4QhLQXcF8Y-DlOvfa5MJvNWy2tp7iOHPcKCsVVF_oPIDoMEwzjwoQXOeomioGaQpaEXFbX7onQfUlDXyIKiXa0U_d2dh29-5Mm02arswOFu1d&__tn__=kK-y-R>, Alena Buis from Langara College<https://www.facebook.com/langaracollege/?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVybmdOXwylV4DCYoEbmkFhqLwS9E1Ib1vGfCCKx-xWB14_EECmAiOeKkqdatApcn4qO_oU77Nb6rurnc4S2_SjCNSe67T-6nIpIV3O2SdAuxQnTEkFYgBIN7VPxa3UjEvHziggZXU8T1C31jkt4fK163peyuCP-Dw8Vn0rG6t4QhLQXcF8Y-DlOvfa5MJvNWy2tp7iOHPcKCsVVF_oPIDoMEwzjwoQXOeomioGaQpaEXFbX7onQfUlDXyIKiXa0U_d2dh29-5Mm02arswOFu1d&__tn__=kK-y-R>, and representatives from Kwantlen Polytechnic University<https://www.facebook.com/kwantlenU/?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVybmdOXwylV4DCYoEbmkFhqLwS9E1Ib1vGfCCKx-xWB14_EECmAiOeKkqdatApcn4qO_oU77Nb6rurnc4S2_SjCNSe67T-6nIpIV3O2SdAuxQnTEkFYgBIN7VPxa3UjEvHziggZXU8T1C31jkt4fK163peyuCP-Dw8Vn0rG6t4QhLQXcF8Y-DlOvfa5MJvNWy2tp7iOHPcKCsVVF_oPIDoMEwzjwoQXOeomioGaQpaEXFbX7onQfUlDXyIKiXa0U_d2dh29-5Mm02arswOFu1d&__tn__=kK-y-R> and Okanagan College<https://www.facebook.com/okanagancollege.ca/?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVybmdOXwylV4DCYoEbmkFhqLwS9E1Ib1vGfCCKx-xWB14_EECmAiOeKkqdatApcn4qO_oU77Nb6rurnc4S2_SjCNSe67T-6nIpIV3O2SdAuxQnTEkFYgBIN7VPxa3UjEvHziggZXU8T1C31jkt4fK163peyuCP-Dw8Vn0rG6t4QhLQXcF8Y-DlOvfa5MJvNWy2tp7iOHPcKCsVVF_oPIDoMEwzjwoQXOeomioGaQpaEXFbX7onQfUlDXyIKiXa0U_d2dh29-5Mm02arswOFu1d&__tn__=kK-y-R> to talk about Open Access initiatives from their respective institutions. The event is free and you can register here: https://bccampus.ca/event/open-access-in-action-tales-from-5-institutions/ Hope some of you can make it! Cheers, Rosairo [rosario.jpg] Rosario Passos Instructional Development Consultant (IDC) Learning and Teaching Centre British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2 Tel: (604) 456 1266 rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca<mailto:rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca> www.bcit.ca/ltc Education for a Complex World Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail