Dear colleagues, I am delighted to share the news that we have just received a BCcampus Open Education Sustainability Grant<https://open.bccampus.ca/call-for-proposals/open-education-sustainability-grant-for-institutions/>. This grant provides us with an additional $32,250 in funds over the next two years, support which will allow us to: * enhance and further professionalize our Open Publishing Suite<https://www.kpu.ca/library/OPUS> by adding support for graphic design/layout, LaTeX authoring (e.g., for equations in Math, Physics, etc.), and a pre-publication peer review program for open textbooks published at KPU * enhance our open education research capacity by establishing an annual Open Education Research Fellowship and host an annual Open Education Research Institute in partnership with the Office of Research Services (details to follow soon) * expand our Open Pedagogy Fellowship program<https://www.kpu.ca/open/un-sdg-fellowship> that focuses on the UN’s sustainable development goals * developing a suite of resources and guides that will support our colleagues and the broader open education community For more information read the BCcampus press release at https://urls.bccampus.ca/6mp I look forward to sharing details of these and other new forms of support that will soon be available to the KPU community. Warm regards, Rajiv [logo gif] Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. (pronouns: he/him) Associate Vice Provost, Open Education Kwantlen Polytechnic University t 604.599.3253 e rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca<mailto:rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca> www.kpu.ca/open<http://www.kpu.ca/open> This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, please destroy the e-mail message and any attachments or copies. At KPU, we work, study, and live in a region south of the Fraser River which overlaps with the unceded traditional and ancestral lands of the Kwantlen, Musqueam, Katzie, Semihamoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt, and Kwikwetlen peoples.