For information on who to contact at your institution about open textbooks and open education, select your institution from the list below.
Acsenda School of Management
For assistance, please contact:
Ali de Haan, Manager, Library and Instructor Services
Email: ali.dehaan@Acsenda.com
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
For assistance, please contact:
Rosario Passos, Instructional Development Consultant
Learning and Teaching Centre
Email: Rosario_Passos@bcit.ca
Phone: 604-456-1266
OR
Lin Brander, Open Education Librarian
Email: Lin_Brander@bcit.ca
Phone: 604-432-8922
For library assistance related to open education, contact:
Ian Linkletter, Emerging Technology & Open Education Librarian
Email: Ian_Linkletter@bcit.ca
Phone: 604-451-6825
Camosun College
For assistance, please contact:
Emily Schudel, Faculty/Instructional Designer
eLearning, Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Email: schudele@camosun.bc.ca
OR
Sybil Harrison,
Email: HarrisonS@camosun.bc.ca
Capilano University
For assistance with the library aspect of open educational resources and textbooks, please contact:
Sabrina Wong, Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian
Email: sabrinawong2@capilanou.ca
Phone: 604-986-1911, ext 2103
OR
Michel Castagne, Digital Services Librarian
Email: michelcastagne@capilanou.ca
Phone: 604-986-1911, ext 2143
For all other questions regarding open textbooks, OER, and open education, contact:
Laura MacKay, Director, Centre for Teaching Excellence
Email: lmackay@capilanou.ca
Phone: 604-986-1911, ext 2476
OR
Alyssa Hamer, Open Education Coordinator
Email: alyssahamer@capilanou.ca
Phone: 604-990-7831
Coast Mountain College
For assistance, please contact:
Email: colt@coastmountaincollege.ca
Centre of Learning Transformation (COLT)
College of New Caledonia (CNC)
For assistance, please contact:
Grace Dyck, Education Technology/Instructional Skills Coordinator
Centre for Teaching & Learning
Email: dyckg@cnc.bc.ca
Phone: 250-562-2131 local 5550
OR
Paula Hayden, Director for Teaching and Learning
Email: haydenp1@cnc.bc.ca
College of the Rockies (CotR)
For assistance, please contact:
Scott Gerrity, Instructional Specialist,
Education Technology Centre
Email: sgerrity@cotr.bc.ca
Phone: 250-489-2751 local 3289
OR
COTROnline Moodle Help Desk
Email: cotronline@cotr.bc.ca
Phone: 250-489-2751 local 3737
Douglas College
For assistance, please contact:
Debra Flewelling, Open Education & Emerging Technologies Librarian
Email: flewellingd@douglascollege.ca
Phone: 604-527-5190
Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD)
For assistance, please contact:
Email: tlc@ecuad.ca
Phone: 604-630-4554
Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC)
For assistance, please contact:
Dave Smulders, Program Manager, Faculty Development/Instructional Design,
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation
Email: dsmulders@jibc.ca
OR
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation
Email: ctli@jibc.ca
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU)
For assistance, please contact:
Urooj Nizami
Open Education Strategist
Email: urooj.nizami@kpu.ca
OR
open@kpu.ca
Langara College
For assistance, please contact:
Caroline Korbel, Copyright and Open Education Librarian
Email: ckorbel@langara.ca
OR
open@langara.ca
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT)
For assistance, please contact:
Rita Cavaliere, Librarian
Email: rcavaliere@nvit.bc.ca
Phone: 250-378-3303
North Island College (NIC)
For assistance, please contact:
Terri Bateman, Distributed Learning Facilitator
Email: Terri.Bateman@nic.bc.ca
Phone: 250-334-5000 ext. 5235
OR
Liesel Knaack, Director, Teaching & Learning Innovation
Email: Liesel.Knaack@nic.bc.ca
Phone: 250.334.5032
Northern Lights College (NLC)
Shari Harrison, MEd
Coordinator, Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning
Email: sharriso@nlc.bc.ca
Phone: 250-374-2175
Okanagan College
For assistance, please contact:
Greg Hutton, Collections & Cataloguing Librarian
Email: ghutton@okanagan.bc.ca
Phone: 250-762-5445 ext 4490
Royal Roads University (RRU)
For assistance, please contact:
Sophia Palahicky, Associate Director
Centre for Teaching & Educational Technologies
Email: Sophia.Palahicky@royalroads.ca
Phone: 250-391-2600 ext 4766
OR
Rosie Croft, University Librarian
Email: Rosie.Croft@royalroads.ca
Phone: 250-391-2699
Selkirk College
For assistance, please contact:
Ken Laing, Instructional Services and Digital Initiatives Librarian
Email: klaing@selkirk.ca
Phone: 250-365-7292, ext 21382
Simon Fraser University (SFU)
For assistance, please contact:
Hope Power, Teaching & Learning Librarian
Email: hpower@sfu.ca
Phone: 778-782-4359
Thompson Rivers University (TRU)
For assistance with adopting, adapting, or creating an open textbook, contact:
Brenda Smith
Email: brsmith@tru.ca
Phone: 250-828-5098
For assistance with Pressbooks, contact:
Ken Monroe
Email: kmonroe@tru.ca
Phone: 778-471-8440
Trinity Western University (TWU)
For assistance, please contact:
Colin Madland
Online Learning and Instructional Technologies
Email: colin.madland@twu.ca
Phone: 604-513-2121 ext 3876
OR
Qinqin Zhang
Assistant Librarian, Information Literacy, E-Learning & E-Resources
Email: qinqin.zhang@twu.ca
Phone: 604-513-2121 ext 3904
University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus (UBCO)
For assistance, please contact:
Donna Langille, Community Engagement Librarian
Email: donna.langille@ubc.ca
Phone: 250 807-9233
OR
Michelle Lamberson, Director, Flexible Learning
Email: michelle.lamberson@ubc.ca
Phone: 250-807-9029
University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus (UBCV)
For assistance, please contact:
Will Engle, Strategist, Open Education Initiatives
Centre for Teaching, Learning & Technology
Email: will.engle@ubc.ca
Phone: 604-822-5913
OR
Erin Fields, Open Education and Scholarly Communications Librarian
Email: erin.fields@ubc.ca
Phone: 604-822-0977
For more information, visit: http://open.ubc.ca/
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV)
For assistance, please contact:
Martin Warkentin, Copyright Librarian
Email: Martin.Warkentin@ufv.ca
Phone: 604-504-7441, ext 4460
Claire Hay, Teaching & Learning Specialist
Email: Claire.Hay@ufv.ca
University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC)
For assistance, please contact:
Grant Potter, Sr Lab Instructor, E-Learning
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
Email: grant.potter@unbc.ca
Phone: 250-960-5188
University of Victoria (UVic)
For assistance, please contact:
Inba Kehoe, Copyright Officer/Scholarly Communications Librarian
Email: ikehoe@uvic.ca
Vancouver Community College (VCC)
For assistance, please contact:
Elena Kuzmina, Coordinator, Collections, e-Resources and OER
Email: ekuzmina@vcc.ca
Phone: 604-871-7000, ext 8346
Vancouver Island University (VIU)
For assistance, please contact:
Dana McFarland, Librarian & Coordinator for
eResources & Scholarly Communication
Email: Dana.McFarland@viu.ca
OR
Maxwell Stevenson, Director
Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning
Email: Maxwell.Stevenson@viu.ca
