{"id":402,"date":"2019-01-11T23:48:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T23:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/?post_type=chapter&p=402"},"modified":"2025-06-13T16:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T16:23:06","slug":"oe-support","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/chapter\/oe-support\/","title":{"raw":"Who at my institution can answer questions about open education?","rendered":"Who at my institution can answer questions about open education?"},"content":{"raw":"For information on who to contact at your institution about open textbooks and open education, find your institution below.\r\n

Acsenda School of Management<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nAli de Haan, Manager, Library and Instructor Services\r\nEmail: ali.dehaan@Acsenda.com\r\n

Alexander College<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nJoe Munsterman\r\nEmail: j.munsterman@alexandercollege.ca\r\n

British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nRosario Passos, Instructional Development Consultant\r\nLearning and Teaching Centre\r\nEmail: Rosario_Passos@bcit.ca\r\nPhone: 604-456-1266\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nLin Brander, Open Education Librarian\r\nEmail: Lin_Brander@bcit.ca\r\nPhone: 604-432-8922\r\n\r\nFor library assistance related to open education, contact:\r\n\r\nIan Linkletter, Emerging Technology & Open Education Librarian\r\nEmail: Ian_Linkletter@bcit.ca\r\nPhone: 604-451-6825\r\n

Camosun College<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nEmily Schudel, Chair, Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning\r\nEmail: schudele@camosun.bc.ca\r\n

Capilano University<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance with the\u00a0library aspect<\/strong>\u00a0of open educational resources and textbooks, please contact:\r\n\r\nSabrina Wong, Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian\r\nEmail: sabrinawong2@capilanou.ca\r\nPhone: 604-986-1911, ext 2103\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nMichel Castagne, Digital Services Librarian\r\nEmail: michelcastagne@capilanou.ca\r\nPhone:\u00a0604-986-1911, ext 2143\r\n\r\nFor\u00a0all other questions<\/strong>\u00a0regarding open textbooks, OER, and open education, contact:\r\n\r\nAlyssa Hamer, Open Education Coordinator\r\nEmail: alyssahamer@capilanou.ca\r\nPhone: 604-990-7831\r\n

Coast Mountain College<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nEmail:\u00a0colt@coastmountaincollege.ca\r\nCentre of Learning Transformation (COLT)<\/a>\r\n

College of New Caledonia (CNC)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nGrace Dyck, Education Technology\/Instructional Skills Coordinator\r\nCentre for Teaching & Learning\r\nEmail: dyckg@cnc.bc.ca\r\nPhone: 250-562-2131 local 5550\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nPaula Hayden, Director for Teaching and Learning\r\nEmail: haydenp1@cnc.bc.ca\r\n

College of the Rockies (CotR)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nScott Gerrity, Instructional Specialist,\r\nEducation Technology Centre\r\nEmail: sgerrity@cotr.bc.ca\r\nPhone: 250-489-2751 local 3289\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nCOTROnline Moodle Help Desk\r\nEmail: cotronline@cotr.bc.ca\r\nPhone: 250-489-2751 local 3737\r\n

Columbia College<\/h1>\r\nMelissa Cardoso, Instructional Development Consultant\/Chair of the Open Education Resource Committee\r\nEmail: mcardoso@columbiacollege.ca\r\nPhone: 604-683-8360\r\n

Douglas College<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nAlicia Arding, Faculty Librarian, Open Education\r\nEmail: aarding@douglascollege.ca\r\nPhone: 604-527-5181\r\n

Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nEmail: tlc@ecuad.ca\r\nPhone: 604-630-4554\r\n

Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nDave Smulders, Program Manager, Faculty Development\/Instructional Design,\r\nCentre for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation\r\nEmail: dsmulders@jibc.ca\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nCentre for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation\r\nEmail: ctli@jibc.ca\r\n

Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nAmanda Grey\r\nOpen Education Strategist\r\nEmail: amanda.grey@kpu.ca\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nopen@kpu.ca\r\n

Langara College<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nLindsay Tripp, Copyright and Open Education Librarian\r\nEmail: ltripp@langara.ca\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nopen@langara.ca\r\n

Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nRita Cavaliere, Librarian\r\nEmail: rcavaliere@nvit.bc.ca\r\nPhone: 250-378-3303\r\n

North Island College (NIC)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nKelly Johnsen, Associate Dean College Experience\r\nEmail: Kelly.johnsen@nic.bc.ca\r\nPhone: 250-724-8743\r\n

Northern Lights College (NLC)<\/h1>\r\nShari Harrison, MEd\r\nCoordinator, Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning\r\nEmail: sharriso@nlc.bc.ca\r\nPhone: 250-374-2175\r\n

Okanagan College<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nGreg Hutton, Collections & Cataloguing Librarian\r\nEmail: ghutton@okanagan.bc.ca\r\nPhone: 250-762-5445 ext 4490\r\n

Royal Roads University (RRU)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nKen Jeffery, Associate Director\r\nCentre for Teaching & Educational Technologies\r\nEmail: ken.2jeffery@royalroads.ca\r\nPhone: 250-391-2600 ext 4446\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nRosie Croft, University Librarian\r\nEmail: Rosie.Croft@royalroads.ca\r\nPhone: 250-391-2699\r\n

Selkirk College<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nKen Laing, Instructional Services and Digital Initiatives Librarian\r\nEmail: klaing@selkirk.ca\r\nPhone: 250-365-7292, ext 21382\r\n

Simon Fraser University (SFU)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nHope Power, Teaching & Learning Librarian\r\nEmail: hpower@sfu.ca\r\nPhone: 778-782-4359\r\n

Thompson Rivers University (TRU)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance with adopting, adapting, or creating an open textbook, contact:\r\n\r\nBrenda Smith\r\nEmail: brsmith@tru.ca\r\nPhone: 250-828-5098\r\n\r\nFor assistance with Pressbooks, contact:\r\n\r\nKen Monroe\r\nEmail: kmonroe@tru.ca\r\nPhone: 778-471-8440\r\n

Trinity Western University (TWU)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nColin Madland\r\nOnline Learning and Instructional Technologies\r\nEmail: colin.madland@twu.ca\r\nPhone: 604-513-2121 ext 3876\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nQinqin Zhang\r\nAssistant Librarian, Information Literacy, E-Learning & E-Resources\r\nEmail: qinqin.zhang@twu.ca\r\nPhone: 604-513-2121 ext 3904\r\n

University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus (UBCO)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nDonna Langille, Community Engagement Librarian\r\nEmail: donna.langille@ubc.ca\r\nPhone: 250 807-9233\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nMichelle Lamberson, Director, Flexible Learning\r\nEmail: michelle.lamberson@ubc.ca\r\nPhone: 250-807-9029\r\n

University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus (UBCV)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nWill Engle, Strategist, Open Education Initiatives\r\nCentre for Teaching, Learning & Technology\r\nEmail: will.engle@ubc.ca\r\nPhone: 604-822-5913\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nErin Fields, Open Education and Scholarly Communications Librarian\r\nEmail: erin.fields@ubc.ca\r\nPhone: 604-822-0977\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit: http:\/\/open.ubc.ca\/<\/a>\r\n

University of the Fraser Valley (UFV)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nJanelle Sztuhar, On-Call Reference & Instruction Librarian\r\nEmail: Janelle.Sztuhar@ufv.ca\r\n\r\nClaire Hay, Teaching & Learning Specialist\r\nEmail: Claire.Hay@ufv.ca\r\n\r\nMartin Warkentin, Copyright Librarian\r\nEmail: Martin.Warkentin@ufv.ca\r\nPhone: 604-504-7441, ext 4460\r\n

University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nGrant Potter, Sr Lab Instructor, E-Learning\r\nCentre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology\r\nEmail: grant.potter@unbc.ca\r\nPhone: 250-960-5188\r\n

University of Victoria (UVic)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nInba Kehoe, Copyright Officer\/Scholarly Communications Librarian\r\nEmail: ikehoe@uvic.ca\r\n

Vancouver Community College (VCC)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nElena Kuzmina, Coordinator, Collections, e-Resources and OER\r\nEmail: ekuzmina@vcc.ca\r\nPhone: 604-871-7000, ext 8346\r\n

Vancouver Island University (VIU)<\/h1>\r\nFor assistance, please contact:\r\n\r\nDana McFarland, Librarian & Coordinator for\r\neResources & Scholarly Communication\r\nEmail: Dana.McFarland@viu.ca\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nMaxwell Stevenson, Director\r\nCentre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning\r\nEmail: Maxwell.Stevenson@viu.ca","rendered":"

For information on who to contact at your institution about open textbooks and open education, find your institution below.<\/p>\n

Acsenda School of Management<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Ali de Haan, Manager, Library and Instructor Services
\nEmail: ali.dehaan@Acsenda.com<\/p>\n

Alexander College<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Joe Munsterman
\nEmail: j.munsterman@alexandercollege.ca<\/p>\n

British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Rosario Passos, Instructional Development Consultant
\nLearning and Teaching Centre
\nEmail: Rosario_Passos@bcit.ca
\nPhone: 604-456-1266<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

Lin Brander, Open Education Librarian
\nEmail: Lin_Brander@bcit.ca
\nPhone: 604-432-8922<\/p>\n

For library assistance related to open education, contact:<\/p>\n

Ian Linkletter, Emerging Technology & Open Education Librarian
\nEmail: Ian_Linkletter@bcit.ca
\nPhone: 604-451-6825<\/p>\n

Camosun College<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Emily Schudel, Chair, Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
\nEmail: schudele@camosun.bc.ca<\/p>\n

Capilano University<\/h1>\n

For assistance with the\u00a0library aspect<\/strong>\u00a0of open educational resources and textbooks, please contact:<\/p>\n

Sabrina Wong, Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian
\nEmail: sabrinawong2@capilanou.ca
\nPhone: 604-986-1911, ext 2103<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

Michel Castagne, Digital Services Librarian
\nEmail: michelcastagne@capilanou.ca
\nPhone:\u00a0604-986-1911, ext 2143<\/p>\n

For\u00a0all other questions<\/strong>\u00a0regarding open textbooks, OER, and open education, contact:<\/p>\n

Alyssa Hamer, Open Education Coordinator
\nEmail: alyssahamer@capilanou.ca
\nPhone: 604-990-7831<\/p>\n

Coast Mountain College<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0colt@coastmountaincollege.ca
\nCentre of Learning Transformation (COLT)<\/a><\/p>\n

College of New Caledonia (CNC)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Grace Dyck, Education Technology\/Instructional Skills Coordinator
\nCentre for Teaching & Learning
\nEmail: dyckg@cnc.bc.ca
\nPhone: 250-562-2131 local 5550<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

Paula Hayden, Director for Teaching and Learning
\nEmail: haydenp1@cnc.bc.ca<\/p>\n

College of the Rockies (CotR)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Scott Gerrity, Instructional Specialist,
\nEducation Technology Centre
\nEmail: sgerrity@cotr.bc.ca
\nPhone: 250-489-2751 local 3289<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

COTROnline Moodle Help Desk
\nEmail: cotronline@cotr.bc.ca
\nPhone: 250-489-2751 local 3737<\/p>\n

Columbia College<\/h1>\n

Melissa Cardoso, Instructional Development Consultant\/Chair of the Open Education Resource Committee
\nEmail: mcardoso@columbiacollege.ca
\nPhone: 604-683-8360<\/p>\n

Douglas College<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Alicia Arding, Faculty Librarian, Open Education
\nEmail: aarding@douglascollege.ca
\nPhone: 604-527-5181<\/p>\n

Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Email: tlc@ecuad.ca
\nPhone: 604-630-4554<\/p>\n

Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Dave Smulders, Program Manager, Faculty Development\/Instructional Design,
\nCentre for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation
\nEmail: dsmulders@jibc.ca<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation
\nEmail: ctli@jibc.ca<\/p>\n

Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Amanda Grey
\nOpen Education Strategist
\nEmail: amanda.grey@kpu.ca<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

open@kpu.ca<\/p>\n

Langara College<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Lindsay Tripp, Copyright and Open Education Librarian
\nEmail: ltripp@langara.ca<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

open@langara.ca<\/p>\n

Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Rita Cavaliere, Librarian
\nEmail: rcavaliere@nvit.bc.ca
\nPhone: 250-378-3303<\/p>\n

North Island College (NIC)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Kelly Johnsen, Associate Dean College Experience
\nEmail: Kelly.johnsen@nic.bc.ca
\nPhone: 250-724-8743<\/p>\n

Northern Lights College (NLC)<\/h1>\n

Shari Harrison, MEd
\nCoordinator, Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning
\nEmail: sharriso@nlc.bc.ca
\nPhone: 250-374-2175<\/p>\n

Okanagan College<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Greg Hutton, Collections & Cataloguing Librarian
\nEmail: ghutton@okanagan.bc.ca
\nPhone: 250-762-5445 ext 4490<\/p>\n

Royal Roads University (RRU)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Ken Jeffery, Associate Director
\nCentre for Teaching & Educational Technologies
\nEmail: ken.2jeffery@royalroads.ca
\nPhone: 250-391-2600 ext 4446<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

Rosie Croft, University Librarian
\nEmail: Rosie.Croft@royalroads.ca
\nPhone: 250-391-2699<\/p>\n

Selkirk College<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Ken Laing, Instructional Services and Digital Initiatives Librarian
\nEmail: klaing@selkirk.ca
\nPhone: 250-365-7292, ext 21382<\/p>\n

Simon Fraser University (SFU)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Hope Power, Teaching & Learning Librarian
\nEmail: hpower@sfu.ca
\nPhone: 778-782-4359<\/p>\n

Thompson Rivers University (TRU)<\/h1>\n

For assistance with adopting, adapting, or creating an open textbook, contact:<\/p>\n

Brenda Smith
\nEmail: brsmith@tru.ca
\nPhone: 250-828-5098<\/p>\n

For assistance with Pressbooks, contact:<\/p>\n

Ken Monroe
\nEmail: kmonroe@tru.ca
\nPhone: 778-471-8440<\/p>\n

Trinity Western University (TWU)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Colin Madland
\nOnline Learning and Instructional Technologies
\nEmail: colin.madland@twu.ca
\nPhone: 604-513-2121 ext 3876<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

Qinqin Zhang
\nAssistant Librarian, Information Literacy, E-Learning & E-Resources
\nEmail: qinqin.zhang@twu.ca
\nPhone: 604-513-2121 ext 3904<\/p>\n

University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus (UBCO)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Donna Langille, Community Engagement Librarian
\nEmail: donna.langille@ubc.ca
\nPhone: 250 807-9233<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

Michelle Lamberson, Director, Flexible Learning
\nEmail: michelle.lamberson@ubc.ca
\nPhone: 250-807-9029<\/p>\n

University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus (UBCV)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Will Engle, Strategist, Open Education Initiatives
\nCentre for Teaching, Learning & Technology
\nEmail: will.engle@ubc.ca
\nPhone: 604-822-5913<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

Erin Fields, Open Education and Scholarly Communications Librarian
\nEmail: erin.fields@ubc.ca
\nPhone: 604-822-0977<\/p>\n

For more information, visit: http:\/\/open.ubc.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n

University of the Fraser Valley (UFV)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Janelle Sztuhar, On-Call Reference & Instruction Librarian
\nEmail: Janelle.Sztuhar@ufv.ca<\/p>\n

Claire Hay, Teaching & Learning Specialist
\nEmail: Claire.Hay@ufv.ca<\/p>\n

Martin Warkentin, Copyright Librarian
\nEmail: Martin.Warkentin@ufv.ca
\nPhone: 604-504-7441, ext 4460<\/p>\n

University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Grant Potter, Sr Lab Instructor, E-Learning
\nCentre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
\nEmail: grant.potter@unbc.ca
\nPhone: 250-960-5188<\/p>\n

University of Victoria (UVic)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Inba Kehoe, Copyright Officer\/Scholarly Communications Librarian
\nEmail: ikehoe@uvic.ca<\/p>\n

Vancouver Community College (VCC)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Elena Kuzmina, Coordinator, Collections, e-Resources and OER
\nEmail: ekuzmina@vcc.ca
\nPhone: 604-871-7000, ext 8346<\/p>\n

Vancouver Island University (VIU)<\/h1>\n

For assistance, please contact:<\/p>\n

Dana McFarland, Librarian & Coordinator for
\neResources & Scholarly Communication
\nEmail: Dana.McFarland@viu.ca<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

Maxwell Stevenson, Director
\nCentre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning
\nEmail: Maxwell.Stevenson@viu.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"menu_order":20,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-402","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":210,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1013,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/402\/revisions\/1013"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/210"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/402\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}