{"id":81,"date":"2018-10-29T15:53:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T15:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/postsecondarybc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=81"},"modified":"2025-04-23T21:19:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T21:19:25","slug":"saskatchewan","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/postsecondary\/chapter\/saskatchewan\/","title":{"raw":"Saskatchewan","rendered":"Saskatchewan"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Provincial Information<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<h2>GOVERNMENT<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saskatchewan.ca\/government\/government-structure\/ministries\/advanced-education\">Saskatchewan Ministry of Advanced Education<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/postsecondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/255\/2019\/07\/106260-PDF_-_Advanced_Education_-_Printing_high_resolution_file.pdf\">Ministry of Advanced Education Plan for 2018-2019<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\"Key Actions\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Ensure that students have access to a variety of financial supports (loans, grants, scholarships) so that post-secondary education is accessible.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Provide financial support to post-secondary institutions for the development of free open education resources (open textbooks) for students.\"<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Announcements\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saskatchewan.ca\/government\/news-and-media\/2020\/january\/07\/saving-students-money\">Saskatchewan Government investment saves students money<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saskatchewan.ca\/government\/news-and-media\/2021\/december\/08\/post-secondary-students-save-millions-through-investments-in-open-education-resources\">Post-Secondary Students Save Millions Through Investments In Open Education Resources<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h1>First Nations University of Canada<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collection.bccampus.ca\/textbooks\/financial-empowerment-personal-finance-for-indigenous-and-non-indigenous-people-university-of-regina-124\/\"><em>Financial Empowerment: Personal Finance for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>by Bettina Schneider<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Saskatchewan Polytechnic<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.saskpolytech.ca\/copyright_open-ed-resources.aspx\">Open educational resources<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.saskpolytech.ca\/funding-ZTC.OER.aspx\">ZTC and OER funding opportunities<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>University of Regina<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.uregina.ca\/\">URegina Pressbooks network<\/a> (as of May 2025, will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saskoer.ca\/\">Saskatchewan Open Education Resources<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Contact<\/strong>: Open Education &amp; 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