The Successful TA
A Practical Approach to Effective Teaching
Feel confident stepping into your role as a TA with help from this short, practical guide, which demystifies everything from how to interact with course instructors to giving students feedback on their work.
You @ the U
A Guided Tour through Your First Year of University
In this essential guide, university counsellor Janet Miller draws on her wit, wisdom, and decades of experience to help first-time students – of whatever age – prep for and survive their first year of university.
The Finest Blend
Graduate Education in Canada
As Canadian universities work to increase access to graduate education, many are adopting blended modes of delivery for courses and programs. This book provides a comprehensive overview of current practices and opportunities for blended learning success.
The Canadian Precariat
Part-Time Faculty and the Higher-Education System
It’s All Good (Unless It’s Not)
Mental Health Tips and Self-Care Strategies for Your Undergrad Years
It’s All Good (Unless It’s Not) explores frequent sources of undergraduate mental distress and the steps students can take to meet those challenges head-on.
Postsecondary Education in British Columbia
Public Policy and Structural Development, 1960–2015
Postsecondary Education in British Columbia is a thoughtful critical analysis of the role of social justice, human capital, and the market in the development of institutions and public policy in BC education since 1960.
First Class Support for College Students on the Autism Spectrum
Practical Advice for College Counselors and Educators
College students with autism can face many difficulties in adult life that can be overlooked as they strive for academic success. This book shows how college counselors and other staff can support students with autism in their everyday life, taking into consideration relationships, mental health, and independent living skills.
The Equity Myth
Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities
Challenging the myth of equity in higher education, this is the first comprehensive, data-based study of racialized and Indigenous faculty members’ experiences in Canadian universities.
Specialists
Passions and Careers
In a world that values money over learning, is it worth committing to the most challenging trial in education, the completion of a PhD?
Learning and Teaching Together
Weaving Indigenous Ways of Knowing into Education
An inspirational account of how a group of pre-service teachers, working alongside Indigenous wisdom keepers in British Columbia, developed an indigenist approach to education that can be applied in a wide variety of classrooms.
How to Succeed at University (and Get a Great Job!)
Mastering the Critical Skills You Need for School, Work, and Life
This practical, easy-to-read guide shows you how to master the critical skills needed for school, work, and life.
Developing Identity, Strengths, and Self-Perception for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
The BASICS College Curriculum
This practical college curriculum helps students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to develop an understanding of their identity, self-perception and strengths and how to use this self-knowledge to succeed at college, in their social lives, and in their careers. It is an ideal textbook for ASD college programs or for student self-study.
Independence, Social, and Study Strategies for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
The BASICS College Curriculum
This practical college curriculum for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder teaches independence, social, and study skills that empower the student and enable academic success. An ideal textbook for ASD college programs or for student self-study, this curriculum provides hands-on help in the areas that students with ASD need it most.
Teaching in Blended Learning Environments
Creating and Sustaining Communities of Inquiry
Provides a coherent framework in which to explore the transformative concept of blended learning, the integration of complementary face-to-face and online approaches and technologies.
Unthinkable Thoughts
Academic Freedom and the One-State Model for Israel and Palestine
This book presents a case study of an academic conference where various actors sought to circumscribe the exploration of a controversial idea – the one-state model for Israel and Palestine – and it throws into stark relief the vulnerability and importance of academic freedom.
Valences of Interdisciplinarity
Theory, Practice, Pedagogy
A collection of essays on interdisciplinary theory, research, and teaching.
The Exchange University
Corporatization of Academic Culture
This book critically examines the commercialization of today’s universities, under increasing economic pressure to develop human capital, science, and technology.
Reshaping the University
Responsibility, Indigenous Epistemes, and the Logic of the Gift
Student Affairs
Experiencing Higher Education
This collection reveals how much institutional change has occurred in the social organization of postsecondary education, and how much more change is required to achieve equitable access and inclusion.
Growth and Governance of Canadian Universities
An Insider's View
A veteran of university administration considers the effect of remarkable change on the growth and governance of the modern Canadian university.