Hi Everyone, We are attempting to launch the zero textbook cost / low textbook cost course marking/cost indicators on the student timetable for the next academic year. We have experienced some rather negative backlash for this initiative from certain departments. I am wondering how others, if engaged in this sort of project, have dealt with this type of feedback. If you would be willing to meet with me to discuss, I would be most appreciative. In the meantime, I am also putting together a list of other institutions engaged in this work, as Faculty here want to know. I have not fully developed the libguide just yet, I am working on it this week, but you can see it here and let me know what you think if you want: https://stfx.libguides.com/OER/ZTC Otherwise, this is the list of Canadian universities I have been able to find via Google so far. I recall there may be somewhere in Saskatchewan as well? If you know of any other places can you please let me know? They are in no particular order, by the way! Which other Canadian institutions are doing this sort of cost indicators on their timetable? 1. University of Alberta<https://www.ualberta.ca/en/the-quad/2026/01/celebrating-progress-in-textbook-affordability.html> 2. Kwantelen Polytechnic University<https://educationnewscanada.com/article/education/level/university/1/1184241/courses-with-zero-textbook-cost-making-a-real-impact-.html> 3. University of the Fraser Valley<https://libguides.ufv.ca/oeia> 4. Red Deer Polytechnic<https://guides.rdpolytech.ca/oer/ztc> 5. Vancouver Island University<https://news.viu.ca/blog/what-vius-zero-textbook-cost-pilot-project> 6. Thompson Rivers University<https://libguides.tru.ca/oer> 7. Brock University<https://calendar.brocku.ca/content.php?catoid=23&navoid=641&filter%5Bitem_type%5D=3&filter%5Bonly_active%5D=1&filter%5B3%5D=1&filter%5Bcpage%5D=2&print=&expand=1> 8. Cape Breton University (forthcoming) Thanks! Sam Read MA (Études françaises), MLIS [she/her] Digital Initiatives & Data Services Librarian Angus L. Macdonald Library St. Francis Xavier University Antigonish, Nova Scotia · Canada sread@stfx.ca<mailto:sread@stfx.ca> Book an appointment with me: https://stfx.libcal.com/appointments/sam Liaison Librarian for: Aquatic Resources | Business | Earth & Environmental Sciences | Economics | Modern Languages | Political Science | Psychology | Public Policy & Governance [cid:image001.png@01DCCB30.6DF78900] I acknowledge that StFX is located in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People.
