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Monday, March 6, 2023 (all day) to Friday, March 10, 2023 (all day)

Open Education Week runs March 6–10, 2023. The Open Scholarship Committee is planning several events throughout the week to profile OE projects at Waterloo, promote the open community, and highlight support that is available for the creation, adoption, and adaptation of open educational resources. See Open Education Week 2023 for events at Waterloo.

In addition to these events, there are many opportunities to learn more about OER at other Canadian institutions.


ALBERTA 

 

Athabasca University 

Intro to Copyright and Open Licensing (Monday, March 6, 2023, 11:00 a.m. MT): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-copyright-open-licensing-tickets-549456046827 

Intro to OER (Thursday, March 9, 2023, 11:00 a.m. MT): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-oer-tickets-554733852887 

Beyond Text: The World of Open (Friday, March 10, 2023, 11:00 a.m. MT): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-text-the-world-of-open-tickets-554739850827 

 

Open Education Talks Working Group 

Using Open Education in Student and Academic Development (Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 12:00 p.m. MT): https://ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkduqgrj8pHNcYdo3dEgMg30wWRsAA63QK 

 

University of Calgary 

Foundations in Open Educational Resources (OER) (Thursday, March 9, 2023, 11:00 a.m. MT): https://workrooms.ucalgary.ca/event/3719312 

Open Education Week Community Sharing and Networking Event (Thursday, March 9, 2023, 3:00 p.m. MT): https://workrooms.ucalgary.ca/event/3719267 

Open Education Alberta: Creating With Pressbooks (Friday, March 10, 2023, 11:00 a.m. MT): https://workrooms.ucalgary.ca/event/3719313 

 


BRITISH COLUMBIA 

 

BC Campus 

Finding the Free Path: Making ZTC Courses Visible (Friday, March 10, 2023, 1:00 p.m. ET): https://events.humanitix.com/bcc2023-making-ztc-courses-visible-march10 

 

British Columbia Institute of Technology 

The Collaborative Creation of Buds, Branches and Bark: A Guide to Winter Identification in the Pacific Northwest, a BCIT OER Textbook (Monday, March 6, 2023, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. PT): https://bcit.libcal.com/event/3718608 

 

Kwantlen Polytechnic University 

Engaging Students in OER Projects (Tuesday, March 7, 1:00 p.m. PT): https://www.kpu.ca/open/news-events 

Engaging Students in UN SDGs Through Open Pedagogy (Tuesday, March 7, 3:00 p.m. PT): https://www.kpu.ca/open/news-events 

Introduction to Pressbooks (Wednesday, March 8, 12:00 p.m. PT): https://www.kpu.ca/open/news-events 

 

Thompson Rivers University 

2023 Open Education Week: https://libguides.tru.ca/oer/OEWeek 

 

University of British Columbia 

2023 Open Education Week: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/2023-open-education-week/ 

More information: https://open.ubc.ca/join-us-open-education-week-2023/ 

Open Carefully: Pursuing Open with an Ethic of Care (Monday, March 6, 2023, 2:00 p.m. PT): https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3717628 

Copyright and Licensing in Open Educational Resources (Monday, March 6, 2023, 11:00 a.m. PT): https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3714157 

Open Education 101 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 10:00 a.m. PT): https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3714077 

Finding and Using Open Educational Resources (Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 2:00 p.m. PT): https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3712693 

Creating Accessible Open Educational Resources (OER): What Makes Content Accessible? (Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 1:00 p.m. PT): https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/creating-accessible-open-educational-resources-oer-what-makes-content-accessible/ 

Open Pedagogy: Using the UBC Wiki to Enhance Student Learning through Open Assignments (Thursday, March 9, 2023, 12:00 p.m. PT): https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/open-pedagogy-using-the-ubc-wiki-to-enhance-student-learning-through-open-assignments/ 

Publishing a Book With Pressbooks — An Introduction (Thursday, March 9, 2023, 11:00 a.m. PT): https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3717636 

Indigenous Knowledges and Open Education (Monday, March 13, 2023, 11:00 a.m. PT): https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/calendar/vancouver/indigenousknowledgesopened 

Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools (Tuesday, March 14, 2023, 10:00 a.m. PT): https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3713957 

 


MANITOBA 

 

University of Manitoba 

Open Education Week resources: https://libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca/openeducationweek 

 

University of Winnipeg 

Open Educational Resources—Adopt, Don’t Shop! (Monday, March 6, 2023, 12:30 p.m. CT): https://uwinnipeg.ca.libcal.com/event/3718237 

 


NOVA SCOTIA 

 

Nova Scotia Community College 

OER and Interactivity: https://subjectguides.nscc.ca/oeweek2023/welcome 

  • Open Textbooks and Interactivity (Monday, March 6, 2023, 12:30 p.m. AT) 

  • Open Pedagogy Initiatives at NSCC (Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 12:30 p.m. AT) 

  • OER Basics (Thursday, March 9, 2023, 12:30 p.m. AT) 

  • Interactivity and H5P (Friday, March 10, 2023, 12:30 p.m. AT) 
     


ONTARIO 

 

Ontario Colleges Open Education Working Group (COEWG) 

OER Learning Sprint (Monday, March 6, 2023, to Friday, March 10, 2023 [asynchronous]): https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oe-week-2023-oer-learning-sprint-tickets-547928708517 

OER Accessibility: Beyond Alt-Text (Monday, March 6, 2023, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ET): https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oe-week-2023-oer-accessibility-beyond-alt-text-tickets-547937123687 

Quality Among Quantity: Finding and Assessing OERs (Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ET): https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oe-week-2023-quality-among-quantity-finding-and-assessing-oers-tickets-547959911847 

Beyond the Textbook: Zero Textbook Cost (Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET): https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oe-week-2023-beyond-the-textbook-zero-textbook-cost-tickets-547968196627 

Zero Textbook Cost Experiment: Down the OER Rabbit Hole (Monday, March 6, 2023, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ET): https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/zero-textbook-cost-experiment-down-the-oer-rabbit-hole-tickets-547971947847 

Benefits and Challenges to Multi-Institutional Collaboration (Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET): https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oe-week-2023-benefits-and-challenges-to-multi-institutional-collaboration-tickets-547955488617 

Faculty Panel on OER for Academic Motivation and Skills Development (Monday, March 6, 2023, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET): https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oe-week-2023-benefits-and-challenges-to-multi-institutional-collaboration-tickets-547955488617 

Open Pedagogy and Renewable Assessment (Thursday, March 9, 2023, 10:00 a.m. ET): https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oe-week-2023-open-pedagogy-renewable-assessment-tickets-547951747427 

Maamwi: An Open, Collaborative Collection of Indigenous Resources (Thursday, March 9, 2023, 1:00 p.m. ET): https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/maamwi-an-open-collaborative-collection-of-indigenous-resources-tickets-547983452257 

 

eCampus Ontario 

Leadership for Digital Transformation (Dx) in Higher Education / Leadership pour la transformation numérique (DX) dans l’enseignement supérieur (Monday, March 6, 2023, 12:00 p.m. ET): https://ecampusontario.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqcOCpqz4uGtepETHz_arFw_2mFVU7axYK 

Work-Integrated Learning Framework: Employability Skills and Microcredentials / Cadre d’apprentissage intégré au travail: Les acquis d’employabilité et les micro-titres (Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 10:00 a.m. ET): https://ecampusontario.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpduqrqj4tGtyI-jsab8f7iNhPHbMcj7tD 

Using Strategic Foresight to Explore Futures of Open Education (Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 12:00 p.m. ET): https://ecampusontario.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsdu2upj0tGtOvl4Qw7LubmzK2FIF0iCx0 

OER and You (Thursday, March 9, 2023, 12:00 p.m. ET): https://ecampusontario.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkcu2przosEtAwG4mCiqaMaN4bs_fqG61L 

 

Toronto Metropolitan University 

In-person events: https://library.torontomu.ca/blog/2023/02/open-education-week-at-tmu/ 

Open Education Resources (OER) and Treats (Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 1:00 p.m. ET) 

Now Is the Time for Open Educational Resources: Library Collaboratory Hackathon (Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 10:00 a.m. ET) 

Open Education Matters: Panel Discussion With TMU Open Champions (Thursday, March 9, 2023, 2:00 p.m. ET) 

 

University of Ottawa 

Open Education Week: OER Showcase 2023: https://www.uottawa.ca/library/open-educational-resources/open-education-week 

 

University of Toronto 

Introduction to Open Educational Resources: Removing Barriers From Within (Friday, March 10, 2023, 9:30 a.m. ET): https://libcal.library.utoronto.ca/event/3719499 

Exploring Open Resources (Friday, March 10, 2023, 12:00 p.m. ET): https://libcal.library.utoronto.ca/event/3719500 

Developing an OER Training Program for Faculty (Friday, March 10, 2023, 1:10 p.m. ET): https://libcal.library.utoronto.ca/event/3719502 

 

University of Windsor 

Panel on Creating and Using Open Educational Resources: Student Perspective (Monday, March 6, 2023, 2:30 p.m. ET): https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ujmAQDgXQS2O7ZbEiyBh-w 

Why Should I Consider Open Educational Resources? (Monday, March 6, 2023, 3:45 p.m. ET): https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BbnAAUCSRK-A2ylrhan_Rg 

Open Educational Practices for Accessibility, Equity, Inclusiveness, and Social Justice (Thursday, March 9, 2023, 2:00 p.m. ET): https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RjGOcSN_TNG7ZOqRqXk7Dg 

Panel on Creating and Using Open Educational Resources: Instructor Perspective (Friday, March 10, 2023, 1:00 p.m. ET): https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r-6UNr3PTm2q0_zfbigDlw 

An Introduction to Open Scholarship (Friday, March 10, 2023, 2:00 p.m. ET): https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XQ4I5P_eQoGkGQoq1dPjdA 

 


QUÉBEC 

 

Press Books 

Find and Remix a Book in 15 Minutes or Less (Monday, March 6, 2023, 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET): https://pressbooks.com/webinar/opened-week-2023-find-and-remix-a-book-in-15-minutes-or-less/ 

Pressbooks Directory and OER Collections Hub: Treasure Troves for Adaptable, Open Learning Materials (Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84223835251 

 


SASKATCHEWAN 

 

University of Saskatchewan 

What Are Open Educational Practices and How Do I Get Started? (Monday, March 6, 2023, 1:30 p.m. CT): https://usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEuceurpjoqE9wW6kSr_zaFKv03QQuPHTIj 

Introduction to Using Pressbooks (Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 1:30 p.m. CT): https://usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tdO-rrz4iEtb2bpGUxxHvgqrNiVB_4nlt  

Using Open Educational Practices to Help Address University and Community Priorities (Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 1:00 p.m. CT): https://usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElceyqrjIvHNY1pQFfk8sct-T9IIcA8Vxn  

 Introducing the New Open Educational Resources Community in HARVEST (Thursday, March 9, 2023, 1:30 p.m. CT): https://usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvcuqtrTsvEtwPbIn4G_pHiSoh6a12aA3b  

  

Saskatchewan Polytechnic 

Hope Behind the Paywall: How Unlocking Climate Science Can Lead Us to Mitigations and Solutions (Monday, March 6, 2023, 12:00 p.m. CT): https://saskpolytech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYucOmtrTIvHNXDr2EOV0IHk23VJPitgb0P 

Adventures in Open Education: Tips on Promotion and Integration of a Foundational Topic in Higher Education (Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 3:00 p.m. CT): https://saskpolytech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsdu-vqTMtHdBpMsjPnG_D1tU5cZvjI0SC 

Where in the World Is Open Education? (Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 12:00 p.m. CT): https://saskpolytech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpf--rqDItGtcACZfIP1ansAB9-ImDFqiC 

The Lymphatic System of the Dog: Translating and Transitioning to an Open Textbook (Thursday, March 9, 2023, 12:00 p.m. CT): https://saskpolytech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsf-Goqj8rGdOdk0s6OQiuTmWoKzyiPepE 

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