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  • Arts and Sciences
  • Child and Youth Care 
  • Community Support Worker 
  • Early Learning and Child Care
  • Educational Assistant
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Justice
  • Social Work

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ANTH

Book Cover             Course Code Course Name Course Textbooks at the Library
Anthropology - what does it mean to be human? textbook cover image ANTH 1000 Introduction To Anthropology

Anthropology: What Does It Mean To Be Human?, 2nd Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 301 LAV

ASDS - Fall 2024

ASDS / BRSC

Book Cover           Course Code Course Name Course Textbooks at the Library
sociology in action book cover ASDS 1001 Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder

Sociology in Action, 4th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 301.0971 SOC
BRSC 1001 Behaviour and the Biopsychosocial Brain

BIOL

Book Cover Course Code Course Name Course Textbooks at the Library
Campbell Biology textbook cover image BIOL 1007 Introduction To Cell Biology

Campbell Biology, 3rd Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 570 CAM
BIOL 1008 Organisms and Their Environment
Ecology: concepts and applications textbook cover image BIOL 2008 Ecology

Ecology : Concepts and Applications, 5th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 577 MOL

COSW

Book Cover       Course Code Course Name Course Textbooks at the Library

the helping relationship book cover

COSW 1100 Introduction to Community Support Work

SUGGESTED:

The Helping Relationship, 8th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 158.3 BRA

CYCD

Book Cover           Course Code Course Name Course Textbooks at the Library
foundations of child and youth care book cover CYCD 1002 Introduction to Child & Youth Care Practice

Foundations of Child and Youth Care, 3rd Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 362.7 STU
CYCD 1010 Practicum Preparation
choices: interviewing and counselling skills for canadians book cover CYCD 1016 Introduction to Helping Skills

Choices: Interviewing and Counselling Skills for Canadians, 8th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 158.3 SHE
CYCD 2000 Diversity and Difference in Child and Youth Care

Is Everyone Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education, 2nd Edition

  • 3-week loan
  • Available as an eBook (3 users) or Audiobook (unlimited users)
  • Call number: 370.115 SEN
working with families a guide for health and human services professionals textbook cover CYCD 2002 Family Dynamics

Working With Families: A Guide for Health and Human Services Professionals, 2nd Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Also available as an eBook (unlimited users)
  • Call number: 306.85 SPI
CYCD 2003 Supporting Self-Regulation and Neuro Diversity

Self-Regulations Interventions and Strategies: Keeping the Body, Mind, and Emotions on Task in Children with Autism, ADHD or Sensory Disorders

  • 3-week loan
  • Also available as an eBook (unlimited users)
  • Call number: 371.94 GAR
introduction to mental health for child and youth care book cover CYCD 2004 Mental Health and Addictions

Introduction to Mental Health for Child and Youth Care

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Also available as an eBook (2 users)
  • Call number: 618.9289 RAN
child and youth care in the field: practicum guidebook cover image CYCD 2100 Child & Youth Care Practicum II

Child and Youth Care in the Field: A Practicum Guidebook

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Available as an eBook (unlimited users)
  • Call number: 362.70971 CRA

EDAS

Book Cover         Course Code Course Name Course Textbooks at the Library
educational assistant's guide to supporting inclusion in a diverse society cover image EDAS 1000 Role of the Education Assistant

The Educational Assistant's Guide to Supporting Inclusion in a Diverse Society

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 370.1170971 MAS

ELCC

Book Cover           Course Code Course Name Course Textbooks at the Library
Child growth and development textbook cover ELCC 1000 Child Growth and Development

Child Growth and Development

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Available as an eBook (unlimited users)
  • Call number: 155 PAR
introduction to early childhood education and care book cover ELCC 1002 Introduction to Early Learning & Child Care

Introduction to Early Childhood Education and Care: An Intercultural Perspective

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Available as an eBook (3 users)
  • Call number: 372.210971 MAS
playing and learning in early childhood education book cover ELCC 1006 Play

Playing and Learning in Early Childhood Education, 2nd Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Previous edition - 3rd edition not available in print
  • Call number: 372.21 DIE
introduction to early childhood education and care book cover ELCC 1007 Literacy

Introduction to Early Childhood Education and Care: An Intercultural Perspective

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Available as an eBook (3 users)
  • Call number: 372.210971 MAS
ELCC 1100 Introduction to ELCC Practice
ELCC 2000 Development & Inclusive Care

Inclusion in Early Childhood Programs, 7th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 371.9046 ALL
working with families book cover ELCC 2002 Working With Families

Working With Families, 7th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Previous edition - 8th edition not available in print
  • Call number: 362.82 SHI
infant and toddler development and responsive program planning cover image ELCC 2003 Infants & Toddlers

Infant and Toddler Development and Responsive Program Planning, 4th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 618.92 WIT
an introduction to school-age care in canada book cover ELCC 2004 School Age Children

An Introduction to School Age Care in Canada, 2nd Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 362.712 BIS
art and creativity for young children book cover ELCC 2006 Play & Creativity

 Art and Creative Development for Young Children, 8th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 372.5044 FOX
designs for living and learning book cover ELCC 2008 Play, Spaces, and Planning

Design for Living and Learning: Transforming Early Childhood Environments, 2nd Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Also available as an eBook (unlimited user access)
  • Call number: 372.21 CUR

ENGL / MATH

Book Cover           Course Code Course Name Course Textbooks at the Library
ENGL 2510 Scientific and Technical Writing

A Concise Guide to Technical Communication

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 808.0666 GRA
calculus early transcendentals book cover MATH 1001 Calculus I

Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 9th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 515 STE

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HEED

Book Cover                 Course Code Course Name Course Textbooks at the Library
HEED 1000 Health Education: Individual Health & Wellness

An Invitation to Health, 7th Canadian Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 613 TUN

INST / JUST

Book Cover          Course Code Course Name Course Textbooks at the Library
Indigenous writes textbook cover INST 1000 Indigenous Studies I

Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Issues in Canada

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Available as an eBook: Hoopla or EBSCO (unlimited users)
  • Available as an audiobook (unlimited users)
  • Call number: 971.00497 VOW
one drum book cover INST 1003 Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being

One Drum: Stories and Ceremonies for a Planet

  • 3-week loan
  • Available as an eBook: ProQuest (1 user) or Hoopla (unlimited users)
  • Available as an audiobook (unlimited users)
  • Call number: 299.78333 WAG
Strong Helper's Teachings textbook cover INST 1302 Indigenous Perspectives in Social Work Practice

Strong Helpers' Teachings, 3rd Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Also available as an eBook (unlimited users)
  • Call number: 361.3208997 BAS
INST 1330 Indigenous Business & Economics

Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table

  • Available for 3-week check-out
  • Open Access eBook (unlimited users)
  • Call number: 338.708997 HIL
as we have always done book cover INST 2003 Indigenous Theory & Thought

As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Also available as an eBook (unlimited users)
  • Call number: 323.1197 SIM
JUST 1101 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System

Canadian Criminal Justice: A Primer, 7th Edition

  • Available soon
  • Call number: 364.971 GRI
police response to mental health in canada book cover JUST 1103 Mental Health, Wellness, and the Justice System

Police Response to Mental Health in Canada

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 363.23 POL
JUST 1104 Gender Identities, Sexualities, and the Law
  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 305.3 WAD
introduction to canadian criminal procedure and evidence book cover JUST 2101 Canadian Criminal Procedure

An Introduction to Canadian Criminal Procedure and Evidence, 6th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Previous edition - 7th edition not available in print
  • Call number: 345.05 NOW

the colonial problem: Indigenous perspective on crime and injustice in canada book cover

21 things you may not know about the indian act book cover

JUST 2102 Traditional Indigenous Justice 

The Colonial Problem: An Indigenous Perspective on Crime and Injustice in Canada

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Available as an eBook (1 user)
  • Call number: 305.897071 MON

NOT ON RESERVE:

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

  •  3-week loan
  • Available as an eBook (unlimited users)
  • Call number: PAP 300

Peace and Good Order: The Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada

  •  3-week loan
  • Call number: 342.7108 JOH
crisis assessment, intervention, and prevention textbook cover JUST 2103 Crisis Intervention and Communication

Crisis Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention, 3rd Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 616.89025 CRI
selling sex: experience, advocacy, and research on sex work in canada textbook cover JUST 2104 Law, Sex Work, and Structural Racism

Selling Sex: Experience, Advocacy, and Research on Sex Work in Canada

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Also available as an eBook (3 users)
  • Call number: 306.740971 SEL
youth in conflict with the law textbook cover JUST 2105 Law, Youth, & Young Offenders

Youth in Conflict With the Law, 4th Edition

  • 3-week loan
  • Also available as an eBook (1 user)
  • Call number: 345.71 WHI
canadian corrections textbook cover JUST 2106 Introduction to Corrections

Canadian Corrections, 5th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 364.60971 GRI
canadian police work textbook cover JUST 2107 Introduction to Law Enforcement

Canadian Police Work, 5th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 363.23 GRI
canadian immigration and refugee law for legal professionals textbook cover JUST 2108 Refugees, Migrants, and Immigration

Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law for Legal Professionals, 5th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 342.7108 FOU
choices interviewing and counselling skills fro canadians textbook cover JUST 2109 Counselling Skills and Facilitating Groups

Choices : interviewing and counselling skills for Canadians, 8th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 158.3 SHE

POLS / PSYC / SOCI

Book Cover           Course Code    Course Name Course Textbooks at the Library
canadian politics seventh edition textbook cover POLS 1010 Canadian Politics: Institutions And Issues 

Canadian Politics, 7th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Available as an eBook (1 user)
  • Call number: 320.971 CAN
psych 5th canadian edition PSYC 1040 Introduction to Psychology I

Psych, 5th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 150 RAT
PSYC 1060 Principles of Psychology
HDEV 5th canadian edition textbook cover PSYC 2010 Developmental Psychology: Human Life Span 

HDEV, 5th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 155 RAT
sociology in action book cover SOCI 1000 Introduction to the Study of Society

Sociology in Action: A Canadian Perspective, 4th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 301.0971 SOC
dying and death in canada 4th edition textbook cover SOCI 2373 Sociology Of Death And Dying 

Dying And Death In Canada, 4th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Available as an eBook (2 users)
  • Call number: 306.90971 NOR

SOWK / STAT

Book Cover             Course Code    Course Name Course Textbooks at the Library
SOWK 1010 Introduction to Social Work

Social Work in Canada: An Introduction, 4th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 361.30971 HIC
becoming a helper textbook cover SOWK 1020 The Helping Process

Becoming a Helper, 8th Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Also available as an eBook (1 user)
  • Call number: 361.3202373 COR
community development in canada textbook cover SOWK 2010 Community Development

Community Development in Canada, 3rd Edition

  • Not available in print
SOWK 2020 Social Work with Groups

Social Group Work: A Strengths-Based Approach

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 361.4 COH
the family dynamic canadian perspectives textbook cover SOWK 2030 Social Work with Families

The Family Dynamic: Canadian Perspectives, 8th Edition

  • Not available in print
introductory statistics book cover STAT 1151 Statistics I

Introductory Statistics: Exploring the World Through Data, 1st Edition

  • Available at the Library Help Desk
  • Call number: 519.5 GOU