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NSCC Living in Nova Scotia: A Resource Guide for Students

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) English

Author(s): NSCC Student Services

Subject(s): Landlord and tenant law, Counselling and care of students, Student life

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 19/08/2025

This resource guide is for all NSCC students who want to gain knowledge and skills for Living in Nova Scotia. This guide contains information relevant to all campuses with the primary goal of educating students in:
* how to search for housing,
* being successful tenants,
* and understanding how to be safe in their local and campus communities.

All NSCC Students who complete this guide can take a short quiz and receive a digital statement of completion.

NSCC Pressbooks Guide

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 1 H5P Activities English

Author(s): NSCC Copyright and Open Education Office

Subject(s): Desktop publishing, Accessibility in web and digital design

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 12/08/2025

A guide to using Pressbooks at NSCC.
Everything you need to know about locating, using, adapting, and creating open textbooks at NSCC.
Note: Work in progress -- some chapters not finished.

Work-Integrated Learning Faculty Guide

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) English

Author(s): Nova Scotia Community College

Subject(s): Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 07/08/2025

Work-Integrated Learning: Service Learning Guide

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) English

Author(s): Nova Scotia Community College

Subject(s): Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 07/08/2025

Using H5P in Pressbooks

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 46 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Lynn MacGregor

Subject(s): Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 22/07/2025

NSCC Student Advising Handbook 2024-2025

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 13 H5P Activities English

Author(s): NSCC

Subject(s): Student life, Educational: Study skills

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 15/07/2025

1, 2, 3 Write!

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 15 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Gay Monteverde

Subject(s): Language learning: writing skills

Institution(s): Nova Scotia Community College

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 15/07/2025

1, 2, 3 Write! provides step-by-step instruction to build college writing skills. It combines comprehensive grammar and mechanics review with sentence, paragraph and essay writing techniques and practice. Links to example essays from professional and student writers demonstrate the skills studied and provide reading and critical thinking opportunities.

NSCC Math For Bookkeeping

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) English

Author(s): JEAN-PAUL OLIVIER, NSCC

Subject(s): Accounting, Management accounting, bookkeeping and auditing

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 14/07/2025

NSCC Math for Bookkeeping is an adapted condensed version of Business Math. The open textbook was written to meet the needs of a twenty-first century student. It takes a systematic approach to helping students learn how to think and centers on a structured process termed the PUPP Model (Plan, Understand, Perform, and Present). This process is found throughout the text and in every guided example to help students develop a step-by-step problem-solving approach.

NSCC College 101 3e

CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) 14 H5P Activities English (Canada)

Author(s): Nova Scotia Community College, KPU Learning Centres

Editor(s): Leah Sameoto, Andrea Stewart

Subject(s): Study and learning skills: general

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 14/07/2025

2024 Revised Edition.

Welcome to college! Wherever you are in your journey, you find yourself in a learning environment that is different from one you have experienced before.

A good foundation for college is learning how to learn. By taking the time to read this book and work through the exercises included, you’re investing in the skills that will support you in all of your classes and future learning.

Successful students share a set of skills and habits in common. These skills are not a secret; anyone can learn the skills that support successful learning. By taking some time to learn proven study strategies, you’ll be able to reach your learning goals, and avoid pitfalls that can take you off-track.

Who is this book for?

This book focuses on the skills you’ll need to be successful in undergraduate courses or other adult education classes. If you are:

new to college studies
returning to college after some time away
a mature student
an international student
or a continuing student who wants to improve their current skills and strategies.

This book is meant to support you in your journey.

Children, Families, Schools, and Communities

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 10 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Joan Giovannini, Rebecca Laff, Wendy Ruiz

Subject(s): Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Social groups, communities and identities, Couple and Family psychology, Family and health

Institution(s): Holyoke Community College

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 08/07/2025

Children, Families, Schools, and Communities is an introductory text in the field of Child and Family Studies. It provides a lens for understanding the evolving definition of “family” through socially constructed and ecological theory frameworks. It promotes strategies for culturally sustaining and deeply collaborative relationships between families, schools, and communities through the use of home-grown advocacy strategies based on community-driven data. Children, Families, Schools, and Communities is an adapted OER text from Rebecca Laff’s and Wendy Ruiz’s Child, Family, and Community.