Free online textbooks for Manitoba post secondary students

WINNIPEG — A new online textbook program could help post secondary Manitoba students keep some dollars in their pockets.

They will soon have access to a free online textbook library. The province’s Education and Advanced Learning Minister James Allum announced the new Open Textbook Initiative Friday.

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“This is a positive step forward being undertaken by the provincial government,” said Michael Barkman, chair, Canadian Federation of Students–Manitoba.  “Students will benefit from this new initiative and we look forward to continue to work together in order to achieve more accessible, affordable and high-quality post-secondary education in Manitoba.”

The current library contains more than 80 textbooks and will expand by another 50 volumes this fall, the minister said, adding faculty members will be able to adapt any portion of the content and customize it for their own courses.