We need to do something about how expensive textbooks are | Opinion | westerngazette.ca

"I’m sure everyone’s just about settled back into an academic routine and just realizing how #TextbookBroke you are. A hard lesson to learn in 2018 is that textbooks haven’t gotten any cheaper. In the basement of the University Community Centre last week, the University Students’ Council was encouraging everyone to share, post and tweet how #TextbookBroke they are with their textbook receipts. Our team chatted with students about the realities of unaffordable textbooks and the need to replace them with free, open educational resources (OERs or open textbooks)."