Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC, Risk Management and Legal Liability Chapter (Westcott and Anderson) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)Pros: Provides a good overview of risk management.Cons: Only one chapter. Has a Canadian focus, highlighting Canadian laws and court cases, which may be lacking for non-Canadian audiences. Ancillary resources not readily available.

Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC (Westcott and Anderson), Accommodation Chapter – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)Pros: Provides an overview of lodging history, classifications, basic financials, operations, etc.Cons: Only one chapter. Would need to be combined with other resources. Has a Canadian focus which may be lacking for non-Canadian audiences. Ancillary resources not readily available.

Introduction to Food Production and Service (Egan) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)Pros: Most chapters in this text (2,3,7-16) address cost control in some way (forecasting, pricing, inventory management, expenses, budgeting, etc.)Cons: The book is designed for a food production course and would need to be remixed to use in a cost control course. Ancillary resources …

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Overview: Food Safety, Sanitation, and Personal Hygiene is one of a series of Culinary Arts open textbooks developed to support the training of students and apprentices in British Columbia’s foodservice and hospitality industry. Although created with the Professional Cook, Baker and Meatcutter programs in mind, these have been designed as a modular series, and therefore …

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PLUMA is a narrative-based language learning program for the first three levels of college Spanish. This program is organically aligned with ACTFL, featuring Can-Do Statements as an organizing principle. It is grounded in narrative-based teaching and learning that evolves from people’s lived experiences and fragments of the history and culture of their countries of origin. Storytelling …

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Este libro está diseñado para estudiantes de nivel intermedio tirando a avanzando (entre B1 y C1, digamos). En él se provee información sobre la gramática del español (es decir, del castellano) e indicaciones para mejorar las destrezas relacionadas con la composición. Cuando sea posible, se proponen páginas adicionales con ejercicios interactivos para continuar el estudio …

Manual de gramática y composición (Oechler, Gettysburg College, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA)Read More »

It is an open textbook intended for conversation review, typically a fourth-semester Spanish class.  The textbook is organized around nine different songs that provide students opportunities to practice, aurally and orally, as well as in writing, the main communicative goals and key grammatical structures learned in previous classes.  It can also be used in similar …

¡Que viva la música! Repaso de conversación (Corrales-Martín, 2021, North Board Press Temple UP) (CC BY-NC 4.0)Read More »