Be Book Smart: Overview

DO YOU LIKE PRIZES? What about FUN? And PAYING LESS for you textbooks? Well if you answered HECK YES! to any of those questions then be sure to check out what the USSU is doing to help students Be Book Smart this year:

Wednesday September 7: 1-3 pm, Twitter Town Hall on the prices of textbooks, how they effect students and what they do to cope. Follow us on twitter @USSUExec and use #UofSbooks to join the conversation.

Thursday September 8: 1-3pm, Textbook Seminar in Browsers on the price of textbooks, the changing textbook market and what the Bookstore is doing to help students with textbook costs.

Find your books too expensive?  So do we!

Your Students’ Union has been working together with the bookstore toward reducing the cost of materials by initiating a national collaboration effort.  We have been working with post-secondary institutes from across Canada — and now we are looking for your help.

Students, instructors, and administrators make for a powerful alliance and have significant power to change things for the better.  A little change can go a long way:  if one single instructor switches from a $150 textbook to a $100 textbook in a 200-student class, the student population will have saved $10,000.  Imagine what we can do if we all work together!

Do your textbooks cost too much? What can you do to combat the escalating costs of academic materials? Visit our Students page to find out how you can make a difference.

Are you concerned about the rising costs faced by students? Not sure how you can help without compromising the quality of your materials? Visit our Faculty page to see what you can do.

Do you want to know more about the Be Booksmart campaign? Are you curious as to what others are saying about the cost of academic materials? Visit our Resources page to learn more.