Recognizing the 
substantial savings for students realized through open textbooks, the 
British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS) has made a $30,000 
contribution to BCcampus Open Education to fund the creation of open 
educational resources (OER), including open textbooks and ancillary 
resources.  Since 2012, BCcampus Open Education, formerly known as 
the B.C. Open Textbook Project, has saved students across the province 
nearly $9 million through the creation of over 250 open textbooks on a 
wide variety of subjects, with over 2000 adoptions through 40 
participating institutions.