By Allan Birkett, October 24 2022—
University of Calgary students are increasingly feeling a squeeze when it comes to financing textbooks and other paid resources. A poll in 2021 identified the cost of textbooks as a cause for financial stress … Read the rest
By Aymen Sherwani, September 7 2021—
Whether or not you should buy your textbooks every semester has always been somewhat of a controversy. For starters, many students have stopped buying physical copies of textbooks altogether as a result of the … Read the rest
By Luis Armando Sanchez Diaz, September 9 2020 —
The ongoing pandemic lockdowns in several cities around the world, have made most — if not all — professional, academic and home activities transition to online versions in some way. However, … Read the rest
By Serena Sajan, August 26 2019—
As the new term begins and courses move from the “Shopping Cart” to the “Enrolled Courses” list in myUofC, it’s expected that you may be buying textbooks. But, students often wonder if those textbooks … Read the rest
By Matty Hume, January 23 2019 —
tudents at the University of Calgary let out a sigh of relief this year upon entering the campus bookstore. For the first time since 2015, textbooks are now organized within the bookstore by … Read the rest
By Gayathri Peringod, September 21 2017 —
Tired of your textbooks already? Can’t finish a chapter without thinking about that cute guy in your psychology class? Me neither, but that can be fixed. Don’t just sob quietly about how you … Read the rest
By Sean Willett, January 17 2017 —
When I sat down for the first lecture of my molecular biology class, the person at the front of the room was not my instructor. Instead, the class was greeted by a representative … Read the rest
By Tina Shaygan, September 20 2016
Last week, the Students’ Union ran the #TextbookBrokeAB campaign to raise awareness of the high cost of post-secondary textbooks in Alberta. Standing directly outside the bookstore to talk to students that just dropped hundreds … Read the rest
By Derek Baker, August 30 2016 —
Let’s face it — getting up for 8:00 a.m. lectures can be a struggle. Sometimes, even holding your eyes open can be the most difficult task ever. But falling asleep in class is … Read the rest
By Derek Baker, August 30 2016 —
When it comes to buying textbooks from the bookstore, students often need to fork out massive sums of cash to purchase them. However, the University of Calgary’s Students’ Union has a plan to … Read the rest
