Welcome, to Canadian CourseReadings!

Up-to-date, relevant Canadian content for undergraduate social science and humanities courses

13,000 chapters for student reading
Every chapter with discipline-based subject tags
Brief chapter descriptions
From 1000+ Canadian academic titles by Canadian scholars
Books from 28 independent Canadian publishing houses
Available for unlimited, simultaneous use through subscribing university libraries

Up-to-date, relevant course readings by Canadian scholars

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Discover content often not available in your library today!

How you can access the collection

Our university library subscription model

Full access to all content for all library users — faculty and students
Unlimited, simultaneous viewing and use of all content
Permanent links to content for students
Relevant, newly-published titles from participating publishers added through the year
Adds valuable new content not previously available in the library
Email updates on content to course instructors

If your library is a subscriber, access our collection via the library portal for digital collections.

Our coursereadings licensing model

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Access and view the full text of all content
Build a selection of digital readings to use in your courses
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“With Canadian CourseReadings, we were able to quickly and easily access the material our instructor requested and make it available to students who are learning remotely.” – (Laura Fyfield, University of Toronto)

“This is a very convenient and easy service for university staff to use. We will definitely be continuing to use this service in the future.” – (David Byrne, UNBC)