Acknowledgements
About this Textbook
This open textbook has been compiled, edited and partially adapted by Andrew Stracuzzi and Christina Ionica from the School of Language and Liberal Studies in partnership with the OER Design Studio and the Library Learning Commons at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario.
This work is part of the FanshaweOpen learning initiative and is made available through a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike 4.0 International License unless otherwise noted.
If sections of this resource appear to contain several styles of writing and/or voice, then that’s intentional! As a compilation, we have attempted to gather sources that not only reflect and reinforce the core teaching and learning methodologies we use in our professional communications curriculum but also mirror the often collaborative nature of professional communication itself.
Attribution
We would like to acknowledge and thank the following authors/entities who have graciously made their work available for the remixing, reusing, and adapting of this text:
- Ashman, M. (2018). Introduction to Professional Communications. eCampus Ontario/Pressbooks.
- Communication in the Real World (2016). University of Minnesota Libraries. Minnesota: Pressbooks.
- Cruthers, A. (2019). Business Writing For Everyone. Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Surrey: Pressbooks.
- Ecampus Ontario. (2019). Communication for Business Professionals: Canadian Edition. Toronto: eCampus Ontario/Pressbooks.
- Smith, J. (2019). Communication At Work: A College-to-Career Guide to Success (Algonquin College). eCampus Ontario/Pressbooks.
Cover: image generated using ChatGPT-4 with Dalle-3 from the prompt “Create a vibrant business environment depicted as a single cohesive scene. Employees are engaged in various collaborative and individual tasks within an open setting. Use tones of blue and teal.”
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