Founded in 2016, The Rebus Foundation is a Canadian Registered Charity and global non-profit organization dedicated to advancing open publishing, open educational resources (OER), open pedagogy, and joyful learning. Fundamentally, at Rebus, we believe in the power of learning and education to create better spaces for us all.
Vision
Rebus envisions a liberatory future where lifelong learning is valued as a public good and communities leverage education as a catalyst for positive change.
Mission
Rebus serves individuals and organizations working across all levels of education — we offer guidance, community, and spaces for educators to collaborate on pedagogy and publishing. Through our programs and networks, we encourage educators to rediscover passion, purpose, and potential in their work so all learners can embrace the ripple effects of education.
Core Values
- Reciprocity: We believe deeply in the reciprocal nature of the world. Our activities are not conducted in a vacuum, rather, everything we do is a collaborative, collective effort for community — the onus of who we are, how we show up, what we do, and the benefits we reap are all shared.
- Authenticity: We center the human experience in our work and approach by actively creating an environment that encourages and supports people to authentically show up as themselves.
- Celebrating Joy: We center and celebrate joy at multiple points throughout the journey, in lieu of focusing only on the destination.
- Agency: We believe that people hold possibility and use collective agency to co-design new spaces for individuals to grow and communities to thrive.
- Curiosity: We stay curious to address key problems in education and to keep growing as individuals and as an organization.
Guided by these foundational beliefs and core values, Rebus provides innovative programs and services designed to strengthen open education both locally and globally.
Land Acknowledgment
At Rebus, we believe in the power of learning and education to create better spaces for us all. In our endeavors to build more liberatory futures, we do not want to forget about the past. The Rebus Foundation was founded on the land that is now known as Canada on the traditional, unceded territory of the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) Nation within Tiohtià:ke (Montréal). While our staff and communities are spread across the world, we first want to pay acknowledgment and offer gratitude to the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka, part of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, who are the generational stewards and custodians of the lands and waters in Tiohtià:ke, and stewards of this land for generations.
We are committed to reconciliation and decolonization work, which begins with understanding and honoring the histories, cultures, and contributions of Indigenous Peoples. Rebus engages in continuous learning as we weave lessons and practices into our policies, ways of working, programs, and beyond.
This acknowledgment is a living reflection of our dedication to learning from and with Indigenous communities. We invite our partners, collaborators, and community members to join us in this ongoing journey of reflection, commitment, and action.