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Spending Money On Campus Food
We all know we shouldn’t do it and yet we still do. We’ve seen the people on TV say that this is how they got into debt and we read the “Top 10 Tips For Getting Out of Debt” column that says not to do it – but we still do. It’s just that it’s so easy not to make...
Do I Need Every Book On My Initial Booklist?
Many young students that simply want to start off on the right foot needlessly spend hundreds of dollars to fill out a booklist that is a fairly useless document. The short answer is that you almost certainly do not need every book on your booklist. Textbooks are a...
What’s the Average Salary with a Masters in Project Management?
One of the more popular academic degrees that have become more prevalent in recent years involves the study of project management. Many different businesses need project managers to oversee some of the most complicated projects imaginable. Some may wonder what project...
Not Sure What To Do But Love Travelling?
As I check out the Facebook pics of many of the young teachers that I graduated with I thought that some of you travel-obsessed readers out there might be interested in learning about how you can get paid to travel the world and experience new cultures simply by...
Why Renting Isn’t a Bad Deal For Today's Graduates
It has become all the rage in the papers these days to discuss renting versus buying. While this isn’t exactly a new phenomenon, it has taken on a particular relevance with the boom in housing prices and extremely low rental vacancy rates across Canada. It seems that...
Having The Money Talk With Your Parents
If your house was anything like mine growing up, then money was a bit of a taboo subject. In fact, it seemed to be a taboo subject amongst most of the adults I talked to now that I think about. I’m not sure why that is, but I’m glad that I’m a teacher and my salary is...
Becoming a Freelance Writer and Building a Portfolio
If you’re an entrepreneurial type of student, or just one of those that are desperate for a little cash (much more common) then freelance writing might be right up your alley. Post-secondary students are notorious for loving flexibility. Our days are not “normal” by...
First Week Success!
With some students already moving into residence and the first day of classes just around the corner, there no more excuses to procrastinate anything that will aid your stress in the fast approaching term. During this time, it can be extremely overwhelming to keep...
The New Reality of Student Debt
It is beginning to seem like a weekly occurrence that a new report comes out that sounds a warning siren about student debt loads in Canada. If you haven’t heard, according to a recent survey done by the Bank of Montreal most students who are taking student loans...
Finding a Part-Time Job While In School
Over the past few years, Canada labour force surveys show that an increasing number of Canadian students are earning less over the summer (if they are able to find work at all), and are having to pay more in living costs as well as tuition that is outpacing inflation...
What’s In a Student Meal Plan?
In the spirit of back to school questions, I thought we’d address the one thing that every new residence student is concerned about (in addition to booze and the opposite sex anyway) – food. Everyone has their own opinion on campus dining options and certainly not all...
Saving Money On Car Insurance
For most people it is something that gets automatically taken out of their account every month, and along with the mortgage and utility payments, it often doesn’t even get looked at or thought about for more than a couple of seconds. Yet this mystery product is also...
Choosing a Student Phone Plan
One of the unfortunate side effects of having a media oligarchy in Canada is that we don’t have a lot of competition when it comes to offering media services at prices that are beneficial to the consumer. If you compare Canadian cell phone plans to USA plans you’ll...
The Classic Upsell – Back To School Computers
It’s that time of the year again, that magical season when advertisers everywhere try to explain to you that you are doomed to fail in the upcoming school year without their product (or on the flip side, if you buy their product, you basically can’t screw it up from...
Why You Always Carry Your Student ID On You
When people talk about living the student lifestyle, most people automatically flash to a scene of Kraft Dinner and stale beer (hey that’s not a bad Tuesday er… Friday night right?). In order to take full advantage of the status of “living like a student” keeping your...
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