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How Does Chapters Compete With Amazon?
I’m not sure if the book store market near you is as cornered as the one I live in, but growing up near Winnipeg, MB, the monster chain of Chapters came in and destroyed the competition. We used to have a nice little locally-run bookstore named McNally Robinson. ...
The Black Market They Don’t Make Movies About
When I read the words “Black Market” I immediately assume the author is referring to some sort of shady/illegal dealings. I think of the drug and weapons trade, as well as the money laundering that goes hand-in-hand with those two industries. Just the term itself...
Why You Might Want To Take a Full Course Load
JB has written some pretty insightful articles about how it can be beneficial to cut down on your course load a little bit, take an extra year or two to complete your academic journey, and use the time you freed up productively. There are definitely some advantages...
Brandon University Strike
As a site that purports to focus on post-secondary issues, with an eye towards finance, I simply couldn’t ignore the Brandon University strike any longer. For those of you that are unaware of the situation, the professors walked off the job on Oct.12 (a month and a...
The Power Of Rate My Professor
For those of you that have been blindly picking courses based on what someone’s second cousin thought, I am about to make your academic life a whole lot easier. Just to be right up front, we are receiving no compensation of any kind from rate my professor, I just...
Managing Your Impulsive Buying Habits
If you have been considering buying a tablet, you have for sure heard that RIM dropped the prices of their playbooks by $3oo dollars. Like many people I was very tempted to go right to the closest shopping center and pick one up,...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Shopping Tips and Deals
I hate shopping malls. In general, I actually don’t really like consumer culture at all (even less so as I get older and “wiser”). So you would think that I wouldn't be a huge fan of the biggest shopping day of the year. You would be wrong. I am definitely not a...
Book Review – Too Big To Fail By Andrew Sorkin
I tackled the book “Too Big To Fail” this week. Andrew Sorkin delivered a thorough blow-by-blow account of the 2008 financial crisis that is the definition of “insider’s view.” The only book I could think to compare it to would be, “Game Change” by Mark Halperin and...
Finding A Job And Where To Look For Your Next Job
We already have a couple of articles related to resumes, interview tips, and how to get a summer job. These articles contain good advice for their respective topic, but before those tips get put to practice, one needs to know where to look. Although it sounds simple...
Will The Real Cost Of Education Continue To Rise?
Some think tanks have been cautiously warning Canadians (and really most countries in the Western World) that as a result of new austerity measures and the demographic issues that are about to hit us, the real cost of tuition for the average post-secondary student...
6 Cheap Entertainment Options For Students
When students are trying to conserve money an interesting thought process occurs. You see students often have a much different priority list than most of society (many people would refer to that portion as the “sane” group). Whereas most people would consider a...
What Does Tuition Include? – We All Have Asked The Question, Lets Hear Some Answers
People usually complain about the terrible service they get at their university, and wonder where their tuition goes. When you pay your tuition it gets broken down a bit so you can see where each penny goes, but it doesn't go too in depth into each category. Since...
Why Is Financial Leverage Only Ok In Real Estate?
If you talk to the average person, they have no problem with the idea of taking out a mortgage on a house with 20% down. Most people would even agree that a guy who buys multiple properties with 20% down and uses them to produce rental income is a pretty smart dude;...
Maclean’s 2011 University Rankings
I reached into my mailbox today and pulled out the famous (infamous?) Maclean’s University Rankings issue. I use the term infamous because my alma mater, the University of Manitoba, has been ranked last place in its category for as long as I can remember. As a U of...
Should I Pursue a Co-op Education?
Cooperative programs are becoming more and more popular among institutions. I graduated from North America's largest cooperative program, where as one of my brothers enrolled in a much smaller coop program that was offered by his faculty. This article will focus on...
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