Just Another Blog (CMNS 165)

Sixteen years ago, Steve Webb was a promoter unhappy with Victoria’s dysfunctional  postering system. Today, Steve owns and operates Metropol Industries, one of the city’s  largest digital print producers. How did he find success? “I don’t have a background in print,” says Steve. “The only thing I really have a background  in is business.” In offering to regulate the city of Victoria’s messy poster advertising scene all those years ago, Steve unearthed a wealth of business opportunity.  “I really wasn’t looking very far ahead at all,” says Steve. “I thought that I’d get the postering under control and then use that as an avenue to get into being a designer.” Over the course  of several years, Metropol’s humble beginning as a one-man event postering service eventually grew to fulfill the expanding needs of its customers. From custom graphic design  to large format printing, the company now offers top quality products, fast-paced turnarou...

According to Statistics Canada , the average post-secondary student in British Columbia pays almost nine thousand dollars in annual tuitions fees. This, on top of living costs,  gate-keeps our educated workforce and prevents students from fully contributing to the  economy. Because of this, discussing free (or further subsidized) post-secondary tuition  has become topical in academic spaces. A particularly strong extension of this proposition  is tuition reimbursement. However, any form of tuition negation would be beneficial because  it would reduce student debt, provide an economic boost, and increase post-secondary  accessibility without devaluing higher education. Here’s how. To start, free tuition would reduce student debt, which would in turn fuel the economy. In  a Global News article , UVic student Janessa Tom explains that “a full course load...takes up  the equivalent amount of time as a full-time job.” This is to say that m...