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A Few Good Examples


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• Brock University • St. Lawrence College

• Confederation College • University of Regina

• NAIT • UBC

• University of • Tyndale University
Lethbridge College & Seminary

• University of Toronto • Memorial University


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IMHO*
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We just launched our new redesign!!!


We wish we could do a redesign







We’re trapped in committee hell








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We’re overtime and budget on a redesign


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