u/HOT_SWEATY_COCKS

As far as I know this was one of the only services of its kind in BC for students balancing full-time work, apprenticeships, shift work, and commuting.

North Van Library offers weekend exam invigilation, though exclusive to it's residents/business owners.

For a school that promotes accessibility and flexible pathways for working adults, this decision feels completely backwards.

A lot of BCIT and external students are working full-time, supporting families, commuting long distances, doing shift-work, and therefore have busy schedules.

Not everyone can take random weekdays off just to write exams.

Weekend invigilation made education realistically accessible for a lot of people. Removing it creates a huge barrier for working students trying to improve their lives.

Has anyone else been affected by this?

This town seems to have an interesting relationship with inexperience. Everyone supports “hardworking young people” in theory, right up until an L/N driver hesitates for half a second at a left turn or a high school graduate doesn’t already have 3 years of experience and 5 references for an $18–$20/hr warehouse job.

Then everyone wonders why young people are anxious, leave town, or stop trying altogether. Strange way to develop both confident drivers and competent workers.

I'm at my wits end man

I got my forklift license

edit: im getting interviews out the asshole now nvm lmaoo it aint a job shortage its a HUSTLE shortage