Acknowledgements

NSCC Edition

Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) adopted this text in 2020.  Contributors to the first NSCC edition include, Lynn MacGregor (NSCC Copyright Officer) and NSCC faculty including Jules Fauteux and Neil Cody.  Chapters 3 and 7 were edited most significantly from the eCampus Ontario version.  Other edits were not significant so “thank you” to e-Campus Ontario and Virginia Tech for their hard pioneering work!

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