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About the Authors

The Graphic Communications Open Textbook Collective comprises the following authors.

Wayne Collins

Wayne Collins completed his Bachelor of Arts in English Language Studies at the University of Regina
while concurrently completing a traditional five-year trades apprenticeship in pre-press with the Graphic
Arts Union. He moved to Vancouver in 1985 and worked at Zenith Graphics, first as a film stripper
and camera operator, and later as a computer systems operator and manager. He moved to Creo in their
formative years and helped champion their computer to plate systems across North America. Before
starting the Graphic Communications Diploma Program at British Columbia Institute of Technology in
2006, Wayne managed the pre-press department at Hemlock Printers in Vancouver for 15 years.

Alex Hass

Alex Haas is a multidisciplinary designer, illustrator, and artist. Her design practice encompasses art
direction, typeface design, and image creation. She has a special fondness for book design. She has
partnered with Canadian publishers, art galleries, artists, universities, furniture makers, filmmakers,
First Nation educators and historians, musicians, the CBC and the National Film Board in her design
projects. Alex studied illustration and art direction at the Alberta College of Art and Design, received her
design degree in visual communication from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, and her
Master’s in Applied Art, media stream, from Emily Carr University. She has taught various aspects of
design at Emily Carr University, Simon Fraser University, and British Columbia Institute of Technology
for the past 18 years.

Ken Jeffery

Ken Jeffery instructs in print technology and communication design for the Digital Arts Department at
British Columbia Institute of Technology. He holds a Master’s of Arts in Learning and Technology from
Royal Roads University, where he researched strategies for effectively implementing social media in
the classroom. Prior to a move to the world of higher education, Ken spent over 18 years in the printed
communications industry. Starting out composing hand-set type for letterpress, he moved quickly to
adopt digital design and web2print workflows. As a business owner working on all aspects of business
from sales and marketing to production and fulfillment, he brings hands-on experience to today’s modern
classroom, and he is eager to share his experience with the next generation of visual communicators.

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