Camosun breaks personal record with international student intake
Camosun College has recorded its largest ever amount of foreign students this September. An increase of over 120 students, or 27 percent, has taken place since this same time last year, with 578 international students from 53 different countries around the world helping to make Camosun a more diverse and culturally varied school. Students from abroad do more than just diversify the campuses, they also bring in approximately $30,000 a year to the local economy, according to Tom Roemer, Camosun vice-president of strategic development. This increase in enrollment has allowed the college to hire back four previously laid off instructors. Roemer says Camosun will continue to focus on bringing in international students from all over the world, with special interest being paid to recruitment in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Royals kicking butt, royally
The Victoria Royals have started their regular season off strong with three wins and a loss. Back-to-back victories against the Vancouver Giants started the team’s second full season in Victoria with a bang, before going 1-1 in their next two games. Russian rookie forward Alex Gogolev has been impressive in the team’s first four games, showing Pavel Bure-esque flashes of speed and the hands of some of the Russian greats.
Vancouver tops the list
Just a short ferry ride away is what is now apparently the world’s most reputable city. In a recent poll conducted by a consulting firm that specializes in reputation management, the Reputation Institute (we’re not making any of this up, by the way), Vancouver was ranked as the city with the best reputation in the world. The study was conducted by polling more than 18,000 people throughout the G8 countries. Vancouver also ranked as the seventh most beautiful city, falling behind Venice, Florence, Rome, Paris, Vienna, and Barcelona.
Agreement in the works
The BC government has reached a tentative agreement with nurses in the province. While health minister Margaret MacDiarmid has not yet said exactly what has been settled on, she has confirmed that it will include more nurses in the workforce as well as other improvements, one of which is said to be a slight wage increase. The intent of the new agreement is to provide the top quality of patient care possible while at the same time not placing any further burden on the taxpayer.