Depressing reading: Imagine if we compiled a book featuring every story we’ve ever written over the years about cuts to education budgets, or about tuition-fee raises. The history of Nexus is really just a history of documenting this bad news, and stories like “Federal budget promises education cuts” in our March 6, 1995 issue are just one more miserable chapter. Have a nice day!
Better news: The story “Week-long event to promote disabilities awareness” detailed Camosun’s plans to have a Disabilities and Access Awareness Week. The event was to feature approximately 20 different organizations setting up various displays and holding demonstrations, including having people sit in wheelchairs to get at least somewhat of an idea of what that experience is like.
Not-as-great news: Our Raising Awareness column in this issue talked about issues that someone with physical challenges was having getting around the Interurban campus. “The biggest problem is the Technology Building’s ramp,” wrote Charlene Barney. “It is too steep, the turns are too sharp, the ramp is too long, and it is too strenuous for the person pushing the wheelchair.” Sounds stressful just reading about it. The college has come a long way with accessibility over the years, including recently adding an elevator to its previously non-accessible mezzanine in the Centre for Trades Education and Innovation (see our full story on page 1).