Camosun Chargers golf program paused after PACWEST announces changesOn Wednesday, June 2, the Pacific Western Athletic Association (PACWEST) announced that golf would not be returning as a conference sport for the 2021-2022 season. The Camosun Chargers are a part of PACWEST, meaning the Chargers golf team has been paused. The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), which PACWEST is a member conference of, has […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Chargers look ahead to promising fall semesterAs case numbers of COVID-19 continue to go down and vaccination numbers continue to go up across the province, the Camosun Chargers are gearing up for what it hopes will be the return of spectator sports at Camosun in September. The Chargers—who play at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence at Camosun’s Interurban campus—haven’t played […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Cuisine Machine prepares to welcome students back to campusA food truck operated by Camosun students in the Professional Cook Level One certificate program has been operating for four weeks at Lansdowne and Interurban after a brief maintenance shutdown in early May. The Camosun Cuisine Machine is a way to bring students together, says Camosun Culinary Arts chair David Lang. “It gets them out […] Continue Reading |
Camosun alumnus announces Hockey Night in Canada in VietnameseDuring his time as a hockey player, Wayne Gretzky was known for, seemingly, predicting where the puck would go next—just as you were wondering what he was doing, the puck would show up on his stick. Nexus and Camosun Applied Communication (ACP) alumnus Nguyen Hoang Duy, who goes by Jimmy in English, says that being […] Continue Reading |
Camosun students win co-op and work-integrated learning awardsFourth-year Camosun Sport and Fitness Leadership student Tanya Fogarty and fourth-year Business Administration student Dylan Kaplan have won The Association for Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning BC/Yukon award. The award recognizes BC or Yukon students who demonstrate an outstanding level of achievement in co-op education or work-integrated learning. Fogarty won in the Work-Integrated Learning category, […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student takes home co-op/internship student of the year awardCamosun fourth-year Business Administration student Dylan Kaplan has received the 2020 Yvonne Thompson Page Co-op/Internship Student of the Year Award. The award recognizes an outstanding Co-operative Education or internship student at Camosun. Kaplan, who is majoring in human resources and leadership management, started his work experience as support coordinator for the engagement and communications group […] Continue Reading |
Meet Your Writers: Nexus contributing writer Celina LessardOur team of writers work relentlessly behind the scenes to keep the Nexus site constantly updated, but who are these mysterious Camosun College students who keep us supplied with stories? Wonder no more, as our new series Meet Your Writers will help you get to know the names behind the pieces you read at Nexus. […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student explores Indigenous horror folklore in new podcastCamosun second-year Business Administration student Josef Stafford is the co-creator of The Historical Natives, an online podcast all about Indigenous North American horror folklore. Along with co-host Mackenzie Taylor, Stafford explores different cryptids from across the continent. “We tell the history, geography, and language of the specific peoples related to the creature we’re talking about,” […] Continue Reading |
Camosun alumnus now at the helm of female-owned welding companyWhen Camosun College Women in Trades alumnus Bronté Freeman—who took trades Foundations Level C in 2016 and Level B in 2017—was growing up, there was always tools and equipment around. Coming from a family of fix-it-yourself entrepreneurs, Freeman isn’t surprised she ended up where she did—as lead fabricator and business owner of local welding company […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Co-op photo contest winner says movement is critical, especially during pandemicCamosun Sport and Fitness Leadership (SFL) graduate David Liira was recently featured in the winning photograph in Camosun’s 2020 Co-op Photo Contest. Liira, who is now a kinesiologist at Backfit Clinic, worked at Backfit during his Co-op work term; that’s when the photo of him was taken that ended up winning the contest. “We tried […] Continue Reading |
