Camosun instructor sheds anthropological light on food with new bookWhen we are sitting down to a wholesome supper, do we ever wonder where it comes from? Do we ask ourselves what methods are used to provide our plate of spaghetti, and what each ingredient might go through, or where it might come from? When we think, “I feel like Italian tonight,” do we wonder […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun instructor Jody Watson on being humbled by technologyKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you want […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Business student pursues boxing dream outside of classroomMost of us haven’t figured ourselves out yet. Most of us have an idea in mind about some dream or another that we would like to fulfill, and most of us kind of wing it every day in hopes that someday we might get a chance to do chase the dream. Bryan Colwell has taken […] Continue Reading |
Camosun’s new VP of student experience says campus life is all connectedMental health, supporting victims of sexual violence, and post-secondary affordability aren’t just issues on Camosun students’ minds—they’re all areas that new Camosun vice president of student experience Heather Cummings plans on focusing on in her job. “Those are three hot buttons that I can’t imagine not being responsive to,” she says. “It breaks my heart […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student takes on deer conservation issues in VictoriaA Camosun student and current Camosun instructors have gotten involved in a collaborative urban deer management project through the Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society (UWSS). Camosun Environmental Technology co-op student Chelsey Mercer says that she’s gotten to know the deer and their habits through the camerawork she’s done for the project. Some of it has been […] Continue Reading |
New Chargers coach, on heels of overseas success, says it’s all about relationshipsFor new Camosun Chargers women’s basketball coach Justin Thiessen—who started a basketball academy in China before settling in Victoria this summer—sport is not the only focus of being a coach. A teacher by trade, Thiessen says basketball and education go hand in hand. “If it wasn’t for basketball I wouldn’t have a lot of the […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Julian Gunn on the importance of a little mystery, the horrors of comma splicingKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor who you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society brings CamFest back for fun, food, and friendshipEvery September, returning Camosun students and fresh-faced rookies meet at both campuses to partake in CamFest, which is more or less exactly what it sounds like. Put on by the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS), CamFest is the annual festival at Camosun, a day to welcome back returning students and say hello to new ones, […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society integrates UN goals into workIt’s easy to think that the world is doomed and that there’s nothing we can do about it. But Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) women’s director Shayan de Luna-Bueno says that it’s important that students understand that they can always make a difference. The CCSS is trying to make a difference right now by integrating […] Continue Reading |
Camosun president travels to Vietnam, speaks about college’s workAs chair of the British Columbia Council for International Education (BCCIE) board, Camosun president Sherri Bell travelled to Vietnam in July to deliver a keynote speech at the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) conference. At her presentation, Bell shared how Camosun embeds student learning in local businesses and community. “I went through our […] Continue Reading |
