Camosun speaker wants to get rid of suicide-prevention stigma

Last year, suicide was the second leading cause of death of Canadian youth between the ages of 10 to 24, surpassed only by motor-vehicle-related deaths. But while it’s one of the biggest issues facing society today, suicide and suicide prevention still remains vastly untouched by education, media, governments, and even parents at home. Scott Chisholm […]

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Camosun literary journal Beside the Point gets resurrected

Students of Camosun’s Creative Writing 159: Editing and Publishing class (CRWR 159) last winter made Camosun history with the rebirth of Beside the Point. The new course takes students through the process of reviewing, selecting, and editing submissions for the literary journal. “The journal started as an online-only journal that was not connected to a […]

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Camosun instructor aims for a better world through digital mapping

When Perry Peterson first set foot in Victoria, he felt at home. A world traveller, Peterson is now teaching engineering at Interurban, but that only takes up about eight hours a week of his time. The rest of his life is dedicated to innovative ways of exploring the Earth through a computer screen. Peterson’s company, […]

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Know Your Profs: Camosun sheet metal instructor Brian Coey keeps busy

Know 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 […]

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Know Your Writers: Nexus contributing writer Elias Orrego

Have you ever wondered about the Camosun students writing the articles you read in Nexus? Know Your Writers will help you dive into the minds of the writers behind the stories.This issue, we talked to contributing writer Elias Orrego. What drew you to journalism? I always loved writing and have thought it would be fun to write for a […]

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Know Your Writers: Nexus columnist Renata Silva

Know Your Writers helps dive into the minds of the writers behind our stories. This issue, we talked to new Nexus columnist Renata Silva. What drew you to journalism? I’ve always been fascinated by the world of communication. I believe that the barriers of distance and difference can be broken when we communicate properly. By […]

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Cait Haggarty joins Camosun Chargers as new women’s basketball coach

A new year brings new changes; for the Camosun Chargers, those changes came in the form of two new coaches. Brent Hall is now coaching the women’s volleyball players, and former UBC student athlete turned coach Cait Haggarty is coming to Camosun to coach the women’s basketball team. Haggarty says that although she hasn’t had […]

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New Chargers women’s volleyball coach looks to revitalize team

With any sports team comes the inevitable revolving door of players. But that doesn’t just apply to athletes: here at Camosun, the Chargers women’s volleyball team has a new coach. Brent Hall is a former Camosun Charger himself and, having been around in the coaching scene for a few years, is returning to Camosun not […]

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CamFest returns despite Lansdowne campus construction

Even smaller colleges have events for students; here at Camosun, the big one is CamFest, two days on which clubs, societies, and other groups can go all out and show off what they’re all about. Once again, CamFest is making its return at the start of the fall semester; Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) outreach […]

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