New Camosun project aims to fight stigma for studentsCamosun College is hoping to raise awareness for students struggling with mental health, substance use, or learning challenges through the Living in Our Shoes: Mental Health and Substance Use Stigma Reduction Project, which will run from September to February on both campuses. The project will consist of lunchtime talks where a panel of three or […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun instructor Esther Lee uses traditional roots for teachingKnow 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 […] Continue Reading |
Camosun students bring home medals from national competitionSeveral Camosun College students recently returned from Moncton, New Brunswick with medals they won at the 2016 Skills Canada National Competition. Every year, trades and technology students compete in over 40 skilled trade and technology categories in regional, provincial, national, and international levels at Skills Canada competitions. Skills Canada then creates a national team from […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: July 13 to August 9, 2016Until Sunday, July 17 The importance of theatre Blue Bridge Theatre is putting on Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at The Roxy, 2657 Quadra Street, until July 17. See bluebridgetheatre.ca for more information on this and other plays that Blue Bridge has planned. Until Saturday, August 13 Much ado about lame headlines using […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Toastmasters club still going strong after 80 yearsCamosun College’s Toastmasters Club, which is dedicated to improving students’ public speaking, communication, and listening skills, has now been in Victoria for 80 years (it was at other locations before Camosun was founded in 1971). College Liaison for Toastmasters April Atkins says the group’s longevity can be attributed to those involved in the club. “There […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Chargers’ Charles Parkinson joins CBC Olympic broadcast teamCamosun Chargers men’s volleyball coach Charles Parkinson will be part of the CBC/Radio Canada broadcast team during the 2016 Olympic Games, which are being held in Rio. Parkinson will be commentating from the CBC office in Toronto during the Olympic volleyball events. Parkinson, who is a former captain of the Canadian men’s volleyball team, says […] Continue Reading |
Photo gallery: Camosun’s Fine Furniture and Joinery students display final projects at art galleryIf you haven’t made it down to the Gallery at Cedar Hill Rec Centre to check out Chairisma: Seating in Western Maple (gotta be honest: we love the name), you still have a chance. The exhibit, which displays the final projects of Camosun’s Fine Furniture and Joinery students, is open to the public until 8pm […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: June 15 to July 12, 2016Until Tuesday, June 21 Have a seat Camosun College Fine Furniture and Joinery students will be displaying their end-of-year projects at this exhibit, which is open to the public, at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hill Recreation Centre, located at 3220 Cedar Hill Road. See camosun.ca/learn/programs/fine-furniture-joinery for info. Until Thursday, June 23 Water is neat, […] Continue Reading |
Camosun writing prof gets children’s book publishedCamosun Creative Writing professor Laurie Elmquist’s children’s book Beach Baby was recently published, and, much like the book’s protagonist, she learned a lot through the process. As the title suggests, the book is about a baby who is coming to terms with the world around them by observing the things they see on a beach. […] Continue Reading |
Susan Chen on post-secondary budget cutbacks, Netflix, and Camosun’s integrityKnow 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 […] Continue Reading |
