Camosun Business Study Group column: How to create culture, part 2Previously, we talked about culture, its importance, and what it really means to a company. Do we hire from the outside or promote from within? The thought is if we can find someone who is a good fit, they’ll be successful and the business will carry on. In the book Built to Last by Jim […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Patricia Gaudreault loves to inspire studentsKnow 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 |
Merlin Nyakam comes to Victoria from France for night of rhythmFebruary is African Heritage Month, which aims to preserve and promote African cultural heritage. Dancer and singer Merlin “The Enchanter” Nyakam is coming from France to help us do just that at the Issamba event on February 15. Nyakam was born in Cameroon, Africa. He admits that he is more comfortable speaking in French, saying […] Continue Reading |
Lovebirds: February 5, 2020 issue |
New Music Revue: Raphael Weinroth-Browne shows mastery of art on Worlds WithinRaphael Weinroth-Browne Worlds Within (Independent) 4.5/5 Raphael Weinroth-Browne is a Canadian composer and cellist known for his musical artistry in groups such as The Visit, Musk Ox, and Leprous. Weinroth-Browne is now releasing his first studio album, Worlds Within. And, just like his band work, Worlds Within shows off Weinroth-Browne at the height of his […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: February 5 to 18, 2020Saturday, February 8 Here’s looking at Q, kid Have you heard that the new black is actually Arctic Blue? Well, it is, with Josh Q and The Trade-Offs, singing their soulful and brooding notes from the deep end of the northern tundra. In a blend of Inuktitut and English lyrics, The Trade-Offs sing the Arctic […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student faces societal issues with repair caféJust because something can’t be used doesn’t mean it can’t be saved. It just means it hasn’t yet seen the hands of first-year University Transfer student Savannah Barratt. Barratt is part of the Camosun Innovates Innovators Club. The club will be hosting an upcoming repair café, where students and staff can bring their broken goods […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Film Festival movies deliver subjects heavy and lightThe Victoria Film Festival’s program guide can be daunting, featuring everything from movies that are deeply meaningful and will really stay with the viewer long after the end credits roll to movies that are more on the lighter side of things. If you’re more into the former, Charles Wilkinson’s Haida Modern: The Art and Activism […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Walmart will hurt Lansdowne neighbourhoodA new Walmart is set to open in the Hillside Centre by the fall of 2021. This will be the third Walmart to open in the Greater Victoria area, with one in Uptown and another in Langford. This raises some interesting questions. Do we need another Walmart in Victoria? What would the effects be on […] Continue Reading |
Natural Selection: February 5, 2020 issue |
