Open Space: Local government needs to do more to control housing marketAssessments of the Victoria housing market at the beginning of January show the average cost of real estate is either slightly decreasing or levelling off. Meanwhile, the rental market has shown that prices are unchanged but the number of vacancies in Victoria is increasing as more apartments are being built. Vancouver has seen a more […] Continue Reading |
The new plan: The Nexus analysis and critique of the Camosun Campus Master Plan 2019When you walk on Camosun College’s grounds, you walk on stones and earth with a history. You walk in a place where wounded soldiers died and were nursed back to health in World War II in Lansdowne’s Young Building; you walk on the grounds of the BC Vocational School, which merged with Camosun in 1971 […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Business Study Group column: How to create culture, part 1Many of my former teachers have expressed the importance of a business culture, a good “fit” of people in a company, but when I asked one how someone creates culture, the answer did not seem so clear. “Hire the right people,” she said, and when I asked how to do that, she only said it […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College and Vancouver Island University partner for Women in Trades Training programCamosun College has been delivering Women in Trades Training (WITT) for almost 10 years and has sponsored over 700 WITT participants. Camosun has recently expanded its WITT reach, partnering with Vancouver Island University (VIU) to offer the program to students outside of Victoria. Camosun WITT program coordinator Sarah-Jayne Roe is enthusiastic about the partnership with […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: January 22 to February 4, 2020Thursday, January 23 Lecturing, listening, learning If you feel like you’re not up to par with your knowledge of Indigenization and colonialism, this one’s for you. The Victoria Historical Society (VHS) is presenting lecturer James Tait giving his talk “The Politics of Indigenous Resistance in early 20th Century BC.” Tait is an anthropologist and political […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: January 22, 2020 issueWilna Thomas closed for renovations As of Monday, December 23, 2019, the Wilna Thomas building on the Lansdowne campus is closed for renovations. Look for our full story next issue. New Interurban cafe opens reCharge, the new cafe on the first floor of the Alex and Jo Campbell Centre for Health and Wellness building at […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: of Montreal delivers powerful pop with tons of texturesof Montreal UR FUN (Polyvinyl) 4.5/5 UR FUN is the 16th studio album from Athens, Georgia’s of Montreal, the indie/pop band led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Barnes. The album makes me want to laze in bed with a modern lover and sit in a discotheque in slow motion. First, Barnes pokes holes in your […] Continue Reading |
Student plans talent show for mental-health awarenessOut of pain comes creativity. That’s what second-year General Science student Jordan Bell proved when she decided to take her experiences with mental health and turn them into something beautiful and creative. “I struggled with mental health for quite a while,” says Bell. “Artistic expression is something that really got me through that time. It […] Continue Reading |
Natural Selection: January 22, 2020 |
Girlfriend Material explore cool cars and the business of musicWhat makes a cool car cool? Graham Wright, vocalist/guitarist of Toronto-based rock band Girlfriend Material, is getting to the bottom of that question while challenging normative rock and roll tropes with his band’s unconventional social media presence. “I’m always fascinated by the way that rock and roll came of age when cars were the status […] Continue Reading |
