Open Space: Camosun fee-deadline change fails studentsCamosun College has imposed new fee and class-drop deadlines that, while holding merit, fail in addressing a fair opportunity for students to make decisions regarding their career path. I agree that it’s a good idea that the full cost of selected courses be paid three weeks prior to start of classes, to allow the school […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: September 6, 2022 issueCamosun volleyball alumna in apprentice program This fall, Camosun Chargers women’s volleyball alumna Morgan Monkman is participating in her second season in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association’s Female Apprentice Coach Program. The program, which is funded by Sports Canada, supports female athletes interested in training to be coaches. Camosun College gets new board member Lawyer […] Continue Reading |
The Camosun College Student Society’s Slap and Tickle: Part one: motives and opportunitiesI am not a journalist by any means: despite starting my career in the Camosun College Student Society as assistant editor of the Nexus newspaper 25 years ago, I am an abysmal editor, utterly disastrous, and generally chaos embodied in human form. I once “proudly resented” the Victoria Shakespeare Festival, which I was the head […] Continue Reading |
Jeremy Dutcher tackles themes of Indigenous identity and connection in musicToronto-based singer/musician Jeremy Dutcher is coming to town this month, and he’s bringing with him his music’s themes of Indigenous identity, our relationship to our surrounding world, and our connection to each other. “Because I sing in Wolastoq language, my Indigenous language, the themes are definitely exploring identity through language and also our relationship to […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College to open new shared campus in WestshoreCamosun College recently announced that it will be partnering with the University of Victoria, the Justice Institute of British Columbia, and Royal Roads University in a new shared post-secondary campus in the Westshore. Camosun contributed $200,000 in funding. Camosun vice president of partnerships Geoff Wilmshurst says that the project has been in discussion for over […] Continue Reading |
First semester worst offender: What you really need to know as a new Camosun studentMy first semester at Camosun was hell. In June 2021, I graduated high school; the following September I started at Camosun with six courses and a part-time job. Little did I know that that was going to be a massive amount of work. Even though it at first seems like there isn’t much information you’d […] Continue Reading |
Destination Unknown examines life as a gay teen during AIDS epidemicThe dedication in Bill Konisgberg’s new novel, Destination Unknown, really hit home for me. Konigsberg writes: “To my friends who didn’t make it to the 21st century. I miss you.” I find this to be an incredibly poignant dedication in a novel that dives into the realties of navigating everyday life as a queer person—in […] Continue Reading |
Kaleidoscope: August 10, 2022 issue |
Let’s Talk 2.0: Living in a post-grad worldI recently realized that some of my final courses, which were more connected to direct sales, were filled with male students; there were way more females in the rest of my marketing classes. This mirrors the workplace, where engineering and sales departments are full of male faces. It’s quite intimidating to enter workplaces where there […] Continue Reading |
In Search of Cruise Control takes on sexual abuse and traumaIn his one-person play In Search of Cruise Control, James Gangl balances the serious topic of childhood sexual abuse with comedic writing. And after visiting Victoria as part of the 2016 UNO Fest, the show is back for a second round, this time at the Victoria Fringe Festival. Gangl’s inspiration for the play came from […] Continue Reading |
