What’s Going On: March 18 to 31, 2020NOTE: All events subject to cancellation due to the coronavirus situation. Please see the event websites for up-to-date info. Thursday, march 19 52 creative ways to say “I quit” The Camosun College Co-op Education and Career Services department is presenting a talk from Sean Aiken from 4:30 to 5:30 pm on the Social Stairs at […] Continue Reading |
Camosun running Certified Medical Laboratory Assistant program without provincial accreditationIn September 2019, Camosun students in the Certified Medical Laboratory Assistant (CMLA) program showed up for class, unaware that the program was no longer provincially accredited. When the program was offered through the college’s Continuing Education department, it was provincially accredited by the British Columbia Society of Laboratory Science (BCSLS). When the college moved the […] Continue Reading |
Chargers alumni create community through basketballTwo Camosun alumni are really taking to heart the meaning of paying it forward. After Jade Montgomery-Waardenburg and Ashley McGinnis graduated from Camosun’s Early Childhood Education and Community, Family and Child Studies programs, respectively, and hung up their Camosun Chargers women’s basketball uniforms, they were sponsored by the Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council […] Continue Reading |
Natural Selection: March 4, 2020 issue |
Camosun student helps college create virtual reality witness blanketCamosun College has hired a team to create a virtual reality witness blanket, inspired by traditional Indigenous woven blankets. Second-year Camosun visual art student Louise Black, Camosun Innovates director Richard Gale, and applied research and development technologist Matt Zeleny recently went to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg to spend several days scanning […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 4, 2020 issueDepressing reading: Imagine if we compiled a book featuring every story we’ve ever written over the years about cuts to education budgets, or about tuition-fee raises. The history of Nexus is really just a history of documenting this bad news, and stories like “Federal budget promises education cuts” in our March 6, 1995 issue are […] Continue Reading |
Frazey Ford decides to keep it simple, jammy on new albumFrom the moment you hit “play” on Frazey Ford’s 2010 solo debut, Obediah, “Firecracker” showcases the Vancouver singer’s unmistakable voice being carried by an acoustic strum and a banjo slowly plucking a soulful melody. Obediah has all of the folk/Americana sounds associated with Ford’s time with The Be Good Tanyas, but it has the listener’s […] Continue Reading |
Provincial government announces new student grantsOn Tuesday, February 18, the provincial government announced its 2020 budget. Of note to students is a new BC Access Grant of up to $4,000 for low-to-middle-income earners entering post-secondary studies. The grant will help more than 40,000 eligible full- and part-time BC students every year pay for their degree, diploma, or certificate program. It […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Insect Ark get bold, original on new albumInsect Ark The Vanishing (Profound Lore Records) 4.5/5 First there was Portal/Well in 2015. Then came Marrow Hymns in 2018. Now, the path continues with Brooklyn-based experimental doom metal band Insect Ark’s third harrowing album, The Vanishing. For nearly 10 years, Insect Ark have been producing amazing work that does a great job of entertaining […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: March 4 to 17, 2020Until Saturday, March 14 Where’s Walt? I always like to encourage my fellow students to attend live theatre. It’s educating and entertaining and sometimes you won’t exactly break your bank account. Langham Court Theatre is staging I and You, directed by John Han—the play revolves around two teenagers, Caroline and Anthony, and their endearing road […] Continue Reading |
