Show me the Money: New Year’s money resolutionsAs the ball drops and we ring in a brand new year, I’m sure many of us will be making New Year’s resolutions with great optimism. Well, why not make some new year’s money resolutions, too? Doing so could benefit your long-term financial health. In this instalment of Show Me the Money, I’ll suggest a […] Continue Reading |
Criminal Justice students organize clothing drive for Our PlaceStudents in Camosun College’s Criminal Justice program finished off the fall 2021 semester by collecting a classroom-sized clothing donation for Our Place. The students gathered donations from all over Victoria, which, once delivered, were all re-homed within days. Second-year student Sean Eversfield says that “basically everyone” in the second year of the Criminal Justice program […] Continue Reading |
Leaving the Cave: Welcoming in the new year with positivityLast month, during one of the wettest autumn seasons I’ve ever seen, I heard through the grapevine that the winter promised to be colder and snowier than usual. I have an image re-playing itself constantly in my head of two giant fingers reaching through the clouds, picking me up, and plopping down somewhere else, I […] Continue Reading |
What we want to see at Camosun in 2022: Nexus staff and contributing writers on what needs to changeWhat needs to happen at Lansdowne by Caitlin Kinsgmill, student editor With the start of a new semester, and with a new Camosun president leading the way, it feels like an appropriate time to be brainstorming changes one might like to see on campus. I’m pretty satisfied with my overall student experience here, but after […] Continue Reading |
Company launches first software-testing program for Indigenous students in CanadaPLATO Testing, Canada’s only Indigenous-staffed and Indigenous-led software testing company, recently launched its Indigenous Software Tester Training Course in Victoria for the first time. The company, based in New Brunswick, offers the program to Indigenous people in other cities across Canada and is now offering it at the Camosun Coastal Centre (there is no connection […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student raises over $10,000 for diabetes researchMotria Iwan has raised over $10,000 toward diabetes research, and is now using the skills she gained in her program at Camosun to take the initiative to the next level. At 14, Iwan was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, a life-threatening illness that prevents the body from producing insulin, the hormone responsible for converting blood […] Continue Reading |
This System Is Broken: First dispatchWhen the canadian (I refuse to capitalize that word out of protest) government began using the word “reconciliation” I was one of the naive canadians who felt optimistic. I fell under the impression that things around here might actually change. But then the government hired planeloads of RCMP to congregate in the Bulkley Valley and […] Continue Reading |
Book shines light on Russian actress Alla NazimovaThe most memorable books for me are biographies. I love learning about important people’s lives because we often look to these people to inspire us. What makes Gavin Lambert’s biography Nazimova so great is that it perfectly hits those same type of inspirational notes while also giving the reader a unique reading experience that they […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: December 1, 2021 issueA courageous confession: Our November 25, 1996 issue featured a the cover story “Coming out of the closet about gay bashing,” which featured a brave Camosun student opening up about being assaulted. Times have changed and much of it has been for the better, but reading this sobering story is a reminder that there is […] Continue Reading |
Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?The days are shorter and there’s a cold bite in the air, so you know what that means: it’s time to cozy up with all your favourite Christmas movies. For me, one of those movies is Die Hard. Every Christmas Eve, I make my family watch Die Hard with me, even though my mom doesn’t […] Continue Reading |
