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 |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 22, 2020 issueI think the instructor is doing a fine job creating problems himself: The story “Interurban students take changes in stride” in our January 23, 1995 issue talked about how students at Interurban were dealing with an increase in enrolment. One big change was that there were more women enrolling in trades programs at the time, […] Continue Reading |
All-male drag ballet company takes the stage in VictoriaWhen Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo comes to town in February, the unconventional will take the stage. Sure, the program will include the second act of Swan Lake, Go for Barocco, and Paquita, but the all-male drag ballet troupe will present them as parody. The troupe—affectionately known as The Trocks—was founded in 1974 with […] Continue Reading |
Camosun MyWellness column: Talent show for mental health coming in FebruaryThe Camosun College MyWellness program is hosting our first-ever talent show for mental health awareness in February—and we’re looking for talent! If mental health has ever affected you or someone you know, you can do a song, dance, poem, or anything else in honour of that—and if you want, we’d love you to tell your […] Continue Reading |
