New book does fantastic job detailing Hitchcock’s controversiesLet’s talk books. My favourite kinds of book are biographies and autobiographies. From Tina Fey’s hilarious account of her days as an up-and-coming comedian in her book Bossypants to Sidney Poitier’s insightful look into his professional career in The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography, biographies and autobiographies have always deeply influenced me in […] Continue Reading |
Leaving the Cave: Getting used to how things wereHow is it getting used to society again? Is it weird that we are actually really getting used to it? Everywhere we go we must be wrapped up and sanitized and masked, even though a huge number of us are double vaxxed. We are still being protected from others, and the steps we’re taking toward […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Taraka delivers promising solo debutTaraka Welcome to Paradise Lost (Rage Peace) 3.5/5 After the breakup of dance-pop two-piece Prince Rama, frontwoman Taraka has released her solo debut, Welcome to Paradise Lost, a grungy and varied punk album which makes her comeback from the Prince Rama breakup very promising. Welcome to Paradise Lost fills the listener with joy, entertainment, and […] Continue Reading |
Camosun grad helps BC Culture Days bring connection through creativitySince 2009, BC Culture Days has been coming together with a group of art ambassadors who present their own forms of art as they work with professional mentors to bring people together in creativity and fun. Since the pandemic had changed our abilities to be together in public, directors and ambassadors at BC Culture Days—which […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Snap elections weaken our democracyOn Monday, September 20, Canada went to the polls and decided the next federal government. And we essentially chose to keep everything the way we had it before. The Liberals were re-elected with a minority government and Conservatives were runner-up. The Conservatives lost two seats, the Liberals gained one, and the other parties had minor […] Continue Reading |
Interurban’s Pizza Forno pizza machine: The Nexus reviewPizza is a no-brainer, right? Who can say no to pizza? Well, we can’t, so the Pizza Forno machine (apparently the island’s first pizza vending machine) in the Centre for Business and Access at the Interurban campus caught our eye. You can’t miss it: it’s literally right in front of your face when you go in that […] Continue Reading |
New book tells fascinating, if incomplete, history of Paramount PicturesAs a movie lover, I love stories about old and new Hollywood. To me, Hollywood has always been a very interesting place to learn about, as evidenced by films such as Billy Wilder’s intriguing Sunset Boulevard or Quentin Tarantino’s vivid take on the Sharon Tate murders in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. This fall, […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Festival of Authors back to showcase the power of the Canadian wordAfter a year of virtual events, the Victoria Festival of Authors is back for their sixth annual event, presenting a hybrid of in-person and online activities for those eager to leap into new literary adventures created by the imaginations of 33 wordsmiths and hosted in the expansive stadium of each reader’s mind. The contributors are […] Continue Reading |
Resilience and reconciliation: A Camosun alumnus’ journey from residential school to Orange Shirt DayEddy Charlie lost his hearing after he attempted suicide at the age of seven. During our call for a recent interview to talk about his time at Camosun, his experience at residential school, and his involvement with Orange Shirt Day, my questions are repeated back to him—he can now hear partially, thanks to a cochlear […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: What the COVID-19 pandemic taught meDear fellow Camosun students, employees, and instructors: First of all, I want to thank you all for your dedication to in-person learning this term. I know it must have had taken a lot of hard work to make the return to classes in September manageable, especially in today’s climate, and it really made me happy […] Continue Reading |
