Know Your Profs: Biology instructor Brooke Cameron passionate about science, equality, portobello mushroomsKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor who you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […] Continue Reading |
Health with Tess: Time management for your healthIf I have freshly relearned anything during my time at Camosun, it’s the unshakeable value of time management. It’s one of those lessons I’ve had to keep learning over the years, utilizing strong time-management skills while busy and throwing everything to the wind when my to-do list shrinks. Like most students, I work a lot […] Continue Reading |
First Things First: Keeping the positive attitudeWhen I first had the idea for this column, it was out of pure adrenaline. I think that’s how I made most of my decisions in my first year. I followed through with a lot of my first instincts—sometimes it worked out, sometimes it didn’t. That first-day-of-school anxiety was nothing new to me. The transition […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Stop romanticizing romanceCollege is, apart from a place of study, the centre of building relationships. Small classes, group activities, and asking to borrow notes or a pen from the cutie beside you are all contributors to socializing in Camosun’s community-college environment. I myself admit that after watching numerous rom-coms and dramas, I always expect the next person […] Continue Reading |
Camosun eyes potential Interurban film studioCamosun College is working with Vancouver-based construction company Lexi Development Group to discuss the feasibility of building a film studio, sound stage, and related educational facilities at its Interurban campus. This could lead to new programs for students in film-specific trades such as carpentry, metalwork, hair and makeup, and 3D animation. These discussions are still […] Continue Reading |
C’est la Vie: July 10, 2019 issue |
Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Alena Chercover takes offense over plagiarism and gendered children’s clothingKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor who you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student awarded Van den Brink Residency seeks truth in film photographyIn all forms of art lies a space between what the creator of the art intends and what the viewer of the art perceives. Camosun second-year Visual Arts student Nina Parrotta—who was awarded the Camosun Van den Brink Residency, given to a second-year Visual Arts student, this year—intends to narrow that space down through her […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: July 10, 2019 issue |
News Briefs: July 10, 2019 issueCamosun hires new student experience VP Starting Monday, August 19, Heather Cummings will be the new vice president of student experience at Camosun College. She replaces Joan Yates, who will be returning to teaching at Camosun. Cummings was previously the executive director of student success at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. She has a master’s […] Continue Reading |
