The Trews share their secrets with CanadaThe Trews have a secret, but they can’t keep it much longer. The rockers are ready to take their sixth studio album, Civilianaires, on tour, and lead guitarist John-Angus MacDonald is at home in Hamilton, Ontario, savouring the moments before the band share their latest work with the rest of the country. “I think the […] Continue Reading |
Camosun gets second-highest enrollment rates of former foster children in BCSince 2017, the provincial government has been giving former foster children free post-secondary education, and Camosun College has the second-highest enrollment rates of these students of any BC post-secondary institution. Camosun vice president of student experience Joan Yates couldn’t be prouder. “The principles and values we have as a college about being life-changing and transformational […] Continue Reading |
Post-elections post-secondary: Now that student society and municipal elections have passed, what does 2019 hold in store for post-secondary life?The fall of 2018 was a time of political change for students here at Camosun. Elections have come and gone for both the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) and municipal councils on the lower island. We’ve also been given an option to reform our provincial electoral system with the proportional representation referendum. The referendum is […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: January 7, 2019 issueNew Career Lab open at Interurban A new Career Lab recently opened at Camosun’s Interurban campus. The lab is meant to engage students in co-ops and applied learning at the college. During an open house event at the Career Lab on Wednesday, November 28, a new student platform called MyBluePrint was launched; MyBluePrint is an […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: January 7 to 22, 2019Monday, January 7 and Wednesday, January 9A frosty welcomeThe Camosun College Student Society is hosting CamFrost, a welcome-back event for students (think CamFest with a winter twist). CamFrost will take place at the Interurban campus on January 7 and Lansdowne on January 9; the festivities go down from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm on both […] Continue Reading |
Podcast hosts Taggart and Torrens bring show to VictoriaJeremy Taggart and Jonathan Torrens are taking their wildly popular Taggart and Torrens podcast on the road. The podcast—which has almost 4 million downloads and has been awarded the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Audio Show or Series—is a musical and comedic celebration of Canadian media and culture in which Taggart and Torrens share stories […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 21, 2018 issueFlyer friction: We did a cover story on feminism at Camosun back in August of this year, but it’s been a hot topic on campus for a long time. Athena Tupaatsch wrote in a letter to the editor in our November 29, 1993 issue that the Camosun College Student Society’s “women’s centre has done me […] Continue Reading |
Tech Talk: DNS and your privacyKeeping your privacy on the internet is getting harder, with more government or private organizations being interested in using personal data for their own benefit. One of the best ways to keep your privacy on the internet is to set up domain name servers (DNS) properly. Let’s find out why and how. First off, what […] Continue Reading |
First Things First: The unnecessary existential crisisPicture this: You’re on the floor thinking about how you haven’t done anything special in your life while everyone else is living theirs way better than you ever could, and you feel like a failure. Sure, I’m going to school, you think, but everyone else does that. I’m nothing special. You then think you must […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 21, 2018 issueCamosun research on the rise Camosun College has jumped from the number 41 spot to number 26 on Research Infosource’s annual list of the top 50 Canadian research colleges. Camosun scored third nationally for research growth; its research income, which is what the final rating is based on, grew 69.2 percent this year. Research Infosource […] Continue Reading |
