How to make the most of your time at Camosun

Now that the school term has begun in earnest, there comes the period marked by feelings of panic and over-commitment. If you’re anything like me, you’re very good at agreeing to things and making plans that are still a long way off, when there’s that safety buffer zone. Suddenly, by some trick of the calendar, […]

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Finding community as a Camosun College student

I’ve been at Camosun for one year. I completed my first three terms from September through August, and I’ve seen changes and growth in my short time here, but it’s made me wonder: how does one find community at Camosun?  I’m in a transfer program studying toward a combined computer science and psychology degree and […]

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New Music Revue: Nuh-Uh! add something new on EP

Nuh-Uh! All My Friends (Permenent Records) 3.5/5 While playing a show in downtown Victoria this August, local band Nuh-Uh! surprised the audience by announcing their first EP, releasing that same night. All My Friends stays true to the band’s sound—somewhere between surf punk and punk rock—while at the same time managing to add something new […]

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The importance of Orange Shirt Day and learning to be an ally

I am a settler in these lands. I am privileged enough to live and work and study on terrain that has been stewarded—safeguarded—for untold millennia by the Indigenous peoples that have existed here long before my lineage arrived uninvited, and continue to protect and live in harmony with it to this day.  An important first […]

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Comedian explores origins of ’90s gay joke in Ribald

Comedian Shawn Hitchins has had quite the decade. Finding success early in his career and even sparking a movement (Ginger Pride Walk) in Edinburgh, it would be understandable to feel like the universe (or whoever is in charge of it) is smiling down on him. Unfortunately for Hitchins, life is a big fan of the […]

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Buddy brilliant specimen of weird filmmaking

I was born at a very young age in 1985, hot on the heels of the Ninja Turtles, and by the time the mid ’90s rolled around, I was wearing my hat backwards, eating Push Pops, and, without fail, being relegated to the position of “car lookout” in street hockey.  My fellow millenials certainly remember […]

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Open Space: Two-tiered health care in BC not the solution

Alberta’s movement toward a two-tier health-care system is concerning. By allowing physicians to bill both publicly and privately (patient-paid care), the province is gambling with its citizens’ money. If Canada determines Alberta’s new regulations fall outside of the Canada Health Act (federal legislation mandating access to health care without cost to patients), Alberta will be […]

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Camosun continues Orange Shirt Day tradition on campus

Camosun College will once again recognize Orange Shirt Day this September, continuing a campus tradition that began more than a decade ago and encouraging students and employees to reflect on the history and ongoing impacts of Canada’s residential-school system. This year’s events will centre on the theme of healing through the land, reflecting ongoing Indigenous […]

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