Camosun College Faculty Association says college is restricting intakes, overloading classesThe Camosun College Faculty Association (CCFA) is saying that Camosun College is restricting intakes for the fall, and claims that it’s not in relation to demand; the CCFA also claims the college is overloading sections. CCFA president Lynelle Yutani points to computer science programming in particular as an area where students are struggling to get […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: September 17, 2025 issueCamosun president appointed for second term Lane Trotter has been appointed as Camosun College president for a second five-year term. Trotter’s first term started on January 1, 2022; that term ends on December 31, 2026 and his new term will begin on January 1, 2027. Before starting at Camosun, Trotter was president and CEO of […] Continue Reading |
Orange Shirt Day event returns to Lansdowne campusOn Monday, September 29, Camosun College will host its annual Orange Shirt Day ceremonies at the Lansdowne campus. Morning workshops will run from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Na’tsa’maht and the Sherri Bell Hall in Wilna Thomas, and the ceremony takes place at 1:30 pm at Na’tsa’maht. Last year, the English department spearheaded the […] Continue Reading |
How to hide from heartache: books to help during hard timesMy dog died very suddenly recently of massive organ failure, and I have no answers as to why. My heart is broken, and as I grieve, I turn to media that is fit to nurse a mournful condition. Below are books that I rediscover when I need to leave this painful world behind. Who doesn’t […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Fringe Fest returns with mixed bag of performancesThis year, going on their 39th, Victoria Fringe Fest returned with over 35 shows from small creators across the country. As a reviewer I’m limited in my ability to see all of them, and as such, I have to base my observations on an extremely small sample size. This time, two out of three shows […] Continue Reading |
The degree of separationFor a long time, the topics in the ethos of femininity or fields that women, for the most part, choose to study within have not been taken seriously. The social sciences and humanities are seen this way: dismissed under the assumption that they add less to societies, especially compared to subjects traditionally dominated by men. […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Aversions deliver upper-tier post-punk with Empty CenturyAversions Empty Century (Independent) 4/5 Vancouver’s Aversions have found themselves in a very particular niche on third album Empty Century, which follows up 2023’s excellently titled You Wanted the Bike. The band are firmly in the post-punk world but have found a slightly more aggressive approach, and the end result is mainly fantastic here. The […] Continue Reading |
AGGV exhibit looks at Indigenous ancestry, identity through nuanced lensMeryl McMaster’s exhibit Bloodlines, which is running now at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV), blends aspects of her Dutch/Scottish ancestry with her Plains Cree/Métis lineage, taking the form of an imaginative series of breathtaking photos bolstered by historical documents and culturally resonant sculptures. AGGV chief curator Steven McNeil says that the idea for […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 2, 2025 issueFall-ing and can’t get up: Former Nexus writer Jon Valentine’s “Top 10 Things to Look Forward to in the New School Year” reads like a schoolboy manifesto. For our September 5, 2000 issue, he modelled his insight and prophesized the BC government’s end of a tuition freeze (resulting in the collective student debt of $500 […] Continue Reading |
Wild rescues and demon slayings: movies to look out for this fall in VictoriaEveryone is thinking about back to school, but fall is also a great time for new movies. From lesser-known productions to IMAX jaw-droppers to a spectacularly soggy film fest, there’s lots to look forward to. For all my anime fans out there, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba—The Movie: Infinity Castle will be in theatres on […] Continue Reading |
