Camosun instructor Laurie Elmquist shows the importance of letting go in new bookCamosun writing instructor Laurie Elmquist’s new book Where’s Burgess? paints a world that children can relate to and that will take adult readers back many years, suddenly immersed in the world of nine-year-old protagonist Reece. Children’s literature is an underappreciated genre, which is unfortunate when works like this are out there. Elmquist writes with both […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Matthew Agbay on redoing work and being a role modelKnow 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 that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […] Continue Reading |
Accessible for all? A recently constructed building with no elevator raises questions about how Camosun College is doing with accessibility issuesCamosun’s Centre for Trades Education and Innovation is a beautiful building, filled with modern equipment and hope for the future of our province. I recently took a bus out to see the building, which officially opened in 2016 and is located on the Interurban campus. I was amazed as I walked through the doors into […] Continue Reading |
Mind Matters: Cyberbullying must be stoppedOn Wednesday, February 28, we’ll find ourselves in a sea of flamingo-coloured T-shirts during Pink Shirt Day. This annual event is aimed at raising awareness and ending bullying, with the focus this year being on cyberbullying. Cyberbullying can include sharing personal photographs or videos without consent, creating false accounts with someone else’s identity, or posting […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: The economic danceAfter repeatedly topping record highs this year, a major stock market index took a 2.5 percent dive on February 2; it was the biggest decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average since Brexit. Then, the following Monday, investors saw the Dow’s largest drop, points-wise, it had ever seen in a single day. Canadian stocks slumped […] Continue Reading |
Write to Rise: The journey of thickening skinDeveloping resilience as a writer is a personal journey. You can’t develop resiliency if you don’t start somewhere. This is an important part of your journey for success as a writer. I think of this stage as “getting dirty” and “making a mess” of things. When you were learning how to cook, your kitchen was […] Continue Reading |
Brazilian student athlete brings his experience to Camosun ChargersEduardo Bidá recently arrived in Victoria from Brazil and wasted no time integrating himself into the Camosun Chargers men’s volleyball team. Bidá, 22, was recognized as the Pacific Western Athletic Association male volleyball athlete of the week after just two weeks playing with the Chargers; he also was named a Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association male […] Continue Reading |
Busty and the Bass bring Victoria talent to MontrealMontreal electro-soul band Busty and the Bass look, at first glance, like an orchestra. That’s because there are nine members in the band. But Alistair Blu, one of the vocalists for Busty and the Bass, says that while having so many members makes organization harder, the positives outweigh the negatives, and it actually creates a […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: February 21, 2018 issue |
Student raises concerns about Camosun ABE pricing policiesA Camosun student has expressed concern over the college charging for certain 100-level courses instead of offering them as free 000-level Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses. First-year Camosun University Transfer student Ryan Moen says that the college’s wording about some courses is confusing, pointing to Math 173 as an example. “It advertises itself as a […] Continue Reading |
