Of the Land – local indigenous voices: The story of the great floodGood afternoon, morning. Evening, hello. Today I would like to share with you the WSANEC flood story. It is the story of our territory, our nation’s experience with the great flood. Many, many years ago, we lived with, shall we say, extravagance. We had plenty of food—that is great wealth, to be fed with lots […] Continue Reading |
Camosun writing prof gets children’s book publishedCamosun Creative Writing professor Laurie Elmquist’s children’s book Beach Baby was recently published, and, much like the book’s protagonist, she learned a lot through the process. As the title suggests, the book is about a baby who is coming to terms with the world around them by observing the things they see on a beach. […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: Rebuilding the systemAfter the end of the spring League of Legends (LoL) Championship Series (LCS) split, LoL developer Riot Games decided that it was time to bring some changes to the system. After every split, Riot tends to shift the rules and format of the LCS slightly. Sometimes it’s larger changes (changing the total number of teams) […] Continue Reading |
Susan Chen on post-secondary budget cutbacks, Netflix, and Camosun’s integrityKnow 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 |
Camosun prof, students return from educational Bolivia tripCamosun Sports Management instructor Nevin Harper recently returned from a two-week trip to Bolivia with 10 Camosun students from a variety of different programs. Harper took his students everywhere from 4,000 metres above sea level—an altitude that can be dangerous if you’re not properly equipped—to the Sendra Verde ecological reserve, which is home to more […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: June 15, 2016 issueCamosun Chargers golfers get fifth The Camosun College Chargers golf team placed fifth overall in the recent Canadian University/College Championship, which was held at the Morningstar Golf Club in Parksville from May 30 to June 3. Camosun closed the final round with a collective total of 299. Chargers coach on CBC broadcast team for Olympics […] Continue Reading |
Lit Matters: The dog days of André Alexis“Artists make language vague so that someone can enter into it,” said André Alexis, winner of the 2015 Giller prize for his novel Fifteen Dogs. Alexis spent most of his life in Toronto but was born in Trinidad. Like many immigrant children, he was always conscious of being different, especially when it came to language. […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society concerned about campus securityThe April Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) elections contained a referendum question asking if Camosun students were in support of a funding increase to the Walksafer program; the vote did not reach quorum, so funding was not changed. This is an issue for CCSS Student Services Coordinator Michael Glover. Glover, who runs the Walksafer program, […] Continue Reading |
New book takes readers into ups and downs of boating lifeFor lovers of the sea and dry land alike, Peter L. Gordon’s novel Stalking Salmon & Wrestling Drunks: Confessions of a Charter Boat Skipper provides a pleasing read about the complexities of people. Recalled in first person are true tales that took place aboard his charter fishing boat from 1978 to 1990. Born in Vietnam […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: We need to change how we eatWhile recently researching a class paper about modern agriculture, I wound up awake late into each night, dumbfounded and intrigued by the obvious and simple truth it seems billions of people have overlooked. And here it is: poor health starts not only with what we are putting into our bodies, but also with what we […] Continue Reading |
