Quebec’s Radio Radio expands horizons with new albumQuebec hip-hoppers Radio Radio have expanded their Francophone horizons with their newest album, Light the Sky, and the fun, high-energy duo says that the results show their sound moving in a different direction. “The album was fun,” says Jacques Doucet, one half of Radio Radio. “We wanted to go to a different genre, we had […] Continue Reading |
Education barriers: Is Camosun doing enough for students with disabilities?“It basically made me feel like shit.” After years of hearing concerns from students about how Camosun College deals with students who have disabilities, I’m finally sitting down face to face with a student and getting their story, and this is how that student—who has autism—explains to me they felt after a run-in with a […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: D. Bradley Muir strives for authenticity, not product developmentKnow 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 […] Continue Reading |
Camosun students come together at international Cultural ShowcaseCamosun College students will get a chance to show off their talents at the upcoming ninth annual international Cultural Showcase event. The show will include singers, dancers, and even magicians, says third-year Psychology student Siyuan Li, who is one of the hosts for the event (all the hosts come from different countries). Li says that […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: March 16, 2016 issue (with web-exclusive content)Jill Britton 1944-2016 On February 29, 2016, former Camosun College math instructor Jill Britton, who retired last year, passed away. Britton taught math for over 50 years. She has an education fund—the Jill Britton Elementary Education Mathematics Award—at the college; donations can be given via the Camosun Foundation. Camosun students kick butt, take names A […] Continue Reading |
Lack of healthy options in Camosun vending machines questionedScanning the vending machines at Camosun College, one is face to face with a lot of junk food and not a lot of healthy options. Potato chips and chocolate bars are there, but there’s not much in the way of more nutritious food. This is what has Camosun first-year Early Learning and Care student Charly-Ann […] Continue Reading |
Camosun’s Centre for Trades Education and Innovation officially opensCamosun College had an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, February 25 for the new Centre for Trades Education and Innovation building, located at the Interurban campus. The building’s construction was funded largely in part by the Ministry of Education, which contributed $29.2 million of the $30 million that has been invested in Camosun trades building […] Continue Reading |
Student group says new BC budget misses postsecondary markThe new provincial budget, which was announced on February 16, is said by the government to have been constructed with British Columbia’s families, jobs, and communities in mind. However, critics say that it fails to provide support to postsecondary institutions and students, and that it ignores increasing fees and debt that students face. Proposals to […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Camosun Women’s Collective needs to rethink approachThe Camosun College Women’s Collective, in its attempt to make a female-friendly space, has missed the true meaning of feminism. With International Women’s Day still fresh in our minds, I think they need to be reminded. The collective’s lounge, also known as the Women’s Centre, is a room in the Richmond House dedicated to women. […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 16, 2016 issueAlleged rapists outed: In the piece “Women name rapists on bathroom walls” in our March 19, 1991 issue, the practice of women writing the names of alleged rapists on bathroom walls was discussed. A radical move for 1991, no doubt, and one that is still happening—and being debated—today. Indeed, in the story, therapist Valerie Mantecon […] Continue Reading |
