Lit Matters: Umberto Eco and the power of learning“To survive, you must tell stories,” wrote Umberto Eco, an Italian scholar and novelist best known for mind-bending intellectual thrillers like The Name of the Rose. Eco, born in 1932, is a titan of 20th-century intellectual history and continues to make scholarly contributions to a boggling array of disciplines; his personal library includes some 50,000 […] Continue Reading |
Langford-based film studio aims big with new productionJust over a year ago, a dream was put into production. Alexander Panagopoulos and his team over at Langford’s Ragnarock Studios wanted to create a film project to get their company up and running. They had developed a story set in ancient Greece, and, as a fan of action movies like 300 and having Greek […] Continue Reading |
A look at two perspectives on Victoria’s sewage controversyOn Tuesday, May 12, a formal debate on the subject of sewage was held at Camosun’s Lansdowne campus. But it’s nothing new: Victoria’s sewage controversy has been stewing for nearly two decades. The last few years have seen things intensify, with plans, counter-plans, and failed proposals stacking up at the Capital Regional District (CRD) to […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun Visual Arts instructional technologist Mike McLean knows the power of knowledgeKnow 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. This time around, we talked to Visual Arts instructional technologist Mike McLean about knowledge being power, […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Never neglect the written word“Readership is at an all-time low.” These aren’t just words that editors and writers see in their nightmares: if we’re not careful, they could become the fate of our society. So what’s going on with reading these days? A huge problem seems to be what people are reading. Different demographics are given different things to […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun College Electrical Trades Training chair Ian Warrender is here to help, not hinderKnow 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. This time around, we talked to Camosun Electrical Trades Training chair Ian Warrender about being the […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: June 10, 2015 issueCamosun gets funding boost for shipbuilding and repair program Camosun College will receive $155,000 and will offer two cohorts for up to 28 student spaces in an entry-level ship-repair and shipbuilding program as part of BC’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint. The program will be in partnership with the Industrial Marine Training and Applied Research Centre. […] Continue Reading |
Shotgun Jimmie embraces lo-fi sounds for his latest albumWhen Manitoba-by-way-of-New Brunswick singer-songwriter Jim Killpatrick, better known by his stage name of Shotgun Jimmie, is asked what his musical influences are these days, he pauses a moment, then says emphatically, “Karaoke is my biggest inspiration right now.” To anyone familiar with Jimmie’s easy-going character and down-to-earth songwriting, the answer is not all that surprising. […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: June 10, 2015 issueUntil June 25 Carnivoriffic art Meaty Pies is a solo exhibit of work from Shawn Shepherd happening at Polychrome Fine Art; see polychromefinearts.com for details. Until June 27 Feel the friction Speculative Frictions is a media installation at Deluge Contemporary Art which examines, according to Deluge, “construction cinematic landscapes, narratives restructured through repurposed footage/sound and […] Continue Reading |
New trades building set to open at Camosun’s Interurban campus in SeptemberCamosun College’s new trades building is set to open its doors in September. The $30-million Centre for Trades Education and Innovation will house the college’s automotive, heavy-duty commercial transport, nautical, sheet metal, welding, and metal fabrication departments. The 80,000-square-foot building, which is being built to LEED Gold standards, adds to Camosun’s existing 17,000 square feet […] Continue Reading |
