Feeling the pride: Camosun College Student Society pride director gets active with Pride Month

Students elected to the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) board of directors in the spring elections typically have a few months to get settled into their roles before things really pick up in September, but not pride director Terence Baluyut. Baluyut has hit the ground running with Pride month taking place only two months after […]

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Kiryn’s Wellness Corner: Keeping hydrated

Because we’re moving into the warmer months, this is a great time to talk about water. Most of us don’t think of water as a nutrient, never mind a vitally essential nutrient. A quick internet search will tell you that water is an inorganic compound comprised of two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of […]

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News Briefs: June 5, 2024 issue

Joint Camosun campus opening delayed The opening of a single campus building for four post-secondary institutions—including Camosun College—in downtown Langford has been delayed for one year. Initially planning to open its doors to students this fall, the campus hit roadblocks when experiencing labour shortages and material delays. Now expected to be open for students in […]

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Not the Last Word: Help on Pandora

On Thursday, May 16, Pandora Avenue was buzzing with emotion. The encampments were being torn down and people’s belongings were being thrown into dumpsters. Since I work at one of Victoria’s safe-consumption sites, I was there to witness it all. However, it was nothing new to me. In fact, every time I arrive at work […]

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Open Space: Standards of beauty for women still harmful

Society is hard on women. As long as history has been recorded women have been told that they are to be subservient, that they are “the lesser sex” or the “fairer sex.” Women have been thought of as ornaments and have been told that they are weak and if they get upset about this, then […]

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Camosun staff aim to decolonize English placement assessments

Born out of an idea conceived in 2019, Camosun College faculty, staff, and a steering committee of 15 members are working together to decolonize English placement assessments. With input from the college community and support from eight Canadian institutions, the Indigenizing English Placement Assessment (IEPA) project aims to create an inclusive and equitable environment to […]

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Lydia’s Film Critique: Ikiru

I was fortunate to see Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru on the big screen. In a dark theatre there are no distractions, no pauses, nor is there any sense of time. The isolation of a blackened room forces even the least sentimental to reflect. With my beloved, I reminisced in silence on our trip back home via […]

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Camosun student builds world’s first flying canoe

From the imagination of Camosun Mechanical Engineering Technology student Dermot MacDougall comes the Millenium Phoenix—the world’s first flying canoe. Built as a capstone project with four other Camosun students, MacDougall proved to himself with the canoe that he can bring an outrageous idea to fruition. “I was thinking one day, I was at school, how […]

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