News Briefs: March 22, 2023 issue

Camosun students head to New Zealand Students from Camosun’s Eyēʔ Sqȃ’lewen – Centre for Indigenous Education & Community Connections are off to New Zealand. The field trip will be three weeks long and students will learn about the Māori culture by attending courses that focus on cultural immersion, as well as a homestay. The trip […]

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Dance Theatre of Harlem presents ballet performance with multicultural roots

Founded in 1969, the Dance Theatre of Harlem has for over 50 years created a safe space for dance-related artists of all backgrounds to express themselves openly. On March 24 and 25, the travelling troupe will be hosted at the Royal Theatre, performing works of ballet by George Balanchine, Helen Pickett, William Forsythe, and Robert […]

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Open Space: Camosun needs to improve course descriptions

Students are wasting their breath complaining about Camosun College’s tuition and fee deadlines when there are better solutions. As we previously reported, on July 12 of last year, in a survey sent out by the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS), 52.5 percent of students said the changes that Camosun were making to their fee deadlines […]

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Discussion to shed light on Canada’s oldest Chinatown

On March 23, The Victoria Historical Society will present “Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Victoria’s Chinatown,” a talk featuring historian John Adams and former Victoria city councillor Charlayne Thornton-Joe, who will share her own experience with the Chinatown community. “Chinatown has always had a place in my heart,” she says. “Whether it’s the sounds of […]

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Camosun Cultural Showcase Event returns

This month, Camosun’s annual Cultural Showcase Event returns to the stage. The showcase aims to celebrate its participants’ different cultures in a loving and moving way, this year featuring acts ranging from Hawaiian dancing to a acrobatic mother-and-daughter performance. Second-year Community, Family & Child Studies student and Cultural Showcase Event volunteer coordinator and performer Dana […]

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25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 8, 2023 issue

Sounds fishy: In our March 9, 1998 issue we reported that a number of Camosun students had volunteered to work on damaged creeks in Victoria. Several creeks were having issues with salmon numbers dropping, so the students supported this effort by mapping out riparian areas alongside the creeks for vital research being presented to the […]

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