Post-secondary report reignites debates over tuition, cuts, system design

A new report from BC Policy Solutions—a non-partisan research institute—is renewing debate over the future of post-secondary education in British Columbia, warning that chronic underfunding and rising reliance on tuition revenue are placing the sector under sustained financial pressure. Released in June and led by policy researcher Véronique Sioufi, the report argues that decades of […]

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News Briefs: July 8, 2026 issue

Centre for Accessible Learning gets new location Camosun College’s Centre for Accessible Learning (CAL) services have moved. As of Thursday, July 2, the CAL offices and the CAL exams are located on the second floor of the Dawson Building at Lansdowne. The CAL services at the college’s Interurban campus remain in the same locations. See […]

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Elion Wong returns to Camosun as men’s volleyball head coach

Elion Wong has been named head coach of the Camosun Chargers men’s volleyball team, returning to the program where he once competed as a student athlete.  Wong played for the Chargers from 2015 to 2018, a successful period for the program, and has remained involved in the sport locally through club coaching, strength and conditioning […]

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News Briefs: June 3, 2026 issue

Camosun students win at Skills Canada BC Several Camosun College Pipe Trades students recently took home awards at the Skills Canada BC competition. Sprinkler fitter Ty Lindquist got bronze; refrigeration and AC mechanic Rachel Anderson took home silver; gold-medalists Parm Singh, plumber, and Matt Stewart, steamfitter/pipefitter, are now going on to represent Camosun on Team […]

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Camosun College Student Society gets new board members with spring elections

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) held its spring elections from Tuesday, March 24 to Thursday, March 26. Athena Pimentel was elected as Interurban executive, and Riley Lam as Lansdowne executive. Terence Baluyut was elected as finance executive, Mia Purnell as wellness and access director, Aarisca Sharma as sustainability director, and Madison Huynh as women’s […]

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News Briefs: May 6, 2026 issue

Camosun Board of Governors approves 2026/27 budget The Camosun College Board of Governors has approved a balanced budget of $160.2 million for the 2026/27 fiscal year. This is down from the 2025/26 budget of $171.95 million as the college faces budgetary pressures mainly resulting from the federal government’s cap on international students. The college is […]

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