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On Thursday, September 16, Camosun College celebrated its 50th anniversary with the unveiling of The Cycle of Knowledge house post at its Interurban campus. The house post stands 18 feet tall, and is 2,500 pounds of cedar and aluminium; it was carved by Camosun alumnus Bear Horne. The design on the house post incorporates three […]

A new tool has been made available for staff and faculty of BC colleges and universities to support students on campus who are dealing with mental-health crises. Let’s Talk about Suicide: Raising Awareness and Supporting Students is a digital resource made available by BCcampus. University of Victoria Student Wellness Centre manager of mental health outreach […]

The provincial government recently relaunched a campaign to raise awareness about sexual violence on campus. The Is Not Yes campaign originally ran in 2019 and 2020; this time around, the government is aiming to reach more students through a larger on-campus and online presence. Parliamentary secretary for gender equity Grace Lore says that most on-campus […]

The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) has launched the Get Out the Vote campaign ahead of the federal election on September 20. CASA is launching the non-partisan campaign, which aims to enable students to make an informed vote, alongside 24 student associations nationwide, including the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS). CCSS external executive Puneet […]

When students return to campus in September, they will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to access certain parts of campus, although not to attend classes. As well, masks are now again required in all indoor public spaces in British Columbia, which includes common areas of post-secondary institutions, such as classrooms, stairwells, libraries, and […]

Blockchain training is coming to Camosun College. Training in Blockchain—a digital ledger of transactions distributed across a network of computers, making it very difficult to hack—will take place through the college’s recently reopened Continuing Education department. Camosun director of strategic initiatives/acting director of Continuing Education and Contract Training Jen Stone says Blockchain training at the […]

The British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS) and the Alberta Student Executive Council recently launched Influence the Vote, a new campaign aimed at providing students the incentive and information to make an informed vote in the upcoming federal election, taking place on September 20. BCFS chairperson Melissa Chirino says the BCFS is taking a non-partisan […]

20 Indigenous students in Canada’s north recently took part in a four-month online transition program through Camosun College. The program aims to prepare students for post-secondary and to help with a transition that meets their cultural and educational needs. When the students completed the program, at the end of July, they then had an option […]

The Camosun Express, a free shuttle service for Camosun students and staff that goes between the Lansdowne and Interurban campuses and to the West Shore, won’t be running for the fall 2021 semester. Camosun College manager of sustainability, transportation and parking Shannon Craig says the decision was made because of the environmental and financial sustainability […]