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For Camosun School of Access dean Ian Humphries, the private smudging ceremony and launch of Camosun’s new Indigenous canoe into the Gorge waterway on Monday, July 21—National Indigenous Peoples Day—was a special experience. Considering the many hundreds of bodies of Indigenous children that have been discovered across Canada recently, Humphries knows work in reconciliation will […]

Camosun College will begin reopening its Continuing Education (CE) programming in September. CE at Camosun was put on hold in June of last year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Camosun vice president of partnerships Geoff Wilmshurst says that the college has to make sure there are strong enrolment numbers for the programming because […]

Camosun to hold spring convocation online Camosun College recently announced it will again hold its convocation ceremonies online due to COVID-19 restrictions. The ceremonies will be held on June 28 and 29; over 3,000 students will be graduating this year. See camosun.ca/grad for more info. College Fine Furniture and Joinery students display projects Camosun College’s […]

Osteology is the study of bones, and few applications of this study are more prominent to the general public than the life-sized display of animal skeletons. If we’re lucky, we might visit a museum display to see a real-life dinosaur skeleton, or that of some other awe-inspiring creature. And, while paleoanthropology is a fascinating look […]

New memorial award for trades students The Camosun College Foundation recently announced a new memorial award to assist carpentry, plumbing, and electrical students. The John Scheeren Building Excellence Memorial Award honours local builder John Scheeren and his 30 years of contributions to the local construction industry. Scheeren was a certified carpenter through Camosun who died […]

Camosun College is receiving a $444,000 donation from the Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation in partnership with Seaspan Shipyards. Each year for the next three years, $100,000 of the donation will go toward new and already established scholarships and bursaries for women and Indigenous trades students at Camosun. The remaining $144,000 will go toward marine […]

Trudeau cleared in WE Charity scandal Ethics commissioner Mario Dion recently cleared prime minister Justin Trudeau in the WE Charity scandal, saying that Trudeau didn’t break federal ethics rules, but former finance minister Bill Morneau did. While Trudeau has family members who have financial ties to WE Charity, Dion says that Trudeau and his family […]

Camosun alumnus subject of profile Camosun alumnus Shane Baker, who we interviewed in June of last year, is the subject of a new profile that recently ran on Accessible Media’s television station. Baker was profiled on Our Community, talking about his self-advocacy efforts to address accessibility barriers at Camosun. Watch the episode here. Camosun student […]

The provincial government has released more details on what post-secondary institutions, such as Camosun College, will look like in the fall. The COVID-19 Return to Campus Primer was released last week and gives information about the return of on-campus classes at post-secondary institutions. The primer’s recommendations are based on the context that by September, it […]

Masks now mandatory in Camosun classrooms Camosun College updated its website on April 27 to say that masks are now mandatory for students in all classrooms and can no longer be removed when sitting at a desk, even when physically distanced. This is the result of a change in the Provincial Health Officer Workplace and […]