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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 […]

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) held its student elections from April 12 to 14. Afaf Burrow was elected as women’s director, and Arshnoor Kaur as student wellness and access director. Gavinjit Bassi is the Lansdowne executive; Angela Chou is a Lansdowne director. Sneha Mary Chacko is the Interurban executive. Monika Bhardwaj is the international […]

Student groups happy with federal budget The federal government announced their budget on Monday, April 19, and student groups are voicing their happiness with it. The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations sent out a press release saying they were “pleased with the comprehensive student aid package” announced in the budget; the British Columbia Federation of […]

The NDP government announced on Saturday, April 10 that it is going through with its promise of a $150,000 investment into a feasibility study for a potential film studio at Camosun College’s Interurban campus. While the studio is not confirmed yet, the study will take a look at potential opportunities for both education and employment […]

Camosun College recently received $195,000 of emergency student funding from the provincial government. The funds, which the college received last month through the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, are the latest in a total of $397,000 the government has given the college for pandemic relief for students as part of its larger $9-million […]