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Moms Stop the Harm (MSH), a Canadian organization made up of families whose lives have been impacted by substance use, abuse, and deaths, is marking the fifth anniversary of the British Columbia government declaring the opioid crisis a provincial health emergency with a rally taking place at the legislature on Wednesday, April 14. Jan Mahoney, […]

Camosun College was recently informed by Island Health that there was a COVID-19 exposure at its Interurban campus. The exposure occured on Thursday, April 1 in the John Drysdale Building. Island Health contacted Camosun on Friday, April 9 about the exposure and the college issued a public statement that day about the exposure. Island Health […]

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) kicked off the campaign period for its spring 2021 elections on Sunday, March 28. Voting for the online elections is happening from 9 am Monday, April 12 to 11:59 pm Wednesday, April 14. CCSS external executive Quinn Cunningham, who is not running for re-election, says that although the CCSS […]

The Camosun Innovates (CI) team at Camosun College is helping in the fight against COVID-19 by creating acrylic 20-row trays to carry vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines. CI applied research technologist Matt Zeleny says each vial carries between five and six doses of the vaccine. The vaccine has to be kept at -70 C […]

Camosun students take home awards Two Camosun College students recently won both college categories at the Association for Co-Operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning BC/Yukon (ACE-WIL) 2020 ACE-WIL Student of the Year Awards. Sport and Fitness Leadership student Tanya Fogarty won in the Work-Integrated Learning category, and Business Administration student Dylan Kaplan won the Co-op category. […]

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is having its spring 2021 student elections from April 12 to 14. The nomination period is from March 12 to March 25, and the campaign period is from March 28 to April 9. CCSS external executive Quinn Cunningham says that while the past couple elections were a bit different […]

Yesterday, minister of advanced education and skills training Anne Kang issued a public statement saying that provincial health officer Bonnie Henry has contacted the presidents of all public colleges and universities in British Columbia to tell them to prepare for a full return to on-campus education in September. Today, Camosun College president Sherri Bell confirmed […]

As economic issues exacerbated by the pandemic continue, many students are struggling to buy basic necessities. In the first week of March, the Camosun Cares hamper program began its second round of delivering supplies to students. Weekly deliveries will be made for nine weeks; the hampers will include fresh local produce, food prepared by Camosun’s […]

On Tuesday, February 23, the Victoria Regional Transit Commission (VRTC) voted 5-3 against giving students a voting seat on the commission. The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) currently shares a non-voting seat on the VRTC with the University of Victoria Students’ Society. CCSS external executive Quinn Cunningham calls the decision disappointing and says it’s really […]

The provincial government has approved Camosun College and other public post-secondary institutions in BC to run at a deficit for two fiscal years due to a decrease in revenue resulting from the COVID-19 crisis. Camosun is approved, along with 19 other institutions, to run a deficit up to $178.9 million for fiscal year 2020-21; it’s […]