Camosun launches student creativity contest with cash prize for winners

Camosun first opened its doors to students on September 16, 1971. As part of the 50-year anniversary celebrations happening now, the college has launched the 50th Anniversary Student Creativity Contest. There are three categories—2D/3D art, written word, and audio art—in the contest, and the winner of each category will receive a $1,000 prize. The prize […]

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Camosun anticipating $6.7-million deficit due to COVID-19 crisis

Camosun College is now looking at a deficit of approximately $6.7 million this fiscal year due to COVID-19. Among the factors impacting the college’s revenue is international tuition: Camosun anticipated that there would be a drop in international enrollment from the fall 2020 term to the winter 2021 term, and there has been. International enrollment […]

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CCSS joins campaign for release of jailed women’s rights activist

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) has joined a campaign to free University of British Columbia (UBC) alumnus and Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul. The #StudentsForLoujain campaign is being organized by three student groups at UBC; 23 student societies from across BC—as well as the British Columbia Federation of Students and the Alliance of […]

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New lab “huge step forward for students,” says Camosun Innovates director

Camosun College is in the process of getting its Miracle—which stands for “materials, integration, research and creativity”—lab ready. At 3,600 square feet, it’s expected to be open in March of this year at the college’s Interurban campus, adjacent to the Jack White Building. In the lab, students will make materials into carbon fibre; the result […]

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News Briefs: January 8, 2021 web exclusive

UPass update grace period gets extended The grace period to update your UPass has been extended this semester. Camosun students now have until the end of Sunday, January 24 to update the bus pass. For information on getting your pass updated, see camosunstudent.org/services/upass. New phone line offers calming sounds City of Victoria artist in residence […]

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Camosun and Concert Properties partner on mobile, province-wide trades training

Camosun College has partnered with Vancouver-based real estate company Concert Properties to bring hands-on mobile trades training to remote BC communities. In April of 2019, Concert Properties committed to donating $250,000 over three years to allow Camosun to expand its Trades for Success program, which focuses on bringing trades education to youth, adult, and K-12 […]

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News Briefs: December 4, 2020 web exclusive

Camosun to extend library hours Camosun has announced that the Lansdowne Library will have extended hours in December. The library will be open on Saturdays (December 5, 12, and 19) from 11 am to 6 pm, and will stay open until 8 pm from Monday, December 14 to Friday, December 18, and on Monday, December […]

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Camosun running new Discovery Technology dual-credit program

Camosun College started a five-month dual-credit program for high school students this September. The Discovery Technology program, funded by the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, will help high-school students earn college credits and high-school credits at the same time. The students in the program will get scholarships through their school district to complete […]

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News Briefs: November 27, 2020 web exclusive

WalkSafer returns The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) announced in an email today that it is bringing back its WalkSafer program. The program—which gives students someone to safely walk or get a ride with in a golf cart on campus—had to be shut down during the initial wave of COVID-19 shutdowns in March. However, the […]

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Camosun College Student Society ready to deliver annual Christmas hampers

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is putting together Christmas hampers for Camosun students once again. While the CCSS gives out the hampers every year, things are being done a little differently in light on the COVID-19 crisis this year: students won’t pick up the hampers on campus, instead, the student society has about 20 […]

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