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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 […]

On March 16, Camosun is set to replace Camlink with a new online registration platform called myCamosun. Created by software company Ellucian, whose website states it is “the market leader in higher education technology,” myCamosun is a long-overdue change, says Camosun registrar Scott Harris. “Camlink was certainly dated technology,” he says, “and in my opinion, […]

Camosun College recently announced its new Clean Energy and Efficient Buildings micro-credentials. The micro-credentials give people working in the field a chance to advance their career; the classes will be held mainly by distance on weekday evenings, and the college is aiming to have students enrolled in the first cohort next month. “We started to […]

Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been released from Saudi jail after pressure was applied to the government to release her. Al-Hathloul—the UBC alumnus at the centre of the #StudentsForLoujain campaign—spent 1,001 days in jail. Saudi public prosecution said in a statement that al-Hathloul and others were arrested for being involved in “coordinated and […]

In 2015, Camosun president Sherri Bell was sitting in her office with with Camosun vice president of education John Boraas and vice president of communications, advancement, and planning Joan Yates and a large stack of poster paper. The three were thinking about what they wanted portfolios for different positions to look like in coming years. […]

Camosun College president Sherri Bell announced today in an email that she will be retiring at the end of 2021. Bell says that she has no immediate plans for post-retirement and says that her time as Camosun president has been the highlight of her career. Bell became president in 2015. Look for our full story […]

Camosun College is receiving space for 20 additional full-time students in its Mental Health and Addictions (MHA) program. The money for the spaces comes from the provincial government after it cited a need for mental-health support during the COVID-19 pandemic. The government is spending $800,000 between four public post-secondary institutions on the spaces as part […]

From February 8 to 12, the British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS) participated in The Week of Action, a week-long effort that was part of the two-year Knock Out Interest campaign. Through the campaign, the BCFS—along with 40 student unions across Canada, including the Camosun College Student Society—is calling on the federal government to eliminate […]