News Briefs: January 22, 2020 issueWilna Thomas closed for renovations As of Monday, December 23, 2019, the Wilna Thomas building on the Lansdowne campus is closed for renovations. Look for our full story next issue. New Interurban cafe opens reCharge, the new cafe on the first floor of the Alex and Jo Campbell Centre for Health and Wellness building at […] Continue Reading |
Indigenous Camosun students to receive $40,000 to assist with food and housing costsThe Victoria Foundation has granted $40,000 in funding to support Indigenous students in Camosun College’s interdisciplinary Aboriginal Culinary Arts, Tourism and Hospitality program. The funding will be dispersed to students in order to provide financial support for costs associated with housing and food. Developed in partnership with the Songhees Nation, Camosun’s Aboriginal Culinary Arts, Tourism […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: January 6, 2020 issueFresh-food vending machine installed at Interurban Students at Interurban now have access to fresh food, even after the cafeteria is closed, thanks to a new vending machine. The machine is part of a development that took place after the School of Health and Human Services moved to the Interurban campus in September. The food options […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College president appointed BC Colleges board chairCamosun College president Sherri Bell was appointed BC Colleges board chair on November 21, 2019. BC Colleges is a Victoria-based organization that represents 10 BC colleges; presidents from each institution meet regularly to go over common priorities and issues. Those presidents make up the BC Colleges board. “The role, basically, is that we work really […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society gives money to Charger student athletes for food expensesThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) approved a motion at its November 4, 2019 board meeting to provide a temporary $25-per-day per diem for food and incidentals for every Camosun Charger student athlete while they are travelling for games. This will be added to the current $15 daily per diem from the Chargers for a […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College students benefit from tuition-waiver programCamosun students who were formerly youth in care are benefiting from BC’s Provincial Tuition Waiver Program. The program is for those who lived more than two years as youth in care. The government started the program as a way to give these youth a chance at an education where there might not have been a […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 20, 2019 issueCamosun to stop accepting cash for tuition As of January 1, 2020, Camosun College will stop accepting cash payments for tuition. The decision is a result of the provincial government’s anti-money-laundering initiative, which was launched in May of this year. The college said in an email that it has no reason to believe any money […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 6, 2019 issueCamosun introduces new Women in Trades Training program Camosun College has a new Women in Trades Training (WITT) program, being offered in partnership with Vancouver Island University. The program—which is funded through the Canada-British Columbia Workforce Development Agreement through the Industry Training Authority—has two streams: the Women-only Trades Sampler Program, and the pre-Apprenticeship or Apprenticeship […] Continue Reading |
Camosun to launch island’s first sonography programOn Thursday, October 17, Camosun College announced that it is launching Vancouver Island’s first Digital Medical Sonography program next year. Diagnostic medical sonographers are health care professionals who use sonography technology to take internal images of a patient. “The college is really excited about this,” says Camosun dean of Health and Human Services Cynthia Smith. […] Continue Reading |
Saanich school strike impacting Camosun students with childrenPublic schools in the Saanich School District have been closed since Monday, October 28 as part of a Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 441 wage parity strike. This has resulted in over 7,000 children missing school, and some of those children have parents who go to Camosun. Second-year Marketing student Serena Cizmecigil has […] Continue Reading |
