News Briefs: August 28, 2019 issueCamosun Chargers holding tryouts From Saturday, August 31 to Friday, September 6, Camosun students can try out for the Camosun Chargers teams. The Chargers teams consist of men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s volleyball, and golf. Find more details at camosun.ca/chargers. Camosun participates in environmental action Camosun College is one of 12 Saanich-based organizations participating […] Continue Reading |
International students’ health-care fees to doubleThe provincial government announced on Thursday, August 1 that Medical Service Plan (MSP) premiums will be eliminated on January 1, 2020. However, starting Sunday, September 1, 2019, all international students in BC will pay a monthly health-care coverage fee of $37.50 as well as their current monthly MSP premium of $37.50. When the MSP premiums […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: August 7, 2019 issueCamosun to offer three new technology programs in September Camosun College is offering three new courses in technology this September. The one-year Interactive Media Developer program will prepare students for work in game application, web development, graphic design, and user interaction. The Electrical Engineering Technology—Marine and Industrial diploma program will prepare students to enter marine […] Continue Reading |
Camosun eyes potential Interurban film studioCamosun College is working with Vancouver-based construction company Lexi Development Group to discuss the feasibility of building a film studio, sound stage, and related educational facilities at its Interurban campus. This could lead to new programs for students in film-specific trades such as carpentry, metalwork, hair and makeup, and 3D animation. These discussions are still […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: July 10, 2019 issueCamosun hires new student experience VP Starting Monday, August 19, Heather Cummings will be the new vice president of student experience at Camosun College. She replaces Joan Yates, who will be returning to teaching at Camosun. Cummings was previously the executive director of student success at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. She has a master’s […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College board of governors elects new chairLaylee Rohani has been elected as the new Camosun College board of governors chair. Rohani, who moves into the position on August 1, has been a member of the board for five years, and has been in the position of vice chair since January 2018. Rohani says that outgoing chair Ron Rice has left big […] Continue Reading |
Former Camosun instructor no longer legally permitted to practise nursing in BC, college won’t release details of investigationA consent agreement released by the British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals (BCCNP)—the provincial regulator for nurses—on Wednesday, June 19 has given more details on student complaints arising from a five-week Camosun College field study trip to the Philippines in 2016. The report says that former Camosun Nursing instructor and chair Stephen Bishop “took several […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: June 12, 2019 issueAgreement calls for more student support at college Camosun College and BCGEU Local 701 recently ratified an agreement that includes a fund to support the development of online, blended, and distributed courses, along with student and instructor support initiatives that aim to improve learning outcomes. BCGEU Local 701 represents 164 vocational faculty members at Camosun. […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College involved in microhousing projectCamosun College—through its Camosun Innovates department—is teaming up with Clemson University in South Carolina and Anomura Housing Society in Victoria on a design for tiny homes that can be assembled with just a rubber mallet, a screwdriver, and steel twist ties. The design, called sim[PLY], was developed at Clemson University in the interest of synthesizing […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: May 15, 2019 issueCCSS offering discount bus pass The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is offering Camosun students a special deal on a four-month BC Transit bus pass. The optional non-academic bus pass allows students who were enrolled in the winter 2019 semester to purchase a pass lasting from May through August for $85. Students who are enrolled […] Continue Reading |
