Camosun College student fights for diversity with guerrilla art on campusA Camosun College student is taking matters into their own hands and placing guerrilla art around campus without getting college approval. The student is making the art to raise awareness about diversity issues. Their biggest installation so far has been a large picture of Mt. Everest stuck to a staircase in the Wilna Thomas building […] Continue Reading |
Ministry moves ahead with plans to develop 24/7 mental-health support for studentsThe Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions has plans to develop new 24/7 mental-health and substance-use counselling services that will include access to online chat, text, phone, and email support. 13 percent of Canadian post-secondary students who took part in a 2016 National College Health Assessment (NCHA) survey reported contemplating suicide in the 12 months […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: January 23, 2019 issueCamosun Continuing Education department temporarily relocated Camosun College’s Continuing Education and Contract Training department has temporarily relocated to the Vancouver Island Technology Park at 4470 Markham Road, right beside the Interurban campus, where it was previously located. All mail will still be collected at the on-campus Camosun location. Camosun students looking at creating access app […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College student raises concerns about Interurban bike laneA Camosun College student is concerned about the state of the bike lane on Interurban road near Camosun College’s Interurban campus. Third-year electronics student Philip Marciniak has been cycling to the Interurban campus for three years; he says that in November he came “within a foot or so, maybe a bit less” with a car […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: January 7, 2019 issueNew Career Lab open at Interurban A new Career Lab recently opened at Camosun’s Interurban campus. The lab is meant to engage students in co-ops and applied learning at the college. During an open house event at the Career Lab on Wednesday, November 28, a new student platform called MyBluePrint was launched; MyBluePrint is an […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 21, 2018 issueCamosun research on the rise Camosun College has jumped from the number 41 spot to number 26 on Research Infosource’s annual list of the top 50 Canadian research colleges. Camosun scored third nationally for research growth; its research income, which is what the final rating is based on, grew 69.2 percent this year. Research Infosource […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Indigenization coordinator oversees new post-secondary Indigenization guidesA new series of educational guides has been launched to provide post-secondary staff members with the tools to help incorporate Indigenization and reconciliation into curriculum and campus life, and there’s a Camosun connection to it. The six-book series, titled Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Education Institutions, was a collaborative project between the […] Continue Reading |
Referendum to join Canadian Alliance of Student Associations passes in student society electionsA referendum question asking Camosun College students if they would like to be members of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) passed in the recent Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) elections, meaning that Camosun students may soon be part of a national student organization again. Almost the exact same number of students voted in […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 7, 2018 issuePoliticians meet with student organizations Student representatives in British Columbia met with a number of MLAs on the week of October 29, including premier John Horgan and minister of advanced education, skills and training Melanie Mark. Topics discussed were drawn from Making Post-Secondary Education Affordable for British Columbians, a paper created by the British Columbia […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: October 24, 2018 issueCamosun shook out Camosun College took part in the annual ShakeOut earthquake drill on Thursday, October 18 at 10:20. The provincially organized effort requires all students, faculty, and staff who are on campus to gather at a designated emergency assembly point. Download the Camosun emergency app for more info on this and other emergency procedures. […] Continue Reading |
