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 |
Camlink crash leaves students scrambling during registration, improvement underwayCamlink, Camosun’s online course-registration system, went down on October 11 and again from October 13 to 15, leaving students and faculty unable to access the site. The crash came during registration for January 2019 courses. Camosun registrar Scott Harris says that Colleague—the database platform Camosun uses—is “quite an old implementation” and that because it’s getting […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society gears up for fall student electionsUpdate: The CCSS elections have been extended until noon on Thursday, October 25. The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) fall student elections are happening from Monday, October 22 to Wednesday, October 24. Aside from the candidates for the CCSS board of governors, the election ballots will include two referendum questions. The CCSS board of directors […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: October 10, 2018 issueCamosun instructor first to defend doctoral dissertation in traditional territory Camosun indigenization and sustainability strategist Dawn Smith recently became the first person in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia to defend her thesis off campus in her traditional Nuu-chah-nulth territory. Smith’s thesis focused on epistemological collisions experienced by Indigenous professors teaching […] Continue Reading |
Ministry launches provincial sexual violence and misconduct prevention information campaignThe Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training has launched a new sexual violence and misconduct information campaign. And there’s a reason the campaign is launching in September: according to the ministry, roughly two-thirds of on-campus sexual violence and misconduct happen in the first eight weeks of school. Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: September 26, 2018Office 365 available free to Camosun students Camosun is now offering students with a valid student ID a subscription to Office 365 for free. Office 365 is a Microsoft program that allows users access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and 1 TB of OneDrive storage. A year-long subscription to the program typically costs between $79 […] Continue Reading |
Former student says Camosun should have EQA designation revokedA former Camosun College student feels that the college should have its Education Quality Assurance (EQA) designation revoked due to a response he received from Camosun when he asked for a partial tuition refund last year. EQA designations are administered by the provincial government’s Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training. In 2016, Camosun first-year […] Continue Reading |
Camosun launches new Student Affairs departmentCamosun College has launched a new interdisciplinary Student Affairs department. It consists of Academic Advising, Counselling, the Office of Student Support, and the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. Camosun vice president of student experience Joan Yates says the college has tried to consolidate the services that focus on students into one group. “Philosophically and otherwise […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: September 12, 2018 issueCCSS to hold referendum on CASA membership On August 13, the Camosun College Student Society approved a motion to hold a referendum on whether or not Camosun students should join the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA), a national student organization. The fee for each Camosun student would be either $3.12 or $2.89 a year, […] Continue Reading |
