25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 4, 2026 issueRoyal Roads goes virtual: In 2001, Royal Roads University was expanding into online education with the launch of Virtual University Canada, and we wrote about it in our November 6, 2001 issue. The initiative brought together 12 Canadian universities to offer more than 200 online courses and degree programs, allowing students to study without attending […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Wealth tax should have been election hot topicWe need a wealth tax. This is not a tax on your parents, who bought the family home for a toonie and a bag of apples in ‘95, and now it’s somehow worth $1 million. It’s not a tax that would apply to your life savings, or a local business. It’s a small tax on […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: October 21, 2026 issueSpeak up: In our October 11, 2001 issue we were writing about the aftermaths of 9/11, and letter-writer Mark Redgwell wasn’t pleased with how we had been doing it. In our previous issue, we had run a cartoon that Redgwell took offence to, saying that its obvious meaning—Americans are racist—was painting with as wide of […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Students should be voting in provincial electionsBeing a first-time voter and a post-secondary student while there are elections happening means it’s easy to get lost in the riot of opinions or opt to take a seat on the sidelines of what can seem like a political storm. And of course there are a percentage of us students that are simply too […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: October 7, 2026 issueSmoothie operators: If you were wandering around the Interurban campus in September 2001 looking for something a little more exciting than coffee, tea, or pop, students in Camosun’s Basic Food Services Training program had you covered. In our September 28, 2001 issue, we visited the Mixt Greens Juice Bar, where students prepared smoothies, fruit juices, […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Camosun needs to offer more night classesCamosun has long been the go-to school for career changes, academic rematches, education with less financial pressure, and friction-free pathways to heavyweight institutions such as UVic and UBC. Camosun’s purpose is built on the principle of accessibility. But let’s be real here: if you work, if you have familial responsibilities, if you have to wrestle […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 23, 2026 issueSeptember 11 aftermath: Our issue from 25 years ago came out on September 17, 2001, not even a week after the horrific events of September 11. In the View Points column, Nexus writer Sarah Petrescu asked “will increased militarism, surveillance, and suspicion be justified in defence of upholding ‘good’ forces in the world?” amid worries […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Two-tiered health care in BC not the solutionAlberta’s movement toward a two-tier health-care system is concerning. By allowing physicians to bill both publicly and privately (patient-paid care), the province is gambling with its citizens’ money. If Canada determines Alberta’s new regulations fall outside of the Canada Health Act (federal legislation mandating access to health care without cost to patients), Alberta will be […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Camosun tuition-drop deadline exclusionaryIn 2022, Camosun reaffirmed academia’s commitment to exclusionism by moving the 100-percent-tuition-refund course-drop deadline backwards three weeks. Historically, the deadline was after classes began so students could, without financial penalty, drop a course after attending a few lectures. But the requirement to lock in course enrolment (and tuition) before classes start is problematic. Because of […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 8, 2026 issueCorporate collusion: Concerned about corporate influence on campus? I mean, you probably should be, and you wouldn’t be alone in that: back in our September 4, 2001 issue, we covered how students were upset about corporate donor plaques popping up around campus. “I think it is pretty disgusting,” said Camosun College Student Society director Kristen […] Continue Reading |
