Camosun Toastmasters club still going strong after 80 yearsCamosun College’s Toastmasters Club, which is dedicated to improving students’ public speaking, communication, and listening skills, has now been in Victoria for 80 years (it was at other locations before Camosun was founded in 1971). College Liaison for Toastmasters April Atkins says the group’s longevity can be attributed to those involved in the club. “There […] Continue Reading |
The Importance of Being Earnest delivers more than just laughterBlue Bridge Repertory Theatre’s take on Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest spearheaded a stream of laughter on Thursday night, and for good reason: the performance was done very well. Still, it’s not without room for growth. The play was once described as “a trivial comedy for serious people” by Wilde; if you study […] Continue Reading |
Camosun gets $300,000 for women in tradesCamosun College recently received a $300,000 grant from the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation to go towards funding for women in trades at Camosun. In particular, the money will be put towards Camosun’s Women in Trades Training Program and the new STEP Up for Women Initiative. According to Angus Matthews, director of the TRADEmark of […] Continue Reading |
Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival returns to Camosun groundsIf you’ve been hanging around the Wilna Thomas building on Camosun’s Lansdowne campus, you might have noticed actors and actresses rehearsing a play nearby. Director Barbara Poggemiller is working on Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale “by the huge beautiful oak trees” at Lansdowne for the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival. Some critics regard The Winter’s Tale as […] Continue Reading |
New York dancer coming to Victoria’s ROMP! festThis year’s ROMP! Festival Of Dance will feature the premiere of Joshua Beamish’s new solo collection, Lone Wolf. Beamish, who moved from Vancouver to New York in 2012 and has been working with the ROMP! festival since 2007, says he “basically grew up in a dance studio” as his mother owned one when he was […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College not raising Civil Engineering Technology tuitionIn February, we reported on tuition for Camosun’s Civil Engineering Technology program possibly going up by 43.9 percent, which, as far as Camosun Civil Engineering student Blair Roche was concerned, went against the Ministry of Advanced Education’s two-percent annual tuition-increase cap for existing programs (if program changes are significant enough for the Ministry to consider […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Chargers’ Charles Parkinson joins CBC Olympic broadcast teamCamosun Chargers men’s volleyball coach Charles Parkinson will be part of the CBC/Radio Canada broadcast team during the 2016 Olympic Games, which are being held in Rio. Parkinson will be commentating from the CBC office in Toronto during the Olympic volleyball events. Parkinson, who is a former captain of the Canadian men’s volleyball team, says […] Continue Reading |
Photo gallery: Camosun’s Fine Furniture and Joinery students display final projects at art galleryIf you haven’t made it down to the Gallery at Cedar Hill Rec Centre to check out Chairisma: Seating in Western Maple (gotta be honest: we love the name), you still have a chance. The exhibit, which displays the final projects of Camosun’s Fine Furniture and Joinery students, is open to the public until 8pm […] Continue Reading |
The Man Who Knew Infinity more trailer than movieThe Man Who Knew Infinity (2016) 2/5 The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016) is a poor-boy-cum-genius flick set mainly in the politically and socially incorrect era of early 20th-century England. It tells the true story of Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel), a mathematics genius who gets the opportunity to study at Cambridge University with G.H. Hardy […] Continue Reading |
Theresa Caputo connects with emotions, wallets in VictoriaLong Island Medium personality and, well, Long Island medium Theresa Caputo brought a good-sized crowd into Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on Monday night. After she got through telling the audience all about her hair and her shoes, and how they could join her fan club for $19.99 (to be fair, she did say all proceeds go […] Continue Reading |
