Open Space: It’s time to return to campusAre we ready for a return to campus? I know that this is the question floating through students’ and instructors’ minds, through the airwaves, and all over social media. We’ve gone through 18 months of mask wearing, vaccinations, sanitization stations at every corner, people fighting in the aisles of supermarkets over which direction to go, […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Express student shuttle bus put on pause for fall semesterThe Camosun Express, a free shuttle service for Camosun students and staff that goes between the Lansdowne and Interurban campuses and to the West Shore, won’t be running for the fall 2021 semester. Camosun College manager of sustainability, transportation and parking Shannon Craig says the decision was made because of the environmental and financial sustainability […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Battling COVID anxiety, battling ourselvesI’m a pretty paranoid person. I’m the guy my doctor snickers at when they see me in the waiting room. That’s not a lump, they must be thinking. It’s your big toe. My guesses about how lockdown would impact me long term were off the mark. It had less to do with the actual fear […] Continue Reading |
Incoming Camosun president talks new job, future of post-secondaryIncoming Camosun College president Lane Trotter—who steps into the position on January 1, 2022—says that one of the main factors that appealed to him about Camosun was the comprehensive nature of education at the college. At most colleges in BC, he says, you can’t get trades, business, arts and science, and nursing at the same […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Classes Abroad: International students taking the indirect route to CanadaIt’s been months since Canada implemented a ban on direct flights from India. This measure was taken by the Canadian government to insure the safety of its citizens from the recent COVID-19 mutations, especially the Delta and Delta-plus variant that have been detected in India. The second wave of COVID in India was deadly, but […] Continue Reading |
Emily Carr exhibit draws attention to Victoria landscape, dangers of cultural appropriationCanadian artist and Victoria resident Emily Carr may have painted her scenes close to 100 years ago, but her work has never been more relevant than it is today, says Art Gallery of Greater Victoria acting chief curator Nicole Stanbridge. Stanbridge is also co-curator of a new exhibit, Emily Carr: Seeing and Being Seen, at […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Student summer lifeBeing a student means studying late, downing double doubles, and, sometimes, not doing as well as you might have hoped on a test. It means communicating with teachers when you don’t quite get it; it means meeting deadlines; it means being an adult and not just hoping for the best. Luckily, it also means getting […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: Black Widow fun but lacking messageBlack Widow (2021) 2.5/4 Recently, and rightfully, there’s been more female-driven superhero films, such as the last two DC Wonder Woman films, DC’s female team-up Birds of Prey, and Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel. What made these films stand out are their strong messages about the importance of female empowerment, and the power of the female […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student competing in rugby at Tokyo OlympicsThe Tokyo Olympics are now underway, and there’s a Camosun College connection to the games. Canada has sent 370 athletes to try to improve upon the 22 medals that were brought home from the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and among Canada’s medal favourites are the women’s rugby sevens team, who call Victoria […] Continue Reading |
Local artist uses underwater photos as inspirationVictoria-based figurative painter Lisa Hebden became interested in the idea that sparked her current exhibit, Swimmers, while in Argentina in 2012. It was a hot summer and she spent a lot of time in pools; she wanted to delve deeper into how the connection to ourselves changes when we’re in the water, our skin distorted […] Continue Reading |
