Camosun Chargers look ahead to promising fall semesterAs case numbers of COVID-19 continue to go down and vaccination numbers continue to go up across the province, the Camosun Chargers are gearing up for what it hopes will be the return of spectator sports at Camosun in September. The Chargers—who play at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence at Camosun’s Interurban campus—haven’t played […] Continue Reading |
Local musician Evan Cheadle uses Vancouver Island as inspiration for latest albumThe woods, mountains, and skies of Vancouver Island are roaring places. There’s a wild feel in the air among the tall grasses and the fault lines. So says local musician Evan Cheadle, whose new album Fault Line Serenade, which comes out this Friday, is just the way he likes it: sad and mellow, incredibly reflective, […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Innovates uses 3D technology to replicate whale bonesOsteology is the study of bones, and few applications of this study are more prominent to the general public than the life-sized display of animal skeletons. If we’re lucky, we might visit a museum display to see a real-life dinosaur skeleton, or that of some other awe-inspiring creature. And, while paleoanthropology is a fascinating look […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Classes Abroad: Why Camosun?It’s become much easier to research universities or colleges these days—everything is just a Google search away. Thanks to that, we can probably do enough research to apply at the institutions we see ourselves growing with. There are a lot of students at Camosun from all around the world. Why do international students choose this […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: June 4, 2021 web exclusiveNew memorial award for trades students The Camosun College Foundation recently announced a new memorial award to assist carpentry, plumbing, and electrical students. The John Scheeren Building Excellence Memorial Award honours local builder John Scheeren and his 30 years of contributions to the local construction industry. Scheeren was a certified carpenter through Camosun who died […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Fall isn’t farA local trombonist talking about how the pandemic has changed live shows; a column analyzing gendered marketing; a Nexus contributing writer opening up after a truly unthinkable tragedy: another week of stories is in full swing at our site. Reading them, I’m reminded again of the importance of having a diverse selection of student voices. […] Continue Reading |
Donation helps women and Indigenous students in trades at CamosunCamosun College is receiving a $444,000 donation from the Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation in partnership with Seaspan Shipyards. Each year for the next three years, $100,000 of the donation will go toward new and already established scholarships and bursaries for women and Indigenous trades students at Camosun. The remaining $144,000 will go toward marine […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: Brewmance an interesting look at home brewingBrewmance (2021) 3.5/4 One of my favourite memories that I have of growing up is going to the Royal British Columbia Museum to see the newest documentary that the IMAX theatre was showing. Whether it was a documentary on rocks or dinosaurs or volcanoes, I’ve always been intrigued by the power that good documentary filmmaking […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Cuisine Machine prepares to welcome students back to campusA food truck operated by Camosun students in the Professional Cook Level One certificate program has been operating for four weeks at Lansdowne and Interurban after a brief maintenance shutdown in early May. The Camosun Cuisine Machine is a way to bring students together, says Camosun Culinary Arts chair David Lang. “It gets them out […] Continue Reading |
An Inside Voice: Forced to find inner strength while dealing with lossDuring this pandemic, all of us have had to find new, possibly creative, ways to cope when normally support would be much easier to seek. It’s May 2021 now, 14 months since campus closed due to COVID-19, and, like many of you, I did not anticipate for a second that it would stretch out this […] Continue Reading |
