CCSS spring election campaign period in full swingThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) kicked off the campaign period for its spring 2021 elections on Sunday, March 28. Voting for the online elections is happening from 9 am Monday, April 12 to 11:59 pm Wednesday, April 14. CCSS external executive Quinn Cunningham, who is not running for re-election, says that although the CCSS […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Innovates creates trays to transport COVID-19 vaccinesThe Camosun Innovates (CI) team at Camosun College is helping in the fight against COVID-19 by creating acrylic 20-row trays to carry vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines. CI applied research technologist Matt Zeleny says each vial carries between five and six doses of the vaccine. The vaccine has to be kept at -70 C […] Continue Reading |
Unsettled and Striving: The treaty debateI’ve learned a lot about treaties lately. Too often when I’m advocating for Indigenous rights I get an uninformed settler telling me, “Well, they signed the treaties. They agreed to the way things are.” I know now that this rebuttal is completely irrelevant. During the time of early European settlement here on Turtle Island, the […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: April 2, 2021 web exclusiveLike a unicorn sighting: The story “Tuition freeze gives students room to breathe” in our April 1, 1996 issue offered up something that we, unfortunately, don’t get to report on too often: good news about tuition fees. BC premier Glen Clark had announced a freeze on tuition fees for 1996, saying that high tuition fees […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: April 2, 2021 web exclusiveCamosun students take home awards Two Camosun College students recently won both college categories at the Association for Co-Operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning BC/Yukon (ACE-WIL) 2020 ACE-WIL Student of the Year Awards. Sport and Fitness Leadership student Tanya Fogarty won in the Work-Integrated Learning category, and Business Administration student Dylan Kaplan won the Co-op category. […] Continue Reading |
April 1, 2021 exclusive: Camosun College to utilize politicians as teachers in SeptemberIn response to the provincial government saying that post-secondary institutions should start planning for a full return to campus in September, Camosun College announced on April 1 that all classes will be taught by the BC premier, provincial health officer, and provincial health minister. “I know the premier thinks young people blew it, so this […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Young people didn’t blow it—Horgan, Dix, and Henry didAs of March 31, the majority of the island’s rising COVID-19 cases are coming from the south island. If you’re in this region and you’re feeling guilty about upping your social interaction in the weeks prior to the most recent lockdown, don’t. It’s not your fault. The government told us we could, and then realized […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk 2.0: Period stigmaPeriods have a lot of stigma surrounding them. Even mentioning them can make people uncomfortable. For something natural to the human species, it’s odd that it’s been marked as a taboo subject. Before we start off properly here, it’s important to note that it’s not just women who menstruate. There are plenty of people who […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Returning to campus in September impulsive and unstableThe clock is ticking, and every day I get more doubtful that everything is going to be ready for the fall semester. I can only imagine how the higher-ups at Camosun are feeling as they’re slogging through what I’m sure are many overtime hours working to create a plan that could change at any moment. […] Continue Reading |
New exhibit remembers chilling shipwreck off Vancouver IslandA few minutes before midnight on January 22, 1906, a large passenger steamer packed with passengers veered from its course during a heavy gale and smashed into a reef off the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, its hull breached and flooding with icy seawater. The lights failed on the ship, plunging the terrified passengers into […] Continue Reading |
