Student Editor’s Letter: The art of taking chancesIn October 2015—just as I was finally starting to feel settled into my classes at Camosun after a year of being that guy who always sat in the back, never raised his hand, and darted off campus as soon as class was done—I was working a graveyard shift at a take-out sushi place downtown. I […] Continue Reading |
Provincial government funds 20 new spaces in Camosun’s Mental Health and Addictions programCamosun College is receiving space for 20 additional full-time students in its Mental Health and Addictions (MHA) program. The money for the spaces comes from the provincial government after it cited a need for mental-health support during the COVID-19 pandemic. The government is spending $800,000 between four public post-secondary institutions on the spaces as part […] Continue Reading |
CCSS, BCFS continue to campaign against interest on student loansFrom February 8 to 12, the British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS) participated in The Week of Action, a week-long effort that was part of the two-year Knock Out Interest campaign. Through the campaign, the BCFS—along with 40 student unions across Canada, including the Camosun College Student Society—is calling on the federal government to eliminate […] Continue Reading |
Camosun award-winner aims to create space and power for Indigenous studentsKit Caudron-Robinson was working on the oil rigs in Alberta, but it wasn’t what he wanted to be doing. After listening to one of his three older sisters, a practicing lawyer, talk about how going back to school would be the best possible thing he could do, he enrolled at Camosun with the long-term goal […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Film Festival 2021 review: MarleneWhen it comes to positive things you can say about COVID-19, the list is very short, but one of the few things that this pandemic has done is reinvigorate the need for inspirational art. With her new film Marlene, Calgary-based director Wendy Hill-Tout proves how essential inspirational art is. Marlene revolves around Marlene Truscott’s side […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Film Festival 2021 review: Queen of the AndesAs horrific as this past year was for most of us, 2020 will go down as the year when science prevailed. This past year brought new, effective vaccines, the potential discovery of life-preserving levels of phosphine on Venus’ surface, and the finding of more bodies of salt water on Mars. Discoveries like these have effectively […] Continue Reading |
An Inside Voice: Keep on keeping onIt’s one thing to be an online student by choice; it’s quite another to have the situation thrust upon us, as we have in this pandemic. We went from being carefree and crowded on campus—happy as anything to shake hands with a stranger or walk arm in arm with a friend to class—to having classes […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Film Festival 2021 review: Agnes JoyThe COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot, but what Icelandic film director Silja Hauksdóttir proves with Agnes Joy is that no pandemic will ever change the motherly love that all mothers have for their kids and how the subject of growing up brings up emotions for any parent. Agnes Joy is a fabulous movie that […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Film Festival 2021 review: The Secret GardenWhen I saw that I had a chance to review The Secret Garden, screening at this year’s Victoria Film Festival, I was full of anticipation, thinking that with such a beloved classic, it was likely that the original storyline and atmosphere would be respected, and since Colin Firth would be bringing his lovely English ways […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Like it or not, it’s time for a full lockdownIt’s freezing cold in my apartment today. Warm tea and a blanket can only do so much. I can all but see my breath, shiver, and bundle up some more, blowing warm breath into cupped hands. For almost a year, the days have been like this. Sometimes it’s freezing; in the summer months, sweat stains […] Continue Reading |
