The Examined Life: Are you angry?By now you’ve heard about the Black Lives Matter movement and the associated protests. Maybe you’ve even attended one of these marches yourself. It’s so extremely disheartening that these protests are even necessary. We have made huge strides in the past 100 years, but bigotry still lingers. The movement has seen some success: the amount […] Continue Reading |
Why being anti-racist means more than just supporting BLMFollowing the death of George Floyd, every social media platform has been covered with support for the Black Lives Matter movement, often with updates on global protests or advice on how to be anti-racist. Although as a biracial Black woman I am immensely happy (and a little overwhelmed, if I am honest) to see the […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Play safe as we enter phase threeBC is now in phase three of its provincial restart plan. It’s great that sectors of the economy that have been collecting dust open up, but the next few months of a slight increase in civilian and commercial spending won’t mean much if we need to shut down due to a second wave of COVID-19 […] Continue Reading |
Camosun to close Continuing Education department, announce layoffsIn an email sent out just before 3 pm on Tuesday, June 30, Camosun College announced that it will be closing its Continuing Education department as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. The college said in the email that “Continuing Education programming will be revisited in the future once the college has financially recovered from […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: June 30, 2020 web exclusiveCamosun BOG gets new chair Beginning on August 1, Camosun College board of governors member Monty Bryant will assume the role of board chair, taking over from Laylee Rohani. Bryant has been on the board since January 2019, and holds member positions on several other boards and committees with Camosun and in the community. He […] Continue Reading |
What happened behind the scenes on March 14: Looking back on the day Camosun flipped the switchAt around 8 pm on Saturday, March 14, Camosun students were informed by email that the college would be transitioning to alternate modes of instruction and assessment as part of measures to support physical distancing due to the COVID-19 crisis. Under normal circumstances, a major shift in institutional operations would be the result of long-term […] Continue Reading |
“A huge disappointment”: Camosun Chargers cancel fall seasonAs a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Camosun Chargers have decided to cancel their fall season. The Camosun Chargers are made up of the women’s and men’s volleyball teams, the women’s and men’s basketball teams, and the golf team. Camosun vice president of student experience Heather Cummings says that the decision is a “huge […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Bob Dylan returns when we need him most with new albumBob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways (Columbia) 4.5/5 Strange times are these in which we live. Where do we go for answers when our heroes are at home in quarantine? The last time the threads of the empire were frayed and apocalypse neared, an unlikely hero was created as Bob Dylan’s music morphed into something […] Continue Reading |
Camosun grad wins 2020 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Inclusion, Democracy and ReconciliationCamosun Indigenous Studies 2020 grad Shane Baker was recently awarded the BC Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Inclusion, Democracy and Reconciliation. It hasn’t been an easy journey to get there, though: in 2003, Baker was deeply entrenched in alcoholism, and living a life that was lacking his First Nations culture. But after an accident that resulted […] Continue Reading |
Camosun celebrates Grad 2020 onlineCamosun College has postponed its 2020 graduation ceremony due to COVID-19 but has taken the celebration online. Camosun president Sherri Bell says the decision to cancel in-person ceremonies was made at the last possible moment, in hopes of not having to do it, and says it was heartbreaking; 3,000 students would have walked across the […] Continue Reading |
