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For several years, the Creative Writing department at Camosun College was silent, making no publication of its best output. But that’s all changed: Beside the Point is a re-incarnated annual anthology of Camosun students’ writing. Last Wednesday, April 11, we bailed out early from our fiction class to attend the journal’s launch. (Beside the Point is available […]

The history of indigenous reconciliation is long and painful for many people. Playwright and director Falen Johnson has chosen to laugh instead of cry; as a result of that, she wrote the indigenous comedy Salt Baby. “It’s a comedy and it’s fun,” says Johnson about her play. “I think that’s such a staple of many […]

694 Camosun students voted in the April Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) elections, bringing in new faces and shuffling familiar ones around on the CCSS student council. The elections took place from April 9 to 11. Fillette Umulisa is the new external executive, replacing Mitchell Auger-Langejan, who is now the Lansdowne executive. Umulisa says she […]

The results of the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) April elections are in. A total of 694 Camosun students voted in the elections, which place students in council positions with the CCSS. Fillette Umulisa is the new CCSS external executive; Mitchell Auger-Langejan, who was the former external executive, was voted in to the position of […]

The Camosun Chargers have added a women’s curling team to their roster. The team formed after a group of Camosun student athletes talked to Melissa Soligo, who expressed interest in coaching the team. Soligo, an Olympic athlete, then approached Camosun recreation and athletics coordinator Graham Matthews to get the process of starting a curling team […]

Camosun general awards now open  Camosun College’s financial aid and awards office is looking for students for its General Camosun Awards. The awards, valued at approximately $500 each, are given to students who have overcome personal or mental struggle, those who show outstanding leadership, are academically equipped, or have taken action on animal rights issues […]

Camosun Comics and Graphic Novels students are getting ready to show off their 28-page comics at the sixth annual Camosun Comic Arts Festival. Comics and Graphic Novels program co-founder Ken Steacy says tabling—where students put their work on a table and interact with passers-by about what they’ve created—is an important part of growth in the […]

Camosun to deliver new culinary arts program with Songhees Nation The provincial government announced in the last week of March that $665,000 would go toward starting up a new Aboriginal Culinary Arts, Hospitality and Tourism Management program at Camosun College. The program will be a partnership with Songhees Nation and delivered at the college. Camosun […]

Camosun indigenous artist in residence Margaret Briere focuses on Coast Salish art, a genre found largely in the Pacific Northwest; much of Briere’s art deals with issues surrounding mental health. She says her art does not represent mental health in a typical way, often using birds as symbolism. “In my mind, if I didn’t say […]