Camosun scientist makes pesticide progress
Blair Surridge, a Camosun research chemist, has been hard at work making new methods to detect pesticides in fresh produce. The two-year project is still in early stages, but things are looking good that the end result will be new methods to detect even smaller amounts of pesticides on produce. Everyone wins, including the consumer when they don’t grow a third arm. Surridge presented his findings so far at the annual Western Canada Trace Organics Workshop in Vancouver in April.
Camosun alumni award recipients announced
John Boehme is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award and Avery Graham the Promising Alumni Award for 2013. Boehme is prominent in the local arts scene and is also known for his teaching, while Graham is a recent business graduate who has been turning heads in the business community. The two will be receiving their awards at the 2013 Camosun College Graduation Ceremonies at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence over at Interurban on June 13 and June 14.