The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is dedicated to providing advocacy, services, and student life on campus. We are in a constant state of change, re-evaluating our policies each year to ensure we keep up to date with the needs of our members. Last semester we re-imagined our clubs policy to better equate the disbursement of clubs funding across the student body.
The new policy divides student groups into four categories: common-interest clubs, recreation clubs, course unions, and class projects. The first three categories are allotted up to $400 per semester, while class projects can receive $300 per semester, depending on availability of funds.
There’s a wealth of clubs on campus! Some add more depth to your program of study, like the ECA, Camosun College Nursing Students, and Interurban Women in Engineering clubs. Others focus around topics of shared interest, like the Science, Comics, Psychology, and Philosophical Saturday clubs.
Feeling creative? Try the I Don’t Give a Craft!, Word Play (Creative Writing), Free Art, Music for Weirdos, or Magic: the Gathering clubs. Want to get active? Try out the Surfing, SCUBA, Soccer, Outdoor Soccer, or Outdoor Adventure clubs.
Improve your language skills at the Cantonese Conversation, Hanguk Kulub (Korean Conversations), or the Japanese Conversation clubs. Ready for the next step? Test your public speaking skills at the First Canadian Toastmasters (Interurban) or the Toastmasters Lansdowne (Speakers Corner) clubs.
Want to make an impact on the world? Try the World University Service of Canada (WUSC), Environmental Awareness, and Canadian Blood Services clubs. Looking to get social? Try the African Awareness, Mandarin, or TONG XUE (Chinese Social) clubs. There’s also the University Christian Ministries and University Bible Fellowship (UBF) clubs.
Still looking for a club that suits you? Start your own! All you need are two organizers, and at least 10 members (50 percent of whom are current Camosun students). Clubs are required to have at least one meeting per month and post meetings to the CCSS website calendar in advance, so all students have the opportunity to attend. Registration is renewed each semester.
Course unions are a new addition to our Clubs policy. They are only required to hold one public seminar each semester. We currently have two: The Nursing Students’ Society and the Bachelor of Sport and Fitness Leadership (BSFL) Course Union. Now is a great time to start one for your program!
For more information, visit camosunstudent.org/clubs.
For anyone looking into University Bible Fellowship (UBF), I am a former longtime leader who can answer questions and help with loved ones attending the group on campus. I wrote four books about the problems I witnessed at UBF. Here is my website for more info:
http://www.restunleashed.org/