Coast Salish carver creates new totem pole at Interurban

It’s always challenging and exciting to take on a big project. Sometimes it can be downright intimidating. But for Coast Salish carver Bear Horne, carving an 18-foot totem pole on the grounds of Camosun College’s Interurban campus just feels like the next, natural step in his personal journey. “I’ve pretty much been carving my entire […]

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Know Your Profs: Camosun’s John Boehme gets arty

Know Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor who you want to see interviewed in the paper? Email editor@nexusnewspaper.com […]

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Camosun alumna dives into Nashville music scene

Katy Weicker staff writer Camosun alumna Jenny Lou recently found herself with nothing but the clothes on her back and her guitar after a house fire in March 2018. The legend around town is this incident sparked a desire for the country singer to move to Nashville to pursue her dreams of becoming a country […]

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Trades and Technology Career Fair offers job opportunities to Camosun students

Camosun College’s upcoming Trades and Technology Career Fair is designed to be an opportunity for students to network with potential employers and to explore their career paths. It gives students a chance to meet face to face with people working in—and hiring in—their field, according to Camosun co-operative education and career services marketing officer Sally […]

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Camosun gets second-highest enrollment rates of former foster children in BC

Since 2017, the provincial government has been giving former foster children free post-secondary education, and Camosun College has the second-highest enrollment rates of these students of any BC post-secondary institution. Camosun vice president of student experience Joan Yates couldn’t be prouder. “The principles and values we have as a college about being life-changing and transformational […]

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Camosun’s Nicole Kilburn incorporates Indigenous knowledge into field school

The world of archeology is changing, and Camosun Anthropology instructor Nicole Kilburn and the Archaeology Field Assistant program she developed are at the forefront of that change. Kilburn developed the program in 2008 to fill a skills gap in the industry.  “Generally, if you are working [in the field] you have an undergrad in Anthropology […]

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Camosun Chargers golfers return from national golf championships

The Camosun Chargers golf team travelled to Medicine Hat, Alberta last month to compete in the 2018 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) championships. The team competed at Desert Blume Golf Club from October 16 to 19 and placed 8 out of 11. Chargers golf head coach Doug Hastie says that although the team “actually overperformed […]

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Camosun’s Sandra Christensen on life as a teacher and as a student

Know Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor who you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […]

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