Festival of lights welcomes cultural diversity at Camosun

Diwali—the festival of lights—is one of the biggest events of the year in India, and it’s coming to Camosun College. On Thursday, October 19 from 4 pm to 10 pm at Na’tsa’maht on the Lansdowne campus, there will be both Indian and western music (including a DJ) as part of the Diwali festivities at Camosun. […]

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Camosun speaker wants to get rid of suicide-prevention stigma

Last year, suicide was the second leading cause of death of Canadian youth between the ages of 10 to 24, surpassed only by motor-vehicle-related deaths. But while it’s one of the biggest issues facing society today, suicide and suicide prevention still remains vastly untouched by education, media, governments, and even parents at home. Scott Chisholm […]

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Camosun literary journal Beside the Point gets resurrected

Students of Camosun’s Creative Writing 159: Editing and Publishing class (CRWR 159) last winter made Camosun history with the rebirth of Beside the Point. The new course takes students through the process of reviewing, selecting, and editing submissions for the literary journal. “The journal started as an online-only journal that was not connected to a […]

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Camosun instructor aims for a better world through digital mapping

When Perry Peterson first set foot in Victoria, he felt at home. A world traveller, Peterson is now teaching engineering at Interurban, but that only takes up about eight hours a week of his time. The rest of his life is dedicated to innovative ways of exploring the Earth through a computer screen. Peterson’s company, […]

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Know Your Profs: Camosun sheet metal instructor Brian Coey keeps busy

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 that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […]

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Know Your Writers: Nexus contributing writer Elias Orrego

Have you ever wondered about the Camosun students writing the articles you read in Nexus? Know Your Writers will help you dive into the minds of the writers behind the stories.This issue, we talked to contributing writer Elias Orrego. What drew you to journalism? I always loved writing and have thought it would be fun to write for a […]

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Know Your Writers: Nexus columnist Renata Silva

Know Your Writers helps dive into the minds of the writers behind our stories. This issue, we talked to new Nexus columnist Renata Silva. What drew you to journalism? I’ve always been fascinated by the world of communication. I believe that the barriers of distance and difference can be broken when we communicate properly. By […]

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