Under pressure: Camosun students deal with the stresses of today“Stress” and “anxiety” have become buzzwords of sorts, thanks to an increasing awareness of the importance of self-care. Rising inflation rates, pandemics, healthcare and housing crises… it’s easy to see why stress is running rampant. And Camosun students, as I’m sure you’re aware, are not immune to stress. Students are stressed for a number of […] Continue Reading |
A disruptive decade (and a bit): 12 years of Camosun’s Women in Trades TrainingCOVID got in the way of everything, even celebrating a gradual decline of gender barriers: for example, it was two years late because of the virus, but Camosun’s Women in Trade Training (WITT) celebrated its 10-year anniversary this September. Since its inception in 2010, WITT has aimed to promote and facilitate gender diversity within trades. […] Continue Reading |
Exploring the dark side of LansdowneHalloween is just around the corner, and I’m getting excited. Although I’m not usually one for holidays, Halloween brings on a childlike wonder for me with its possibility of seeing something unknown or supernatural. And according to the Nexus archives, there is a history of paranormal action right here at Camosun. Of course, while reading […] Continue Reading |
You can sit with us: What Camosun College’s clubs life has to offerLonely? Bored? Missing doing activities with others? There’s a way to fix that, according to those involved with clubs at Camosun College. Being a college club member has had an impact on Camosun students—it’s more than just getting together to, say, play video games or talk about psychology. They say it creates a sense of […] Continue Reading |
Reconciliation at Camosun College: The student perspectiveOver the past several years, Nexus has covered Camosun College’s reconciliation efforts in detail several times, usually by talking to those involved at the college. For this piece, however, we decided we’d go right to the students to get an honest opinion on what the college has done, and on what the college needs to […] Continue Reading |
First semester worst offender: What you really need to know as a new Camosun studentMy first semester at Camosun was hell. In June 2021, I graduated high school; the following September I started at Camosun with six courses and a part-time job. Little did I know that that was going to be a massive amount of work. Even though it at first seems like there isn’t much information you’d […] Continue Reading |
Fests go further: How festivals returned to VictoriaIt’s finally festival season again. The return of social gatherings is having an immense effect locally by revitalizing Victoria and bringing its citzens together. Victoria’s sense of community is being brought back through festivals, now that restrictions around social gatherings have lifted. But the return of festivals isn’t without its struggles. In March of this […] Continue Reading |
Finding community the hard way: Camosun alumni tear it up in roller derbyA blanket of silence falls upon the previously roaring arena as players steady their skates and brace for the impending hits and blows from the jam that is about to begin. The whistle blows; players bash into each other, and the following two minutes are a constant action-filled jumble of players hitting each other and trying […] Continue Reading |
What’s behind the 3D-printed curtain: Understanding Camosun InnovatesWalking into the Jack White Building on Camosun College’s Interurban campus, searching for the Camosun Innovates headquarters, I didn’t really know what to expect. When I walked through the glass doors into room 102A, the first thing I noticed was the dull hum of machinery hanging in the air. It wasn’t an unpleasant sound, but […] Continue Reading |
Outside in: Interurban campus from a different perspectiveIn March, Nexus contributing writer Celina Lessard photographed the Lansdowne campus in an attempt to capture it in unique, new angles. Now, Lessard took to Interurban campus to do the same. Enjoy this look at that campus in a whole new light. – Greg Pratt, managing editor Continue Reading |
