Open Space: No one has better or worse taste in music

It’s ridiculous to pretend that there is such a thing as objectively good taste in music. Yet, this is often discussed. Music is subjective, and it’s shortsighted to label some as universally superior. Twice, Rolling Stone has compiled a list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, in 2004 and in 2010. Out of […]

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It is not a celebration if there is no reflection: A historical date for women and the importance of speaking up

Apart from the challenges of moving to a new country, living abroad offers a delightful chance to be immersed in a new culture, to appreciate the richness of sharing experiences, and, hopefully, to celebrate the beauty of diversity. This gets even more interesting when we can build a sense of belonging that’s applicable in both […]

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Camosun responds to student demands, puts elevator in CTEI

Camosun College is finishing installing an elevator to the upper-floor mezzanine in the main atrium of the Centre for Trades Education and Innovation (CTEI) building at Interurban. The building, which opened in 2015, originally had no elevator to the mezzanine. However, after hearing student opinion on the matter, the college has added one in, at […]

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News Briefs: March 4, 2020 issue

Camosun hires new Ombudsperson On March 2, Robert Thompson replaced Carter MacDonald—who is retiring—as Camosun College’s ombudsperson. Thompson has a master’s in conflict resolution from the UK’s University of Bradford and has advocated for human rights with Peace Brigades International. He has also worked with the United Nations as the ombudsperson support officer at the […]

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Rande Cook to lecture on campus about Indigenous art

On March 16, Rande Cook, a Kwakwaka’wakw artist born in Alert Bay, will give a lecture at Camosun on contemporary Indigenous art and its origins as part of the college’s Visiting Artist Series. Cook is an accomplished multimedia artist who has apprenticed, researched, and honed his craft while working all over the world. That’s why […]

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Politics and Other Nonsense: Protect people, not pipelines

Most media sources are reporting the Wet’suwet’en protest as an anti-pipeline protest, when in truth it’s much more about the sovereignty rights of an oppressed people than it is about a pipeline.  The Wet’suwet’en never signed any land treaties with the colonizing government; in 1997, the Supreme Court of Canada even recognized their Aboriginal title […]

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Freedom from Addiction: Connection or addiction?

Central to the quest of a sex/love addict is connection to another. Whether fleetingly, through pornography or sex, or longer-term, via the promise of a committed, fulfilling romance, connection—or rather the great imitator of connection, addiction—makes us feel alive and powerful and free. That is, until it leads to inevitable disappointment and emptiness. Some sex […]

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Reuben and the Dark keep the conversation alive through music

Reuben Bullock wants to give people new ways of opening up their hearts and their minds. The vocalist/guitarist of the Calgary alt-rock band Reuben and the Dark is touring his latest album, un | love, and doing things a little bit differently this time around.  The album—Bullock’s third studio release—came to fruition while he was […]

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