In Search of Lost Time: Women’s resources available on campus

Since 1993, the Camosun College Student Society has been providing a welcoming environmentĘfor self-identified women on campus. A self-identified woman is anyone who identifies as a woman; this includes trans-women, gender and/or sex transitioning, and natal females or intersexed individuals. The support provided is multi-dimensional; there is a “safer space” on both campuses to provide […]

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Ability’s Muse: When diagnosis becomes an identity

There is value in diagnosis; it can be a source of comfort and a means to guide treatment. A diagnosis should be a way of defining a specific set of symptoms. But when a diagnosis becomes an individual’s defining trait, a dangerous line is crossed. Who we are as individuals becomes compromised and we are […]

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Noms!: Cheap fish recipe for Camosun students

Fish is a great meal for dining on a budget with not enough time to actually cook anything. Fish is healthy, generally cheap, depending on where you shop, and very fast to cook. Tonight I just bought a basic fish fillet from the store, though my favourite is sockeye salmon, which can often be found […]

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Gaining Uplift on the Downhill: Mature Camosun College students to gather

“What? I’d never do that.” “Good on you!” “You’re brave!” “That’s scary!” “I’m jealous.” These are a sample of reactions I’ve received from people when I’ve told them that I’m going back to school after being out of school for over 20 years. I hadn’t even gotten to the point of telling them what I […]

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Age of Geeks: Smartphone competition heats up

There’s absolutely no shortage of tech stories in this era. Some of us sleep with tech news in our minds and wake up in shock at how it changed overnight. Well, that’s a bit of overkill, but, still, technology keeps changing rapidly and it’s up to us to keep up with it. In this column […]

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Camosun College nursing program switches to competitive entry

Camosun’s nursing program will be even tougher to get into next year, when the popular and academically rigorous program switches to a new competitive entry process. Final details need to be confirmed at the September 16 meeting of Camosun’s Education Council, and the college’s nursing program will begin assessing and interviewing new applicants at the […]

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Gameplay: Fall games good distraction from studies

It’s a brand new semester, which means we are back to fixating our brains on homework, exams, and the never-ending studying. Sometimes we need to take a break from all that schoolwork and have a moment to unwind, even just an hour to ourselves. So why not kick back, put our feet up, and unwind […]

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Know Your Profs: Camosun College nursing instructor Dianne Perry

Know Your Profs is an ongoing series of articles helping you get to know the instructors at Camosun College a bit better. Got someone you want to see interviewed? Email editor@nexusnewspaper.com and we’ll get on it. This time around we caught up with nursing instructor Dianne Perry and talked about travel, judgmental attitudes, and French […]

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