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The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) held its fall elections from Monday, October 25 to Wednesday, October 27. A total of 746 students participated in voting: 330 on the first day, 207 the second, and 209 the third day. Richard Doucet was elected as finance executive and Cameron D’Amours as pride director; Angela Chou and […]

A group of Camosun College students recently won the Canadian Western Bank Women Makers and Creator’s Award for best business implementation. Mosaic Tastes was formed by a group of immigrant women in the college’s Markets as Incubators program—which is funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada—who work with a team of mentors and instructors from […]

A lot of festivals and holidays are around the corner, including one of India’s largest, Diwali, the festival of lights. And the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) are inviting all Camosun students to attend its upcoming Diwali event on Wednesday, November 3. The festival is celebrated mostly by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and some Buddhists, in […]

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) held its fall elections from Monday, October 25 to Wednesday, October 27. Richard Doucet was elected as finance executive, and Cameron D’Amours as pride director. Angela Chou and Matias Alarcon were elected as Lansdowne directors, and Mansi Makkar as Interurban director. A total of 746 students voted in the […]

On Thursday, September 16, Camosun College celebrated its 50th anniversary with the unveiling of The Cycle of Knowledge house post at its Interurban campus. The house post stands 18 feet tall, and is 2,500 pounds of cedar and aluminium; it was carved by Camosun alumnus Bear Horne. The design on the house post incorporates three […]

A new tool has been made available for staff and faculty of BC colleges and universities to support students on campus who are dealing with mental-health crises. Let’s Talk about Suicide: Raising Awareness and Supporting Students is a digital resource made available by BCcampus. University of Victoria Student Wellness Centre manager of mental health outreach […]

The provincial government recently relaunched a campaign to raise awareness about sexual violence on campus. The Is Not Yes campaign originally ran in 2019 and 2020; this time around, the government is aiming to reach more students through a larger on-campus and online presence. Parliamentary secretary for gender equity Grace Lore says that most on-campus […]

The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) has launched the Get Out the Vote campaign ahead of the federal election on September 20. CASA is launching the non-partisan campaign, which aims to enable students to make an informed vote, alongside 24 student associations nationwide, including the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS). CCSS external executive Puneet […]

When students return to campus in September, they will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to access certain parts of campus, although not to attend classes. As well, masks are now again required in all indoor public spaces in British Columbia, which includes common areas of post-secondary institutions, such as classrooms, stairwells, libraries, and […]