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Student groups happy with federal budget The federal government announced their budget on Monday, April 19, and student groups are voicing their happiness with it. The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations sent out a press release saying they were “pleased with the comprehensive student aid package” announced in the budget; the British Columbia Federation of […]

The NDP government announced on Saturday, April 10 that it is going through with its promise of a $150,000 investment into a feasibility study for a potential film studio at Camosun College’s Interurban campus. While the studio is not confirmed yet, the study will take a look at potential opportunities for both education and employment […]

Camosun College recently received $195,000 of emergency student funding from the provincial government. The funds, which the college received last month through the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, are the latest in a total of $397,000 the government has given the college for pandemic relief for students as part of its larger $9-million […]

New fund helps students get supports through Camosun Minister of employment, workforce development and disability inclusion Carla Qualtrough recently announced $6.3 million in funding to the Rideau Hall Foundation’s Capital Canada Access Innovation Fund. The money will be delivered over three years to the new fund and is from the federal government’s Goal Getters program, […]

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) held its student elections from April 12 to 14, and the results are in. Afaf Burrow has been elected as women’s director, and Arshnoor Kaur as student wellness and access director. Gavinjit Bassi is the Lansdowne executive, while Angela Chou is a Lansdowne director. Sneha Mary Chacko is the […]

The stereotypical images of a mechanic—someone down underneath a car, hands greasy with oil—are outdated, says Camosun automotive technician program leader Patrick Jones, and they’ve been changing for the better part of a decade. And the college is changing accordingly: in the fall, Camosun will offer a 36-hour electric vehicle (EV) maintenance pilot course (to […]

Moms Stop the Harm (MSH), a Canadian organization made up of families whose lives have been impacted by substance use, abuse, and deaths, is marking the fifth anniversary of the British Columbia government declaring the opioid crisis a provincial health emergency with a rally taking place at the legislature on Wednesday, April 14. Jan Mahoney, […]

Camosun College was recently informed by Island Health that there was a COVID-19 exposure at its Interurban campus. The exposure occured on Thursday, April 1 in the John Drysdale Building. Island Health contacted Camosun on Friday, April 9 about the exposure and the college issued a public statement that day about the exposure. Island Health […]

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) kicked off the campaign period for its spring 2021 elections on Sunday, March 28. Voting for the online elections is happening from 9 am Monday, April 12 to 11:59 pm Wednesday, April 14. CCSS external executive Quinn Cunningham, who is not running for re-election, says that although the CCSS […]

The Camosun Innovates (CI) team at Camosun College is helping in the fight against COVID-19 by creating acrylic 20-row trays to carry vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines. CI applied research technologist Matt Zeleny says each vial carries between five and six doses of the vaccine. The vaccine has to be kept at -70 C […]