Camosun College students benefit from tuition-waiver program

Camosun students who were formerly youth in care are benefiting from BC’s Provincial Tuition Waiver Program. The program is for those who lived more than two years as youth in care. The government started the program as a way to give these youth a chance at an education where there might not have been a […]

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News Briefs: November 20, 2019 issue

Camosun to stop accepting cash for tuition As of January 1, 2020, Camosun College will stop accepting cash payments for tuition. The decision is a result of the provincial government’s anti-money-laundering initiative, which was launched in May of this year. The college said in an email that it has no reason to believe any money […]

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News Briefs: November 6, 2019 issue

Camosun introduces new Women in Trades Training program  Camosun College has a new Women in Trades Training (WITT) program, being offered in partnership with Vancouver Island University. The program—which is funded through the Canada-British Columbia Workforce Development Agreement through the Industry Training Authority—has two streams: the Women-only Trades Sampler Program, and the pre-Apprenticeship or Apprenticeship […]

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Camosun to launch island’s first sonography program

On Thursday, October 17, Camosun College announced that it is launching Vancouver Island’s first Digital Medical Sonography program next year. Diagnostic medical sonographers are health care professionals who use sonography technology to take internal images of a patient. “The college is really excited about this,” says Camosun dean of Health and Human Services Cynthia Smith. […]

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Saanich school strike impacting Camosun students with children

Public schools in the Saanich School District have been closed since Monday, October 28 as  part of a Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 441 wage parity strike. This has resulted in over 7,000 children missing school, and some of those children have parents who go to Camosun. Second-year Marketing student Serena Cizmecigil has […]

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Camosun College Student Society election results in

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) held its fall student elections from Monday, October 28 to Wednesday, October 30. 877 Camosun students voted, which is approximately nine percent of the student population at Camosun.  CCSS executive director Michel Turcotte says those numbers are typical for the student elections, and that the numbers have increased since […]

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Camosun College Student Society raises concerns over proposed Camosun board of governors student suspension appeal process changes

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) has raised concerns over a proposed revision to the Camosun College Board Executive Committee Terms of Reference that concerns how student suspension appeals are heard and processed.  The college executive committee is made up of appointed members from Camosun’s board of governors. The board of governors consists of members […]

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News Briefs: October 23, 2019 issue

Camosun announces sonography program On Thursday, October 17, Camosun College announced that it is launching Vancouver Island’s first Diagnostic Medical Sonography program. Applications for the two-year program, which begins in May 2020, are now open. The first intake will be 16 students; 2021’s intake will be 32 students. The provincial government put $1.4 million into […]

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Camosun College Student Society elections on the horizon

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is having its fall student elections from Monday, October 28 until Wednesday, October 30.  There will be elections for positions on the CCSS board of directors and for student positions on the Camosun College education council.  The CCSS board manages a variety of auxiliary functions for students. These include […]

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