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Camosun Indigenization coordinator oversees new post-secondary Indigenization guides

Katy Weicker, staff writer

November 21, 2018

A new series of educational guides has been launched to provide post-secondary staff members with the tools to help incorporate Indigenization and reconciliation into curriculum and campus life, and there’s a Camosun connection to it. The six-book series, titled Pulling Together: A Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Education Institutions, was a collaborative project between the […]

Referendum to join Canadian Alliance of Student Associations passes in student society elections

Adam Marsh, student editor

November 7, 2018

A referendum question asking Camosun College students if they would like to be members of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) passed in the recent Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) elections, meaning that Camosun students may soon be part of a national student organization again. Almost the exact same number of students voted in […]

News Briefs: November 7, 2018 issue

Adam Marsh, student editor

November 7, 2018

Politicians meet with student organizations Student representatives in British Columbia met with a number of MLAs on the week of October 29, including premier John Horgan and minister of advanced education, skills and training Melanie Mark. Topics discussed were drawn from Making Post-Secondary Education Affordable for British Columbians, a paper created by the British Columbia […]

News Briefs: October 24, 2018 issue

Adam Marsh, student editor

October 24, 2018

Camosun shook out Camosun College took part in the annual ShakeOut earthquake drill on Thursday, October 18 at 10:20. The provincially organized effort requires all students, faculty, and staff who are on campus to gather at a designated emergency assembly point. Download the Camosun emergency app for more info on this and other emergency procedures. […]

Camlink crash leaves students scrambling during registration, improvement underway

Adam Marsh, student editor

October 24, 2018

Camlink, Camosun’s online course-registration system, went down on October 11 and again from October 13 to 15, leaving students and faculty unable to access the site. The crash came during registration for January 2019 courses. Camosun registrar Scott Harris says that Colleague—the database platform Camosun uses—is “quite an old implementation” and that because it’s getting […]

Camosun College Student Society gears up for fall student elections

Adam Marsh, student editor

October 10, 2018

Update: The CCSS elections have been extended until noon on Thursday, October 25. The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) fall student elections are happening from Monday, October 22 to Wednesday, October 24. Aside from the candidates for the CCSS board of governors, the election ballots will include two referendum questions. The CCSS board of directors […]

News Briefs: October 10, 2018 issue

Adam Marsh, student editor

October 10, 2018

Camosun instructor first to defend doctoral dissertation in traditional territory Camosun indigenization and sustainability strategist Dawn Smith recently became the first person in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia to defend her thesis off campus in her traditional Nuu-chah-nulth territory. Smith’s thesis focused on epistemological collisions experienced by Indigenous professors teaching […]

Ministry launches provincial sexual violence and misconduct prevention information campaign

Adam Marsh, student editor

September 26, 2018

The Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training has launched a new sexual violence and misconduct information campaign. And there’s a reason the campaign is launching in September: according to the ministry, roughly two-thirds of on-campus sexual violence and misconduct happen in the first eight weeks of school. Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training […]

News Briefs: September 26, 2018

Adam Marsh, student editor

September 26, 2018

Office 365 available free to Camosun students Camosun is now offering students with a valid student ID a subscription to Office 365 for free. Office 365 is a Microsoft program that allows users access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and 1 TB of OneDrive storage. A year-long subscription to the program typically costs between $79 […]

Former student says Camosun should have EQA designation revoked

Adam Marsh, student editor

September 12, 2018

A former Camosun College student feels that the college should have its Education Quality Assurance (EQA) designation revoked due to a response he received from Camosun when he asked for a partial tuition refund last year. EQA designations are administered by the provincial government’s Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training. In 2016, Camosun first-year […]