News Briefs: January 7, 2019 issueNew Career Lab open at Interurban A new Career Lab recently opened at Camosun’s Interurban campus. The lab is meant to engage students in co-ops and applied learning at the college. During an open house event at the Career Lab on Wednesday, November 28, a new student platform called MyBluePrint was launched; MyBluePrint is an […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 21, 2018 issueCamosun research on the rise Camosun College has jumped from the number 41 spot to number 26 on Research Infosource’s annual list of the top 50 Canadian research colleges. Camosun scored third nationally for research growth; its research income, which is what the final rating is based on, grew 69.2 percent this year. Research Infosource […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Indigenization coordinator oversees new post-secondary Indigenization guidesA 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 […] Continue Reading |
Referendum to join Canadian Alliance of Student Associations passes in student society electionsA 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 […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 7, 2018 issuePoliticians 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 […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: October 24, 2018 issueCamosun 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. […] Continue Reading |
Camlink crash leaves students scrambling during registration, improvement underwayCamlink, 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 […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society gears up for fall student electionsUpdate: 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 […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: October 10, 2018 issueCamosun 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 […] Continue Reading |
Ministry launches provincial sexual violence and misconduct prevention information campaignThe 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 […] Continue Reading |
