News Briefs: November 1, 2017 issueCamosun keeps firebombers safe Camosun Innovates, the applied research branch of the college, is working on a project to help those battling forest fires throughout BC through a partnership with Conair Aviation. The project keeps tabs on pilot fatigue and vital signs using Fitbits and heart rate monitors. The overall goal of the project is […] Continue Reading |
Camosun opens Interaction Lab at Interurban campusCamosun is opening its new Babcock Canada Interaction Lab to students on October 24. The lab is set to provide students with real-life problems that, once solved, will benefit local companies, mainly in the small-scale manufacturing and product-development sectors. The college’s intent for the lab is for students to get hands-on work experience. Working in […] Continue Reading |
Eye on the National Student Movement: October 18, 2017 issueThe British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS) is still holding $202,305.11 of Camosun students’ money, which was collected by the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) as Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) fees but given to the BCFS. The BCFS says that it is holding the money because the CFS owes the BCFS an estimated $1 […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: October 18, 2017 issueStudent society to hold elections Voting for the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) spring 2017 elections will take place between 9 am on Monday, October 23 and 11:59 pm on Wednesday, October 25. The CCSS will be bringing on a new external executive, First Nations director, Lansdowne director, Interurban director, and off-campus director. Camosun College’s […] Continue Reading |
Eye on the National Student Movement: October 4, 2017 issueThe British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS) is still holding the $202,305.11 of Camosun student fees that students were told was going to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) through the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS). The BCFS—which is a separate legal entity from the CFS—is keeping the Camosun student fees because the CFS owes […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: October 4, 2017 issueStudent society to hold vigil The Camosun College Student Society will hold the Sisters in Spirit vigil commemorating missing and murdered indigenous women on Wednesday, October 4. The vigil will take place at 12 pm at Lansdowne in Na’Tsa’Maht and at 4 pm at Interurban beside the pole in the main courtyard. Four Camosun student […] Continue Reading |
Camosun president visits Arusha Technical College in TanzaniaEducation is about people, and Camosun College president Sherri Bell says her recent trip to Arusha, Tanzania highlighted that. Bell spent a week at Arusha Technical College (ATC) this past summer; Camosun and ATC are working together in creating and expanding a Pipe Works, Oil and Gas Engineering diploma program. “Any time I travel anywhere, […] Continue Reading |
Eye on the National Student Movement: September 20, 20171. According to Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) treasurer Peyton Veitch, the estimated $202,305.11 of Camosun students’ money that the British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS) is holding has still not been remitted to the CFS. The Camosun College Student Society gave the money, collected from Camosun students as CFS fees, to the BCFS, a […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: September 20, 2017Camosun renames Disability Resource Centre Camosun’s Disability Resource Centre has been renamed The Centre for Accessible Learning. The college decided to make the change after a 2014 survey showed that the student body expressed a desire to have the Centre rebranded to better capture the inclusive values of the college. Camosun instructor killed in motorcycle crash Rodger Hargreaves, […] Continue Reading |
Multi-stall all-gender washrooms on the horizon for Camosun CollegeMore all-gender washrooms are coming to Camosun College. Camosun associate director of facilities services Brian Calvert says that while the college just has single-stall all-gender washrooms right now, it’s looking at ways to add multi-stall all-gender washrooms. “In the new health building there will be a multi-stall all-gender washroom,” he says. “In addition, all floors […] Continue Reading |
