Camosun College Student Society concerned about campus securityThe April Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) elections contained a referendum question asking if Camosun students were in support of a funding increase to the Walksafer program; the vote did not reach quorum, so funding was not changed. This is an issue for CCSS Student Services Coordinator Michael Glover. Glover, who runs the Walksafer program, […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College seeking student input for Education PolicyCamosun is currently working on their Education Policy Renewal and Framework Initiative, which aims to address the current educational policy priorities of the college. It’s been approximately eight years since the college has had dedicated policy resources, something that Camosun Vice President of Education John Boraas says has been a result of budget cuts. “We […] Continue Reading |
Student group says Liberals broke budget promises for indigenous learnersThe federal Liberal government hasn’t followed through on campaign promises that impact indigenous learners, according to one student group. The Canadian Federation of Students-British Columbia (CFS-BC) says that the Justin Trudeau government promised to remove the two-percent cap on the Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP), which is how bands get their funding to send people […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: May 11, 2016 issueStudents solving sustainability challenges Camosun College and UVic recently set up teams of students with organizations to try to solve local sustainability challenges in the Capital Regional District’s Ready, Set, Solve program. 42 students from a variety of academic backgrounds volunteered their time to solve 13 unique energy and climate challenges. Find out more at […] Continue Reading |
New bill aims to combat sexual assaults on postsecondary campusesGreen Party MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head Andrew Weaver recently tabled a bill at the legislature in response to the rising number of sexual assaults on British Columbia postsecondary campuses. Weaver hopes that the Post-Secondary Sexual Violence Policies Act will address the non-existent protocol around dealing with sexual assaults at postsecondary institutions and get the […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: March 30, 2016 issueCCSS teams up with UFV and BCIT The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is teaming up with the Student Union Society of the University of the Fraser Valley and the British Columbia Institute of Technology Student Association to lobby the BC government for completion grant expansions, commitments to capital funding, and fairness in student loans. […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: March 16, 2016 issue (with web-exclusive content)Jill Britton 1944-2016 On February 29, 2016, former Camosun College math instructor Jill Britton, who retired last year, passed away. Britton taught math for over 50 years. She has an education fund—the Jill Britton Elementary Education Mathematics Award—at the college; donations can be given via the Camosun Foundation. Camosun students kick butt, take names A […] Continue Reading |
Lack of healthy options in Camosun vending machines questionedScanning the vending machines at Camosun College, one is face to face with a lot of junk food and not a lot of healthy options. Potato chips and chocolate bars are there, but there’s not much in the way of more nutritious food. This is what has Camosun first-year Early Learning and Care student Charly-Ann […] Continue Reading |
Camosun’s Centre for Trades Education and Innovation officially opensCamosun College had an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, February 25 for the new Centre for Trades Education and Innovation building, located at the Interurban campus. The building’s construction was funded largely in part by the Ministry of Education, which contributed $29.2 million of the $30 million that has been invested in Camosun trades building […] Continue Reading |
Student group says new BC budget misses postsecondary markThe new provincial budget, which was announced on February 16, is said by the government to have been constructed with British Columbia’s families, jobs, and communities in mind. However, critics say that it fails to provide support to postsecondary institutions and students, and that it ignores increasing fees and debt that students face. Proposals to […] Continue Reading |
