News Briefs: October 21, 2015 issueCamosun Chargers golf team national champs The Camosun Chargers golf team recently took home the men’s national collegiate championship title. The Chargers emerged victorious at the PING CCAA national championships after defeating the Niagara Knights in the finals, which was hosted by the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades at Chilliwack Golf Club. This is […] Continue Reading |
New chair elected to Camosun College board of governorsRuss Lazaruk was elected as the new chair of Camosun College’s board of governors on September 14. Lazaruk has been a member of the board of governors for the last four years, and he has held the position of vice chair since last year. Current Camosun board of governors vice chair Ron Rice says he […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: October 7, 2015 issueBC students pledge to vote Just two weeks after the launch of the Canadian Federation of Students-British Columbia (CFS-BC) campaign This Time We Decide, over 4,200 postsecondary students have pledged to vote across the province, according to CFS-BC. The campaign focuses on first-time voters and uses social media and modern technologies to send reminders and […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: September 23, 2015 issueCamosun board gets new chair The Camosun College board of governors recently elected Russ Lazaruk as board chair. Lazaruk has been a member of the college’s board since 2011, and has served as vice chair since 2014. He is also a member of the audit, finance, external relations, and executive committees. He succeeds Marilyn Pattison, […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College receives government funding for aboriginal servicesCorrection: An earlier version of this story had the Camosun College Student Society’s Andrea Eggenberger saying this funding was related to the federal Truth & Reconciliation Commission, which it is not. We apologize for the mistake. The Ministry of Advanced Education recently announced a $3.7-million investment toward the creation of a more welcoming learning environment […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: September 9, 2015 issueWi-fi issues? Camosun College’s Information Technology Services would like to remind all Camosun students to reset their passwords to get on Camosun’s wi-fi. To do so, visit the library or computer lab, or go to password.camosun.ca. If you’re a new student, the default is your birthday in this format: mmddyy. Good luck! Good things happen […] Continue Reading |
Canadian Federation of Students under fire from BC membersThe Canadian Federation of Students-British Columbia (CFS-BC) had its semi-annual general meeting from August 13 to 16; the meeting agenda contained several motions condemning the national Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) organization. The motions talk in detail about how the BC branch of CFS (which is a separate legal entity from the national CFS) has […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs August 19, 2015 issue with web exclusive contentTerminated Camosun College president to receive $176,000 this year Camosun College’s new president, Sherri Bell, began her term on July 1, but the college’s previous president, Kathryn Laurin, is still getting her $176,000 salary for 2015, according to a recent Times Colonist story. Laurin had her contract terminated last June for reasons never made public, […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society Lansdowne executive alleges she was verbally abused at Canadian Federation of Students national meetingCamosun College Student Society (CCSS) Lansdowne executive Shayli Robinson, who is also Aboriginal Students Liason for the Canadian Federation of Students-British Columbia (CFS-BC), claims she was verbally abused and bullied at a recent Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) national meeting. Robinson says she ran for the national women’s representative position at the meeting (which took […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College student wins gold at national Skills Canada competitionWhen he was offered the chance to compete in the Skills Canada national carpentry competition, Camosun College student James King didn’t think he was quite up to the task. But King had been singled out by his teachers for his good work and the speed at which he got it done. “I thought, ‘Why me?’ […] Continue Reading |
