Camosun women’s collective helps sex workers, urges students to pitch inFrom October 7 to 11, the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) women’s collective will be collecting clothes for PEERS, a local non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering, educating, and supporting sex workers in Victoria. PEERS, which works with local sex workers to improve their working conditions and assist those who wish to leave the sex trade, […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs, October 2, 2013 issue: Camosun gets health-care funding, Chargers fight back, new app has Camosun edgeBC Health programs receive funding Camosun recently received almost $800,000 in provincial government funding for its health-care programs. The money will be used to create more spaces in the high-demand programs starting next January, including Mental Health and Addictions and Health Care Assistant. The government is also giving support to seven other BC postsecondary institutions […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College alumnus Jill Munro finalist in national Lay’s potato chip challengeJill Munro spent 2000 to 2009 as a Camosun student, going from biology to recreation leadership to tourism to business to, finally, marketing, which she got a degree in. Today, she works for BC Hydro and lives in Vancouver, where she loves Caesar salad to no end. And that love has now got her national […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs, September 18, 2013 issue: New non-emergency number for Camosun, new BOG for Camosun, new ombudsman contest for youNew non-emergency number at Camosun Camosun College has a new non-emergency phone number to use at both campuses: 4567. Use this number for things like gaining after-hours access to labs or other spaces on campus, or reporting vandalism. The emergency number, 3075, is still to be used for things like emergency medical situations, crimes in […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs, September 4, 2013 issue: VIU’s free tuition, CRD’s wastewater, and a 100-year-old stone bake oven found in SookeVIU to give free tuition to youth raised under provincial care In a landmark decision, Vancouver Island University recently announced they will be giving free tuition to people who have been raised under the BC government’s care. They are the first postsecondary institution in the province to take up the challenge that Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College nursing program switches to competitive entryCamosun’s nursing program will be even tougher to get into next year, when the popular and academically rigorous program switches to a new competitive entry process. Final details need to be confirmed at the September 16 meeting of Camosun’s Education Council, and the college’s nursing program will begin assessing and interviewing new applicants at the […] Continue Reading |
Victoria resident and ex-Camosun student Anas Cheema cycles Canada for a causeWhen Anas Cheema arrived in Canada two years ago, he had no idea what he was in store for. In that short time, Cheema has gone to Camosun, transferred to UVic, and, in June of this year, embarked on a cross-Canada cycling trip to raise money for charity. This, from a guy who didn’t even […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: CamFest, Chargers revamp/represent, sexual assault centre movesCamFest returns! On September 3 on the Lansdowne campus and September 5 out at Interurban, come check out food, festivities, and friendship (their words, not ours, but we like ’em!) at the annual CamFest. Information booths, food, games, music, the president’s BBQ lunch, a beverage garden, and much more. Check out camosun.ca for information, including […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College gets BC provincial funding for Aboriginal learnersIn late June, the BC government announced that they were investing $4.4 million in postsecondary institutions in 2013. The money will go towards programs and other activities that improve Aboriginal students’ experiences at universities and colleges across the province. Eleven institutions received the funding, including Camosun. The funding will go towards supporting postsecondary institutions’ work […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: Camosun solar leaders, Tour de Disaster, First Nations underfunded, Cool Aid rewarded, and Copper OwlCamosun a solar leader You’ve heard of Camosun, but have you heard of CamoSun? Um, it’s the capitalized “s” thereÉ anyway, Camosun’s plumbing/pipe trades department, working with Pacific Solar Smart Homes, is developing a solar thermal heating system for residential housing, called CamoSun. The system was developed by Camosun solar thermal heating instructor James Smyth […] Continue Reading |
