News Briefs: Volleyball winner, student aid, dental patient shortageCCSS overcharges for U-Pass An error on the part of the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) related to the monthly U-Pass was recently discovered by the college. Members of the CCSS accidentally had the college collect $1 per month more than was needed, and the CCSS and college agreed that refunding students the $1 would […] Continue Reading |
New textbook program to save Camosun students moneyA new program will grant BC students easier and inexpensive access to their textbooks. Under the new open textbook program, which could be implemented as early as September, postsecondary students in select courses will be able to read their texts online, download them for free, and print them for a fraction of the price of […] Continue Reading |
Camosun weighs in on looming job shortageBC will lose close to 19,000 jobs due to a shortage of qualified persons, according to a number of recent reports. The BC Labour Market Profile, BC Stats, and Statistics Canada confirm that the number of jobs that require post-secondary credentials will exceed the amount of BC graduates between 2016 and 2020. According to Gloria Darroch, […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: New Camosun VP, provincial voting, alumni awardsCamosun appoints John Boraas as VP Academic Camosun College has announced that John Boraas will be the college’s new vice-president of academics. “John is a passionate and tireless advocate for the college,” said Camosun president Kathryn Laurin in a press release. “He brings a wealth of experience, expertise, and energy to the position, most notably […] Continue Reading |
Research universities and trade schools compete for fundingA limited pot of post-secondary funding in BC has begun to pit the province’s large research universities and trade schools against one another. As technical and skills-based programs at schools were given sizeable sums in recent weeks as part of the BC Liberals’ Jobs Plan funding rollout, a group representing research universities’ interests across the […] Continue Reading |
Government faces heat after student loan privacy breachThose affected by the student loan privacy breach announced on Jan. 11 are organizing and demanding government accountability. A Facebook group called Student Loan Borrowers Affected by the HRDSC Privacy Breach, comprised of 2,459 borrowers as of January 31, has formed, with more than 250 of them signing a letter released on January 28. The […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College student society joins One Billion RisingThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) has announced they will join One Billion Rising, a global activist movement aimed at ending violence against women, in raising awareness about gender-based violence. In support of One Billion Rising, the CCSS Women’s Centre will host a V-Day dance party and an after-party refreshment period on February 13 for […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: Workers strike, job deficits, new camosun buildingCamosun president addresses chamber On January 29, Camosun College president Kathryn Laurin addressed the role of the college as a key economic driver for business and the city at the Victoria Chamber of Commerce’s business leaders luncheon. Presently, skills shortages can be found in shipbuilding, construction, mechanical trades, healthcare, and technology. Laurin spoke on how […] Continue Reading |
Federal government gives $2.56 million to Camosun tradesTrades programs at Camosun got an injection of funds on January 22 when they received $2.56 million from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WEDC). At an announcement held at the Interurban campus, Camosun president Kathryn Laurin, vice president of strategic development Tom Roemer, and the minister of state for WEDC, Lynne Yelich, announced the funding, as […] Continue Reading |
Government loses students’ personal informationA division of the Canadian federal government has lost a hard drive containing the personal information of 583,000 clients of the Canada Student Loans Program. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) issued an advisory on the privacy breach on January 11. The hard drive contains information on students who took out loans between 2000 […] Continue Reading |
