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 |
Camosun briefs: Award recipients, pesticide progressCamosun scientist makes pesticide progress Blair Surridge, a Camosun research chemist, has been hard at work making new methods to detect pesticides in fresh produce. The two-year project is still in early stages, but things are looking good that the end result will be new methods to detect even smaller amounts of pesticides on produce. […] Continue Reading |
Tuition increases at University of Victoria could benefit CamosunWith UVic and Camosun both raising tuition by two percent in September, the college’s smaller class sizes and lower tuition costs across the board could give Camosun a competitive advantage, according to administration. Both the university and the college announced the tuition raises recently, but UVic also included that “larger class sizes and reductions in […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: Camosun energy plan, Vancouver Island Brewery seasonal ales, Hellbound, and Andrea Paquette awardedCamosun energy plan kicks ass There’s no other way to put it: the college’s five-year energy management plan recently ended, and it exceeded its greenhouse gas targets by a whopping 400 percent. The plan also resulted in a $2.7 million savings in avoided costs and new infrastructure. New brews is good news Here’s another news […] Continue Reading |
CCSS rep Keller-MacLeod named CFS-BC women’s liaisonOne of Camosun’s own has been elected provincial women’s liaison for the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). Madeline Keller-MacLeod, the Lansdowne campus executive for the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS), will be in charge of “helping to facilitate the work that women students are doing across BC,” she says. Keller-MacLeod, who is studying political science […] Continue Reading |
