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 |
News Briefs: Skills training investment, scientific awards, new hike trailSupport staff contract ratification on horizon Things are looking promising for the ratification of Camosun College support staff’s new contract. The board of the Post-Secondary Employers’ Association (PSEA) recently ratified three other agreements for support staff at Capilano University, North Island College, and Vancouver Island University. Following the recent announcement made by advanced education, innovation […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student society joins critics of Enbridge pipelineThe proposition to build the Northern Gateway Pipeline–which could transport heavy crude bitumen to tankers which would then carry it to the US and China–from Bruderheim, Alberta to Kitimat, BC has had no shortage of critics. Those opposed to it are concerned about its potential economic and environmental impacts, while those in support of it […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: Blue bridge debacle, sexual health clinic moves, immigrating onlineCamosun VP gets tip of literary hat John Boraas, vice president, education for Camosun, recently received the 2012 Peter Gzowski Award from Literacy Victoria. Boraas got the nod for his “life-long personal and professional commitment to adult literacy,” according to a press release. Then I go and spell “commitment” wrong when I’m first writing this! […] Continue Reading |
UBC campus protest raises aboriginal issuesA red blanket adorned with traditional symbols draped over her shoulders, Shelly Johnson took the mic in front of the UBC First Nations Longhouse on the afternoon of January 3 and began verbally assailing Bill C-45, a sweeping new law from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government. “We can all do something about this colonial and […] Continue Reading |
