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No vaccines required at Camosun, but students need vaccine passport to access certain parts of campus; mask mandate back

Adam Marsh, student editor

August 30, 2021

When students return to campus in September, they will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to access certain parts of campus, although not to attend classes. As well, masks are now again required in all indoor public spaces in British Columbia, which includes common areas of post-secondary institutions, such as classrooms, stairwells, libraries, and […]

Student Editor’s Letter: Reading the writing on the wall for fall

Adam Marsh, student editor

August 25, 2021

Change is the only constant, but, in some ways, things don’t change too much. It’s a horrible cliche, but it’s true. What I’m getting at is that we’re in for another rocky fall semester. The false starts are taxing. Economically, we need to buy into it—literally—but I’m getting to a point where I want to […]

Blockchain training coming to Camosun in fall

Adam Marsh, student editor

August 25, 2021

Blockchain training is coming to Camosun College. Training in Blockchain—a digital ledger of transactions distributed across a network of computers, making it very difficult to hack—will take place through the college’s recently reopened Continuing Education department. Camosun director of strategic initiatives/acting director of Continuing Education and Contract Training Jen Stone says Blockchain training at the […]

BCFS launches Influence the Vote campaign ahead of federal election

Adam Marsh, student editor

August 24, 2021

The British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS) and the Alberta Student Executive Council recently launched Influence the Vote, a new campaign aimed at providing students the incentive and information to make an informed vote in the upcoming federal election, taking place on September 20. BCFS chairperson Melissa Chirino says the BCFS is taking a non-partisan […]

Nic’s Flicks: The Suicide Squad funny, entertaining, risky

Nicolas Ihmels, contributing writer

August 24, 2021

The Suicide Squad (2021) 3.5/4 My favourite kinds of movies are ones that take risks. Take a movie like Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, for instance. It took a lot of guts, both figuratively and literally, to make a movie that showed someone getting their heart ripped out from their body in that […]

Let’s Talk 2.0: Fragile femininity

Celina Lessard, contributing writer

August 19, 2021

It was a sweaty summer afternoon and I had just gotten off work for the day. Sighing in heat-fuelled exhaustion, I got in the car and turned on my summer Spotify playlist. I always listen to music in the car, and, naturally, this playlist had lots of classic summer hits. I was halfway home when […]

Student Editor’s Letter: Feeling the strain of anxiety and smoke

Adam Marsh, student editor

August 18, 2021

Googling current wildfire activity for BC is terrifying. The province is a cluster of multi-coloured dots, each one indicating a fire, with an orange flame emoji beside the ones that are considered of note. And it’s starting to become a concern close to home: outside my building, signage has been posted informing smokers to use […]

Camosun Classes Abroad: Things I can’t wait to do once I get to Camosun

Prajakta Jagtap, contributing writer

August 17, 2021

I am writing this in a hotel in Doha. I have tested negative for COVID and there are six more days left in my quarantine. I’ve finally gotten comfortable with the idea of travelling via a third country and quarantining. I’m trying to make the most of my unpredictable and unplanned hotel vacation in Qatar. […]

Let’s Talk 2.0: Putting the pants on

Jacqueline Sperber, contributing writer

August 12, 2021

This is a look back to help us understand that feminism is a constant fight for the future of others. It’s the belief in a human mind that is not limited to its surroundings. We need to look back at the simplest things, of what is so normal to us today. In fact, though, brave […]

Why This Word looks at issues of female labour, writing, identity through art

Nicolas Ihmels, contributing writer

August 11, 2021

Whether it’s a song, novel, or screenplay, nothing brings out its creator’s thoughts and emotions like the craft of writing. And this month at Deluge Contemporary Art, Jo Ying Peng has curated an exhibit dedicated to deconstructing the act of writing as a way to shape identity. Why This Word runs until Saturday, August 21 […]