Camosun transition program prepares northern youth for college education20 Indigenous students in Canada’s north recently took part in a four-month online transition program through Camosun College. The program aims to prepare students for post-secondary and to help with a transition that meets their cultural and educational needs. When the students completed the program, at the end of July, they then had an option […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins a big messSnake Eyes (2021) 0.5/4 Even before the pandemic, Paramount Pictures’ G.I. Joe film franchise had been struggling to find an audience. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and G.I. Joe: Retaliation didn’t do amazingly well financially and the majority of critical reception was poor for both. Now, in a desperate attempt to appeal to a […] Continue Reading |
Royal BC museum exhibit curated by Black community aims to fight racism, build relationshipsA new art exhibit that follows stories from Black women such as Sylvia Stark, who was born enslaved in Missouri, is opening on Sunday at the Royal BC Museum. Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum is being presented by the BC Black History Awareness Society (BCBHAS) in partnership with the museum and runs […] Continue Reading |
Review: Day After Day inspires through musicI’ve talked here before about my love for writing reviews of live theatre and of how distressing it was for me to have to put that writing on hold while COVID-19 took over. Finally, it appears that COVID’s disruptions might be on hold for the moment, which means that Blue Bridge Theatre is boldly stepping […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: It’s time to return to campusAre we ready for a return to campus? I know that this is the question floating through students’ and instructors’ minds, through the airwaves, and all over social media. We’ve gone through 18 months of mask wearing, vaccinations, sanitization stations at every corner, people fighting in the aisles of supermarkets over which direction to go, […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Express student shuttle bus put on pause for fall semesterThe Camosun Express, a free shuttle service for Camosun students and staff that goes between the Lansdowne and Interurban campuses and to the West Shore, won’t be running for the fall 2021 semester. Camosun College manager of sustainability, transportation and parking Shannon Craig says the decision was made because of the environmental and financial sustainability […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Battling COVID anxiety, battling ourselvesI’m a pretty paranoid person. I’m the guy my doctor snickers at when they see me in the waiting room. That’s not a lump, they must be thinking. It’s your big toe. My guesses about how lockdown would impact me long term were off the mark. It had less to do with the actual fear […] Continue Reading |
Incoming Camosun president talks new job, future of post-secondaryIncoming Camosun College president Lane Trotter—who steps into the position on January 1, 2022—says that one of the main factors that appealed to him about Camosun was the comprehensive nature of education at the college. At most colleges in BC, he says, you can’t get trades, business, arts and science, and nursing at the same […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Classes Abroad: International students taking the indirect route to CanadaIt’s been months since Canada implemented a ban on direct flights from India. This measure was taken by the Canadian government to insure the safety of its citizens from the recent COVID-19 mutations, especially the Delta and Delta-plus variant that have been detected in India. The second wave of COVID in India was deadly, but […] Continue Reading |
Emily Carr exhibit draws attention to Victoria landscape, dangers of cultural appropriationCanadian artist and Victoria resident Emily Carr may have painted her scenes close to 100 years ago, but her work has never been more relevant than it is today, says Art Gallery of Greater Victoria acting chief curator Nicole Stanbridge. Stanbridge is also co-curator of a new exhibit, Emily Carr: Seeing and Being Seen, at […] Continue Reading |
