Camosun gets government approval to run at deficit for two yearsThe provincial government has approved Camosun College and other public post-secondary institutions in BC to run at a deficit for two fiscal years due to a decrease in revenue resulting from the COVID-19 crisis. Camosun is approved, along with 19 other institutions, to run a deficit up to $178.9 million for fiscal year 2020-21; it’s […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College to replace Camlink with new online platform myCamosunOn March 16, Camosun is set to replace Camlink with a new online registration platform called myCamosun. Created by software company Ellucian, whose website states it is “the market leader in higher education technology,” myCamosun is a long-overdue change, says Camosun registrar Scott Harris. “Camlink was certainly dated technology,” he says, “and in my opinion, […] Continue Reading |
New local podcast explores curatorial hospitalityToby Lawrence is creating the space for big conversations about art, curation, and relationality. In connection with Krista Arias’ Earth Is My Elder exhibit, running now at Open Space, Lawrence has launched a podcast, In Relation: Engaging Curatorial Hospitality, to make these conversations accessible. Arias and Lawrence met at the UBC Okanagan campus as PhD […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College announces micro-credentials in Clean Energy and Efficient BuildingsCamosun College recently announced its new Clean Energy and Efficient Buildings micro-credentials. The micro-credentials give people working in the field a chance to advance their career; the classes will be held mainly by distance on weekday evenings, and the college is aiming to have students enrolled in the first cohort next month. “We started to […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: February 26, 2021 web exclusiveDon’t forget to scream: Our February 19, 1996 issue featured the cover story “Thousands rally against cuts,” which talked about the events of a protest on the lawns of the Parliament Building downtown. The rally was to speak up against government cuts to education—over 3,500 students were in attendance. Keep your eyes focused on what […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student takes home co-op/internship student of the year awardCamosun fourth-year Business Administration student Dylan Kaplan has received the 2020 Yvonne Thompson Page Co-op/Internship Student of the Year Award. The award recognizes an outstanding Co-operative Education or internship student at Camosun. Kaplan, who is majoring in human resources and leadership management, started his work experience as support coordinator for the engagement and communications group […] Continue Reading |
An Inside Voice: Handling the hard stuffOne thing we hear constantly over the radio, over the news, through any type of media soundbite that crosses our rather constricted paths this past year is talk of mental health. It’s COVID fatigue—people have been walking the same lines now for a year, whether it be the arrows pointing us down which way to […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Heading for a deadstick landingTime just rolls forward. There’s no stopping it, and when we’re frozen in time to different extents because of the pandemic, that can create some really odd sensations. There are certain times of year that are checkpoints for me and always have been: the start of spring, the first Christmas shopping stress, or the first […] Continue Reading |
#StudentsForLoujain celebrates release of jailed Saudi women’s rights activistSaudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been released from Saudi jail after pressure was applied to the government to release her. Al-Hathloul—the UBC alumnus at the centre of the #StudentsForLoujain campaign—spent 1,001 days in jail. Saudi public prosecution said in a statement that al-Hathloul and others were arrested for being involved in “coordinated and […] Continue Reading |
Unsettled and Striving: Update your perspectiveIt really grinds my gears that people are still looking to land and water protectors with the same condescending, outraged expressions as those plastered across the faces of white supremacists in the ’70s, when “Save the Trees” signs were deemed insignificant, “hippy” slogans, conjured from a hazy cloud in la-la land. Today, more than ever, […] Continue Reading |
