The Camosun Experience
Camosun students share their experiences. Please visit our YouTube channel to hear from our other students that have come from around all over the world to study in beautiful Victoria, B.C.!
"Life is like a box of chocolates, and Camosun is the sweet one."
Eric Leung, from Hong Kong
"As for me, I really like the independence and freedom here. You're just being yourself and at the same time are part of a community."
Ilya Stavitsky, from Russia
"Camosun has amazing teachers, friendly staff, and small class sizes."
Brandon Shamu, from Zimbabwe
"I want to be open-minded and learn other cultures."
Junko Kaneko, from Japan
"It's about a whole growing experience... it’s a good chance to be yourself... to grow up and be a better person."
Thayse Ferreira, from Brazil
"It was like suddenly being inspired to do something that I didn't think I was going to be able to do."
Celia Stidham, from the USA
"I really appreciate this country and everybody who helped me, since I was in Brazil, the Camosun staff did lot things for me and until my last day here. I couldn’t be here without the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP)."
Caroline De Oliveira Carvalho, from Brazil
"All these memories and experiences help me to know who I am, who I want to be, and what I want to do in the future."
Bonita Bai, from China
New Student Orientation Fall 2014
Our new students had a fabulous time at orientation, thank you to Srijani, William, Matthias, Rajarshi and Theresa for participating!
Anvita
Anvita loves everything about Victoria. She is very happy with her decision to come to Camosun and is enjoying everthing studying in the Post-Degree Diploma in Business Administration - Marketing Option program.
Jaber
Jaber is originally from Saudi Arabia. He played an active role in Peer Connections. Since graduating in 2011, Jaber has been returning to Victoria every summer to complete his pilots' licence at the Victoria Flying Club.
Huy
Huy is from Vietnam. As a Peer Connections leader he has had a lot of fun planning student events and developing his communication skills. He is currently studying in the University Transfer program.
Brandon
Brandon Shamu, from Zimbabwe, he is pursuing an Associate Degree of Arts in Economics.
Bonita
Bonita Bai is from China, she has had an amazing experience at Camosun.
Thayse
Originally from Brazil, Thayse Ferreira studied the Environmental Technology program at Camosun.
Emily
Emily Kao, originally from Taiwan, shares her experience as an international student at Camosun. After studying high-school in Victoria, Emily has come to Camosun to complete the University Transfer program.
Ilya
Ilya Stavitsky is originally from Russia. He studied at Camosun in the Applied Communications program.
