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July 2019 will mark several new starts for newly appointed Chargers Women’s Basketball Head Coach, Justin Thiessen, who will be tying the knot with his fiancé on the 20th and setting up residence in Victoria later this month.

Camosun is proud to congratulate long-time donors and friends of the college, Lynda and Murray Farmer, on receiving the Order of British Columbia today, Friday, June 28.

The Camosun Chargers Men's Volleyball team had the great fortune to scrimmage with the Canadian Armed Forces team (CISM) as part of a training camp held in Victoria, June 22.

Camosun College has agreed to start exploratory discussions with the Lexi Development Group around the feasibility to build a film studio, a sound stage and educational facilities for students on the Interurban campus.

The Camosun College Board of Governors has elected Laylee Rohani as their new Chair. Rohani assumes the role from Ron Rice, effective Aug. 1, 2019.

Thousands of graduates and guests are expected to attend Camosun College’s 2019 Graduation over four ceremonies this Wednesday and Thursday, June 19 and 20 at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence, Camosun College, Interurban Campus.

Fresh off her third and final season with the Camosun College Chargers, women’s basketball forward Mia Roberts is back into the swing of things – training full-time, coaching part-time and preparing for university life on the east coast where she will suit up for the Acadia Axewomen (Wolfville, Nova Scotia), who finished sixth at the 2019 U Sports National Championships.

Fifteen students from Camosun College’s Fine Furniture program used the fundamentals learned in the first eight months of the program to design and build their signature chairs. The finished chairs are part of Willing and Maple: Seating in Western Maple at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hill Recreation Centre.

Camosun College is pleased to announce the appointment of Heather Cummings as the new Vice President of Student Experience. 

Graduating students in Camosun College's Information and Computer Systems Technology program will showcase their final projects at the annual Capstone Symposium on June 17 in downtown Victoria. The capstone projects represent the culmination of two years of intensive study in systems design, programming, and implementation.

Camosun Hospitality Management Program Leader Stephen Scott recently travelled to New Zealand for a month to lecture on small businesses in Canada, and blue ocean strategic thinking to students studying tourism and commerce at the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTech).

The Camosun College Foundation has received a generous $100,000 gift from a group of medical specialists to support the Together for Health campaign. The donation from Victoria Radiology Consulting, Inc. (VRCI) will be directed towards lab space and x-ray equipment in The Alex & Jo Campbell Centre for Health and Wellness, currently under construction at Interurban campus.

The Camosun Chargers are holding their annual Senior Boys' Fall Classic High School Tournament on September 20th and 21st. Register your team now! 

Fuelled by the pioneering sim(PLY) technology designed by Clemson University, Camosun Innovates is currently manufacturing a proof-of-concept housing structure at the college’s Interurban campus—the first step in an international post-secondary and community partnership that seeks to make this unique affordable housing solution widely available in BC’s capital region.

Camosun is proud to announce Sarah-Jayne Roe, Training Coordinator for Women in Trades Training at Camosun, has won the Education Leadership Award at the Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA) Awards ceremony.  The award recognizes an individual who has volunteered a considerable amount of time in the role of advancement of education for the betterment of the construction industry.