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Fueled by innovation and advanced manufacturing capabilities, Camosun College continues to excel as one of the top 50 research colleges in Canada, according to the latest report released today by Research Infosource, Inc.

Camosun College welcomes the support of the Ed Coates Memorial Foundation
The arrival of 12 additional toolsets will allow automotive apprentices at Camosun College to focus on hands-on learning and not worry about cleaning shared tools.

Concert Properties and its partners donated $90,000 this year to support Camosun College’s “Trades for Success” programming for youth, adult and K-12 learners in communities with limited access to training providers or public post-secondary institutions. The goal of the project is to build awareness of Red Seal trades and of how these career pathways lead to sustainable employment within underserved regions of British Columbia.

Although work-terms looked different this year, Camosun College’s annual Co-op Photo Contest had 16 top quality entries for 2020. The overall People’s Choice winner was Bachelor of Sport and Fitness student David Liira, with an engaging photo of him assessing a client at the BackFit Clinic.

Challenging times can bring unexpected learning opportunities, as Hospitality Management instructor Brad Boisvert and his colleagues found out when the pandemic hit in March and all student showcase events were either cancelled or postponed indefinitely.

Services at Camosun College such as counselling are still available for students who may be feeling overwhelmed by winter exams and final assignment due dates combined with the prospect of more online classes and fewer daylight hours.

This year not one but three recent alumni of Camosun College’s Medical Radiography diploma program will receive the 2020 Governor General’s Collegiate Bronze Medal for their perfect grades in the college’s popular two-year diploma program.

Camosun College President Sherri Bell has issued this statement following today’s announcement by the Pacific Western Athletic Association (PACWEST) to cancel the 2020/21 athletic season.

As Camosun College prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2021, the college is launching a unique logo designed by Coast Salish artist and alumnus Dylan Thomas at 50.camosun.ca 

Two first-year nursing students at Camosun College will have fewer tuition worries this year as recipients of a new bursary program created by CIBC in response to COVID-19.

The inaugural cohort of 15 students from local high schools is exploring the world of technology through a unique dual credit high school and post-secondary program that is currently being pioneered at Camosun College this fall semester.

Camosun College students and recent graduates are invited to meet with employers, explore future career possibilities and learn about co-op work experience opportunities at the first-ever, multi-institutional virtual career fair later this month.

On Wednesday, Sept. 30, the Camosun College community is invited to come together virtually to observe Orange Shirt Day, which commemorates the experience of the 150,000 Indigenous children who were placed into residential schools.

Nexus continues to keep students informed during COVID-19 When Camosun College told Nexus that it didn’t want the independent student newspaper to have physical copies of its newspaper on campus this semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was a shock because it’s the first time since the paper started in 1990 where it hasn’t printed for a semester.