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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.

Camosun College is welcoming students back to school this week and offering a helping hand to those in need during the pandemic. Weekly care hampers, featuring an abundance of nutritious fresh produce, tasty prepared meals, essential hygiene products, and even easy-to-follow recipes, are available to any student who requests them—on a first-come, while hampers last basis.

As the new academic year fast approaches, Camosun College is getting ready to welcome thousands of new and returning students online and, in some cases, on campus this fall.

As the 2020 class of Mechanical Engineering Technology students prepares to graduate, they are hosting a live, virtual symposium to showcase their exciting capstone projects to the public and potential employers.

Camosun College’s Information and Computer Systems Technology students are preparing to showcase their exciting projects to the public. Throughout the past two years, these students have acquired the skills needed to create impressive and sophisticated projects. For the health and safety of our students, sponsors and the public, this year's Capstone Symposium will be entirely online.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt critical supply chains around the world, the resulting shortages of essential medical supplies have forced health care systems to look for safe and efficient ways to reuse the personal protective equipment (PPE) required daily by frontline health workers. Camosun Innovates, the applied research and development arm of Camosun College, is stepping up to meet this challenge locally by designing and prototyping a portable, affordable and effective PPE sterilization chamber for Island Health.