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Memorial Gifts - Foundation - Camosun College
Memorial Gifts A memorial gift can help perpetuate the values and ideals of a loved one’s life. You can choose to create a gift in the name of a family member or friend, or to honour an exceptional person who is still living. If you would like to discuss a larger gift to Camosun or a recurring gift, please contact the Foundation office directly.
Camosun College film studio plans on pause as deal with proponent falls through
Plans to build a soundstage for TV and film productions at Camosun College’s Interurban Campus are heading back to the storyboard. But the school is not calling “cut and wrap” on the project. Camosun initially announced plans to explore building a film studio facility to tap into the rapidly growing Vancouver Island film industry and to provide training opportunities for students hoping to work in the sector in 2019.
Camosun College recognizes International Women's Day 2024
Released: March 7, 2024 | Last Updated: March 7, 2024 Roseanne Harvey | News release Community School of Trades and Technology Photo Camosun College As an educational community, Camosun College has a responsibility to advance equity, diversity and inclusion. These values are embedded in our Strategic Plan 2023-2028. Left to right: Tehmina Khwaja, Laura Veitch, Elva Gutierrez In our increasingly complex world, it may be difficult to remember that gender equity hasn’t yet been achieved.
NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR announce $18M in funding to support TACs over next five years
The Tri-council—Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)--are providing 18M in funding over the next five years to Technology Access Centres across the country.
“Marmot Yoga,” mandatory nap time among the special announcements for April Fool’s Day
To mark April Fool’s Day on Saturday, special news stories and releases were put out by Camosun College, Vancouver Island University, and the Western University’s Gazette newspaper. Camosun announced that it would be introducing a new student support: Mandatory student nap time. VIU announced a spate of new courses reflecting Island culture that included Marmot Yoga and Sasquatch Psychology.
Camosun, Miriam College sign partnership to give students new study opportunities
Camosun College and Miriam College in the Philippines have signed a five-year partnership that will provide students with the opportunity to study on each others’ campuses. While students will flow in both directions, Camosun VP of Partnerships Geoff Wilmshurst stated that more Filipino students are expected to travel to Canada.
Re$earch Infosource Top 50 Research Colleges rankings published
Re$earch Infosource Inc has released its Top 50 Research Colleges 2022 rankings. The rankings assess colleges according to their research income in Fiscal 2021. Overall, the top five colleges and polytechnics were Cégep de Trois-Rivières, Niagara College, Lambton College, the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.
Fully funded programs at Centennial, BCIT, Camosun support Indigenous professionals seeking ECE, nautical careers
The British Columbia Institute of Technology, Camosun College, and Centennial College have each announced programs that will provide free training and supports for Indigenous learners interested in working in in-demand fields. Centennial has partnered with Native Child and Family Services of Toronto and Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child & Family Services to offer a fully funded Early Childhood Education – Indigenous Stream.
Fully funded programs at Centennial, BCIT, Camosun, VCC support professionals seeking ECE, accounting, nautical careers
Centennial College, the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Camosun College, and Vancouver Community College have each announced fully funded programs that will provide free training in in-demand fields. Centennial has partnered with Native Child and Family Services of Toronto and Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child & Family Services to offer a fully funded Early Childhood Education – Indigenous Stream.
Lights, camera, action: Camosun advances plans for film studio, education centre
Camosun College is hoping to get the cameras rolling and tap into one of B.C.’s billion-dollar industries, as plans for a film studio at its Interurban campus move forward. A commercial film studio combined with educational components is one step closer to reality with the posting of a Request for Pre-Qualification on BC Bid, according to Camosun in a news release Friday.
Towards an Ecstatic Cosmology
Amerik, Karl, ‘Husserl’s Realism,’ The Philosophical Review, vol. 86, no. 4, 1977, pp. 498–519. Barbaras, Renaud, ‘The Phenomenology of Life: Desire as the Being of the Subject,’ in Dan Zahavi (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Phenomenology, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012. Berkley, George, ‘Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous,’ in Berkeley’s Philosophical Writings, New York, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1965.
Camosun student aiming for gold with Canadian women's rugby team
A Camosun College student will be going for gold at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics this year. Julia Greenshields, a bachelor of sport and fitness leadership student at Camosun in Victoria, will be competing as a member of the Canadian women’s national rugby team this year, according to a press release from the college. Heading out for her first Olympics is a big milestone in her life. But her dream wasn’t lifelong until a high school field trip.
Camosun College to receive $150,000 boost for on-campus film studio
The idea of an on-campus film studio at Camosun College could soon be a reality after the Government of B.C. announces a $150,000 investment for the school. The province says this funding will help with educational opportunities for students in the B.C. film industry.
Erasing Barriers
The new Erasing Barriers to Education Fund is open to any student at Camosun facing difficult situations. It is designed to help students succeed in their studies when they are facing financial or other hardships that impact their ability to continue their education. At Camosun we seek to remove barriers to student success by locating, partnering, coordinating, and helping students access comprehensive “wraparound” supports.
Other programs/Areas of personal interest
Other programs/Areas of personal interest You can help students by choosing to donate to a special program area, classroom equipment, library holdings or project of your choice. If you would like to discuss a larger gift to Camosun or a recurring gift, please contact the Foundation office directly.
Writing Instruction, Academic Labour, and Professional Development
Heidi Darroch Camosun College Micaela Maftei Camosun College Sara Humphreys University of Victoria Abstract As we envisioned this special section and, in turn, encouraged colleagues to contribute, we confronted one of the ironies of post-secondary writing instruction: many of the people entrusted with the responsibility of supporting student writing development are, essentially, excluded from professional conversations about effective writing pedagogy.
Camosun building to honour Alex and Jo Campbell
Generosity of the Campbell family, founders of Thrifty Foods, will be reflected in the name of the new health sciences building at Camosun College. The new building, under construction at the Interurban campus, will be called the Alex and Jo Campbell Centre for Health and Wellness. The Camosun College Foundation announced on Wednesday that thanks to the Campbells, it has reached the halfway mark of its $5-million target to purchase instruments and technology for the building.
Camosun College Information and Computer Systems Capstone Project Submissions are being accepted.
The Information and Computer Systems Students are about to embark on their final term which means their final project which means we are accepting Capstone Projects submissions. The process has changed some with the students now forming teams and selecting projects throughout the Winter term (Jan – April). Students starting working on the projects during the summer term (May - Aug) ending with a showcase in August.
CHEK Upside: First Nations tech training program launches in Victoria
At the Camosun Coastal Centre, there’s a new group of students starting a new program. Plato Testing got its start in New Brunswick back in 2015 as a way to create a network of indigenous software testers throughout Canada. “I think that one of the solutions to poverty or marginalization is opportunity and a real job and giving people the opportunity to change their lives,” says founder Keith McIntosh.
Camosun manufactures foam trays to safely transport syringes of COVID-19 vaccines
Health Authorities across British Columbia will soon have access to specially-designed foam trays to help safely transport syringes of COVID-19 vaccines, created at Camosun College. The applied research department at Camosun College – Camosun Innovates – designed and manufactured 200 trays for use by the BC Centre for Disease Control, in order to be used across the province for the safe transport of a pre-drawn, single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Cutting-edge tech at Camosun creates ancient-bone replicas for museums around the world
Museums and university collections around the world are turning to a local public-and-private partnership when they’re trying to find missing parts of skeletons of large animals, such as dinosaurs or whales, to study or display. Camosun College’s Camosun Innovates and Technology Access Centre has been working with Cetacea Contracting to scan and manufacture replicas of missing bone fragments of large animals — some up to 4.3 metres in length — using a 3-D printer at the college.
2022 VIATEC Award: Aidan Lazar
It's convocation season and we are so proud of all the new graduates finishing up their degrees and projects. This year's recipient of VIATEC’s Victoria Innovation, Advanced Technology & Entrepreneurship Council Award goes to Aidan Lazar from Camosun College. The award is given to a Computer Systems Technology student in their 3rd or 4th term with high academic achievement, exceptional computing aptitude, excellent working relationships with colleagues and very good communication skills.
Camosun College Computer Science Programs are looking for Capstone Project Submissions
Camosun’s Computer Science technology students are looking for capstone projects to work on for the 2021 academic year! Our students are ready to use their newly acquired skills from the Information and Computer Systems (ICS) and Interactive Media Developer (IMD) Technology programs to provide solutions for many business problems, and they’re looking for real-world experience to hone those skills.
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