In the 1970s and 80s, Camosun’s Business Division was growing – offering courses in typing, business fundamentals, accounting, shorthand and business machines practice including: adding machines, calculators and transcribing equipment. In 1980, the Business Division graduated over 300 students with certificates and diplomas in marketing, accounting, finance, hotel/restaurant and office administration.
In 1979, the Ministry of Education funded a new two-year Nursing diploma program at Camosun with the requirement the college register the first nursing students by fall of 1980. Thelma Brown was hired as Chair of the new program along with faculty members, Faye Ferguson and Patti Gauchie. This threesome were tasked with developing the philosophical and learning framework for …
In 1980, the $8 million Grant Fisher Building opens at the Lansdowne campus; named after Dr. Grant L. Fisher the first president of Camosun College. That year, over 3,500 students register for fall classes.
Dr. Lloyd Morin started with Camosun College in 1971 as the Director of Instructional Development and Instructional Research helping to plan course outlines and develop new programs. In 1978, Dr. Morin was appointed Camosun’s second president taking over from Dr. Grant Fisher who left the college to serve at the Ministry of Advanced Education. “In the early 1960’s, when I …
The Carey Road Campus consisted of a schoolhouse of British Arts and Crafts style, built in 1931/32 as Mount View High School, plus a gym, a vocational wing, and a portable that became a Camosun College child care centre. Camosun’s growth of Student Services in 1986 brought registration and advising to complement bookstore and library services already in place. One …
In 1973, Applied Communications program (ACP) faculty member Kermit (Kerm) Carlson founded CAMO Radio, a closed-circuit radio station on the top floor of the Young Building at Lansdowne campus. The campus radio station provided ACP students with practical on-air broadcasting and station management experience. In 1993, CAMO Radio became CKMO-FM – one of only three campus instructional radio stations in …
When Camosun College was amalgamated in 1971 Junction Campus, located in a commercial building at the junction of Fort Street and Oak Bay Avenue, was already in business. A variety of healthcare programs had been offered in this small satellite location since the late 60s. In 1971, two programs were underway there: Practical Nursing and Orderly training. At that time, …
Pat Floyd joined Camosun College in 1971 along with most other instructors from the Institute of Adult Studies (IAS). He’d been hired to teach Geography at IAS in 1968 while completing his Master’s Degree at UVic. When he joined the college, Pat was appointed Coordinator of Social Sciences. After the first year, Pat was encouraged to apply for the position …
In 1971 John Meagher was teaching at a private college in Vancouver when he heard about a new college about to open in Victoria. He was excited by the idea of being part of what was then a very new public college system in B.C. He applied for a position teaching English at Camosun College and was delighted when he …
In 1971, the B.C. Vocational School (located on Interurban Road) merged with the Lansdowne campus to become Camosun College, offering trades and technical programs in professional cook training, electrical, plumbing, welding and carpentry trades, automotive repair and map drafting.
