With modern medical classrooms, applied learning labs, health care simulation centres and collaborative study spaces for more than 1,000 health and human service students this new facility was a game changer.
Eye? Sqa’lewen receives CICAN Gold Award for Excellence in Indigenous Education
In 2018, Camosun and Eye? Sqa’lewen receive the Colleges and Institutes Canada’s (CICAN) Gold Award for Excellence in Indigenous Education.
Camosun Chargers celebrate their 25th anniversary
Over the 2018-19 season the Camosun Chargers celebrated 25 years of intercollegiate competition in the PACWEST and Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) with exciting alumni games and community gatherings throughout the year. Since joining the CCAA and PACWEST conferences in 1994, the Chargers have competed in over 100 national and provincial championships with over 50 medal winning finishes in basketball, …
Chargers welcome Women’s Curling
Coached by Olympian, Melissa Soligo, Camosun’s first-ever curling team swept their way to a National silver medal finish at the March 2018 CCAA National Curling Championships in Leduc, Alberta. Not only did the team become the first curling team to earn a national medal for the college, but the squad did it with only three players after the team’s third, …
Camosun Chargers host 2018 CCAA men’s volleyball nationals
Running off the success of the 2017 CCAA National WVB Championship, the Chargers took on hosting duties for the men’s event, making it two huge events in a row! Despite having the host berth, the Chargers earned their way to nationals as winners of the 2018 PACWEST Provincial Championships – their fourth consecutive title. Although favored to win national gold …
Camosun Innovates launches Babcock Canada Interaction lab
In fall 2017, Camosun Innovates, the applied research and development hub of Camosun, celebrated the opening of the Babcock Canada Interaction lab at Interurban campus. The Babcock Canada Interaction Lab is where Camosun faculty, across all disciplines including mechanical engineering, fine furniture, sport technology and visual arts for example, can explore and engage their students in finding applied solutions to …
Camosun Chargers host CCAA women’s volleyball nationals – and win Silver!
The Chargers hosted their first-ever indoor NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: the 2017 CCAA Women’s Volleyball event. The chamipionship was a huge success, attracting standing room only crowds which included school groups, club teams, visitors from across the country, and others who extended beyond the Chargers regular fan-base. The Chargers also received top honors from the CCAA as having set the gold standard …
Celebrating over 25 years of excellence in Indigenous education
In 2016, Eye? Sqa’lewen, Camosun’s Centre for Indigenous Education and Community Connections (IECC), celebrated 25 years of excellence in Indigenous education, programming and service to community. Today, Camosun welcomes more than 1,100 Indigenous students from 50 nations each year. Eyēʔ Sqậ’lewen facilitates academic, financial and cultural services for students, an Elders program, Indigenous community connections, Indigenous programs and courses, special …
Centre for Trades Education and Innovation opens
After four years of planning, construction and a record-breaking $7.5 million fundraising campaign, on February 25, 2016, Camosun College’s $30-million, 80,000-square-foot Centre for Trades Education and Innovation officially opened. Serving over 2,500 trades students, Camosun is the largest trades training provider on Vancouver Island and the second largest in B.C.
Toward Reconciliation
In 2015, Camosun develops an Indigenization and Reconciliation plan that includes 39 actions for the college in response to the nation’s Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) Calls to Action. Some of the actions include: facilitating an annual Orange Shirt Day each September 30 to remember the survivors of Residential Schools; integrating Indigenous teaching and pedagogy into non-Indigenous programs; Indigenizing hiring practices; …