On February 25, Selkirk College hosted Kootenay Business Magazine’s annual Career and Job Fair in the Pit at Selkirk’s Castlegar campus. Smaller than the fair held at Selkirk College in 2009, the fair this year consisted of several tables promoting possible careers and jobs for students with organizations such as the Koocanusa Publications and the [...]
By: Kendra Wong - The Peak
BURNABY, B.C. (CUP) — A new report released this month claims Canadians feel more threatened by the radical change in global climate and their environment than terrorism.
An online survey was conducted by the Innovative Research Group and commissioned by the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute from the end of [...]
By: Denny Hollick — The Runner
SURREY, B.C. (CUP) — The Kwantlen Student Association now have the representation they pay for after winning a B.C. Supreme Court case against the British Columbian component of the Canadian Federation of Students earlier this week. Students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University who pay fees to CFS-BC have not been represented [...]
On December 5, I woke up, brushed my teeth, and jammed five crazy carpets into an already jam-packed pack-rat backpack; stuck woolly-socked feet in worn-out snowboots, and met the seven other members of Selkirk’s fledgling Outdoors Club in the parking lot of Kekuli House for an overnight trip on Ripple Ridge, near Creston.
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Let me tell you something great about watching the Selkirk Saints play… Great seats!
On the floor, which is the best vantage point to watch some killer volleyball.
And have I mentioned the food? You can indulge in such delicacies as sushi and fresh cookies. But that, my friends, is just the smallest [...]
Selkirk College hosted a Kootenay Transit Open House in the Pit on October 22. Selkirk students were given the opportunity to fill out surveys created by BC Transit, on what areas needed improvement for public transportation in the West Kootenay region, including Castlegar, Nelson, Trail, Salmo, and Winlaw.
Some of the feedback and comments that [...]
On November 9, government officials, Nelson Mayor John Dooley, representatives from the Columbia Basin Trust, as well as from Selkirk College’s Board of Governors and College President Marilyn Luscombe, invited a select few, including the Selkirk College Students’ Union, to a great announcement concerning College students.
After a few years of being out of service, [...]
As per the constitution of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, any member may leave by holding a vote to do so at their board of directors. The Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia decided in an October 21 meeting to leave CASA, citing disagreement with direction in the lobby [...]
By Emma Godmere
CUP Ottawa Bureau Chief
OTTAWA (CUP) – A new study released on last week by International Trade Minister Stockwell Day has announced that international students generated a whopping $6.5 billion for the economy while completing studies in Canada in 2008.
The report, entitled “Economic Impact of International Education in Canada,” was released on Oct. 28 [...]
The project will provide future generations of aboriginals with an audio history of their culture
By Conor Kerr
The Gateway (University of Alberta)
EDMONTON (CUP) – The idea of a language becoming extinct is a far-flung idea to most people, but on the Tsuu T’ina reserve just west of Calgary, it is reality.
With no fluent speakers of the [...]
