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[aastra]

For sure, but the surface parking at Lansdowne could easily go beneath new buildings. Or you could have a 2- or 3-level parkade.

Edited by aastra, 21 July 2017 - 09:52 PM.

[Sparky]

[...] but wouldn't new building/designs @ Lansdowne have to pass muster with the muni of Oak Bay? God knows OB throws a s*** fit even more than most local munis on everything from mass, to materials to (of course!!) building height: why therefore put up with that crap and insufferable delays from the Land of Ye Olde Musty Tweed Curtain when you'll almost certainly get a rubber stamp on anything proposed for Interurban?

 

The Lansdowne Campus is located in Saanich.

 

https://maps.crd.bc..../?viewer=public

[Nparker]

What's the rationale for not building these new buildings at the Lansdowne campus?

As has been suggested, the most likely reason is geographic limitations.

The only viable option to add significant structures at Lansdowne would likely involve creating expensive underground parking and then building instructional facilities on top (NE corner of the campus). The large swath of lawn along Lansdowne Road is likely verboten and the SE corner is probably too small for any practical consideration.

 

Interurban simply has more available land.

 

In addition, I believe the Lansdowne campus focuses more on pre-university (academic) courses while Interurban has traditionally been more about trades, although the lines are blurring somewhat with the addition of the Health & Wellness facility.

[AllseeingEye]

The Lansdowne Campus is located in Saanich.

 

https://maps.crd.bc..../?viewer=public

Good stuff, wasn't sure where the actual boundary was between the two re: Lansdowne - so as I speculated initially, and you later confirmed, availability of land at Interurban likely is a - if not the - determining factor. Suspect Lansdowne would be challenged to shoehorn a 90,000 s/f building into its current available space.

[Coreyburger]

/\....my guess would be the availability of land, or lack thereof, at Lansdowne as compared to Interurban.

 

Also - and admittedly I'm purely sky-boxing here - but wouldn't new building/designs @ Lansdowne have to pass muster with the muni of Oak Bay? God knows OB throws a s*** fit even more than most local munis on everything from mass, to materials to (of course!!) building height: why therefore put up with that crap and insufferable delays from the Land of Ye Olde Musty Tweed Curtain when you'll almost certainly get a rubber stamp on anything proposed for Interurban?

 

All of the buildings at Lansdowne are in Saanich - Oak Bay only has the parking lots.

[Mattjvd]

As has been suggested, the most likely reason is geographic limitations.

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The only viable option to add significant structures at Lansdowne would likely involve creating expensive underground parking and then building instructional facilities on top (NE corner of the campus). The large swath of lawn along Lansdowne Road is likely verboten and the SE corner is probably too small for any practical consideration.

 

Interurban simply has more available land.

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In addition, I believe the Lansdowne campus focuses more on pre-university (academic) courses while Interurban has traditionally been more about trades, although the lines are blurring somewhat with the addition of the Health & Wellness facility.

Camosun's business school, offering full bachelors degrees, is also at Interurbam

[VicHockeyFan]

Good stuff, wasn't sure where the actual boundary was between the two re: Lansdowne - 

 

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 22 July 2017 - 06:16 AM.

[amor de cosmos]

It's not difficult to imagine students stuck in the Colwood Crawl on their way to Camosun College, dreaming about a campus on the West Shore.

That thought may not be that far fetched, according to Langford Mayor Stew Young. "We've been looking at that for at least five years," Young said. "We have 100,000 people on the West Shore and 3,200 students going to Camosun. It would be a good move, considering all the growth out here."

It also makes sense to give students pursuing a post-secondary education the opportunity to do that in the community they live in. "It's a lot cheaper to have students living at home with their parents and not having to go off to school somewhere else, plus it would take a lot of cars off the highway. I bet there's almost as many people driving to Camosun or UVic as there are government workers driving into town. That's why we've been saying for years we want government jobs here."

http://www.bclocalne.../441288083.html

[Mixed365]

Does anyone have any photos of the construction?

[thundergun]

Some building mockups and info here - http://camosun.ca/ne...g-planning.html

http://camosun.ca/ab...ealth-building/

[Victoria Watcher]

Further reports state that fires were ablaze in multiple structures across Camosun’s Interurban campus, and that officers are investigating a smashed window in one of the buildings.

 

 

 

http://www.victoriab...erurban-campus/

[Cats4Hire]

Camosun Express now stops at Royal Oak Exchange and has 2 runs a day between Langford and Interurban (morning to Interurban afternoon to Langford) http://camosun.ca/ab...un-express.html

[Victoria Watcher]

Camosun College is so excited about its new, high-end composite lab, it’s calling it “Miracle,” which stands for materials, integration, research and creativity.

The $2.4-million project is part of the Camosun Innovates program, in which the college works with the private sector to custom-design new products for manufacturing. An empty shell at Camosun’s Interurban campus will be renovated to create the 3,600-square-foot lab, expected to be ready in March.

https://www.timescol...ring-1.24262200




that sounds neat and everything. but it’s not like this area or even this country will become a composites manufacturing hotspot.

I am not sure I understand the goal.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 January 2021 - 06:41 AM.

[Mattjvd]

Camosun College is so excited about its new, high-end composite lab, it’s calling it “Miracle,” which stands for materials, integration, research and creativity.

The $2.4-million project is part of the Camosun Innovates program, in which the college works with the private sector to custom-design new products for manufacturing. An empty shell at Camosun’s Interurban campus will be renovated to create the 3,600-square-foot lab, expected to be ready in March.

https://www.timescol...ring-1.24262200




that sounds neat and everything. but it’s not like this area or even this country will become a composites manufacturing hotspot.

I am not sure I understand the goal.

Not large scale manufacturing, but there is a decent amount of prototyping and R&D that goes on in the region. This lab is perfect for that, when a firm needs a small number of a very specialized part for a new prototype.

[Victoria Watcher]

are we underserved in some way though? that requires a $2.4M taxpayer investment? can’t I email my specs somewhere to have a prototype produced?

[Mike K.]

And then what? Nerds won’t be able to tinker with fancy machinery on the taxpayer’s dime, locally.

[Victoria Watcher]

Capital Daily:

 

 

 

Former Camosun and Sprott Shaw nursing students allege bullying, discrimination, and wrongful dismissals

While BC grapples with a well-documented nursing shortage, several practical nursing students at Sprott Shaw and Camosun colleges who were dismissed or failed this year—often at the final stage of the program—say they were bullied, discriminated against, and/or dismissed for mistakes they say were minor.

The students reached out to Capital Daily after reading this article about a practical nursing student who was dismissed from Sprott Shaw College because she decided to stay home while COVID-positive instead of attending the long term care facility where she was assigned to work.

Many say they were blindsided by their dismissal, after months of good grades and successfully completed clinicals, and suffer from serious mental health issues because of it. All provided transcripts and/or other records that support their version of events.

One student described how the program drove her to suicidal ideation, to the point where she had to request a medical withdrawal with three days left on her last practicum. Another says she was removed from her program in part because the administration found out she was also a sex worker.

 

 

 

https://www.capitald...sun-sprott-shaw

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 30 July 2022 - 05:56 AM.

[aastra]

Another installment in our regular updates from Camosun's Interurban campus:

 

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[Victoria Watcher]

A myriad of issues has led to the opening of the new post-secondary school in the West Shore to be delayed by one year, with most classes to begin in September 2025.

 

The school, located at 798 Goldstream Ave., was initially expected to open in time for the fall 2024 semester when it was first announced in August 2022.

 

However, Royal Roads says the project was delayed due to supply chain and labour shortages.

 

Construction was also briefly halted due to the RidgeView Place evacuation. Another delay for the project came when the initial mass timber supplier unexpectedly declared insolvency.

 

“We’ve worked through those challenges now; the construction is progressing,” Royal Roads said in an email to CHEK News. Construction on the school is expected to be complete in the spring of 2025, but classes won’t start until September 2025, one year after the initial projected start date.

 

 

 

 

https://www.cheknews...1-year-1203917/

 

 

 

Building new campuses when most learning, and lots of work, is now done online.  Seems so 1995.

[LJ]

Seems like we might have a wee spot of bother trying to build thousands of new homes when our labour pool is so shallow.