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Losing the Commuter Challenge 

Spring GoByBike Week (GBBW) is the signature annual event of Capital Bike. This year’s iteration starts this coming Saturday, May 30 and runs until June 5.   To kick off Camosun’s annual participation in GBBW, on May 13 I raced David Lacey (Heavy Mechanical Dept.) in Capital Bike’s annual Commuter Challenge. The idea of the challenge is to compare the speed of a simulated commute to the Legislature by bike to one by car. Bicyclists are able to capitalize on the city’s excellent bicycle infrastructure and ride right up to the finish line. Drivers, on the other hand, have to contend with morning commuter traffic, then find a parking spot and finish the race on foot.   David and I decided to start our race from the fountain on the Lansdowne campus this year. He cycled, I drove. At the finish line Capital Bike staff and volunteers, including former CCFA President Al Morrison, were gathered to record the results, share some coffee and pastries, and compare notes.   Who do you think won our race? Even using an Evo as my secret weapon (an Evo can be parked easily and for no charge close to the Leg) I lost…

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Know Your Rights: Scheduled Development

2026-27 Intents and Summer Proposals will be due February 1! It was wonderful to see so many faculty members who joined the CCFA Infosession today. We even had an exempt administrator attend! Contact us if you don’t have the links to our infosessions in your Outlook Calendar. But just in case you missed it, here’s an updated Know Your Rights blog on what we covered. All continuing, probationary, indefinite-term, and post-retirement Faculty Members, except International Education Project Officers, Senior Analysts, and Program Developers in Professional Studies and Industry Training, are entitled to two months (or the equivalent) free of regular…

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