Meet the Vanier College Robotics Team About Campus Clubs 

Meet the Vanier College Robotics Team

by: Robotics Team Captain The Vanier Robotics Team is looking for new members! Help us add to our impressive collection of trophies and awards by competing with us at this year’s CRC Competition. People of all interests are invited to join in, regardless of having previous experience or not! Even if electronics is not your thing, there is something for everyone: whether your interests are aligned with hands-on building, creative designing, drawing, painting, website building, video-making or programming, we want you in the team! The sub-teams The CRC competition has…

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VCSA Who!? About Campus 

VCSA Who!?

‘’The VCSA is the student governing body at Vanier College formed of 10 passionate individuals committed to representing and advocating for the interests of over 6,500 students. The VCSA supports, protects, and maintains students’ interest and well-being above everything else. The council members make sure that the student voices are heard’’ (VCSA Vanier, 2025). You can find the VCSA office on the Vanier College Campus, second floor of the main building in C-214. Visit them during their office hours or contact them via their email (vcsa@vaniercollege.qc.ca), instagram (@vcsavanier), or phone…

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Welcome Back! Here is what You Need to Know About Campus News 

Welcome Back! Here is what You Need to Know

Summer is coming to a close and school is in full swing! Yaaaaay! Here is some important information for newcomers as well as returning students to know: The Student Services department is located in C203. They provide assistance with several services available at Vanier College as listed below: For more information visit the student guide on the Vanier website or on Omnivox under Student Services. Centre D’Aide en Français (CAF) CAF is tutoring offered to help students with written and oral French as of week 3 until week 15. Students…

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Pads for Gals: Where Dey At!? News 

Pads for Gals: Where Dey At!?

It’s unfortunate that an article has to be written about this. Of the 6500 and more students at Vanier College, just about half of them are females who menstruate on a monthly basis. Newsflash: menstruation, for most females, is unavoidable. Meaning, we bleed whether we like it or not. Our flows vary, the duration of our periods vary, and the pain we experience vary. This brings us to the question: WHERE ARE THE PADS? If not pads… WHERE ARE THE TAMPONS? Vanier College provides condoms for free but period products…

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What’s Up with Jake’s? News 

What’s Up with Jake’s?

To the returning students of Vanier College, the closing of Jake’s Cafe and Jake’s Bookstore was a tragedy. There one day and gone the next, the two businesses served delightful snacks and useful school supplies to the Vanier College students and staff. But with it’s unfortunate departure, hearts have been hurting. This has had people asking: ‘’What will be made of the spaces’’? Lucky for you, dear reader, the VCSA Insider has the answers: What happened? ‘’The former COOP managing the bookstore and Jake’s Cafe declared bankruptcy’’ (Morin, 2025). What…

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Why doesn’t Vanier College Sell Plastic Water Bottles? News 

Why doesn’t Vanier College Sell Plastic Water Bottles?

Picture this: You’re on your way to PhysEd class. You make your way to the locker room, touch-up on your deodorant, reach in your bag to get your water bottle, but wait!… Oh shnitzel! You forgot it at home. You shrug it off and head to class. Thirty minutes into class, you’re sweating and your throat is dry. You reach down to grab your water bottle, SIKE, it’s not there. You excuse yourself from class to go to the water fountain. You bend down, turn the machine on and bring…

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A MAJOR newsflash! A discussion about College-Wide Majors at Vanier Student Success 

A MAJOR newsflash! A discussion about College-Wide Majors at Vanier

At Vanier, we have a range of various College-Wide Majors available to students of any program. In essence, according to Alan Wong, the coordinator of the Women and Gender Studies Major, “sub-programs that Vanier students may take in conjunction with and to complement their primary program of studies”. These Majors assure that students can develop their expertise in an interdisciplinary field that they can then use within their university studies, future employment, as well as their personal lives. Participating in one or multiple of these Majors allows students to acquire…

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Lost During Registration? You’re Not Alone (and Here’s What I Learned) Advice Column Student Success 

Lost During Registration? You’re Not Alone (and Here’s What I Learned)

We were all once Vanier outsiders, simply awaiting to become Insiders on that fateful day: Registration. I felt as if taking that one step would finally make me a Cheetah, a part of something bigger than myself. However, when I eventually opened my laptop and began my course choices, I realized that I felt even more of an outsider. I had no idea how it worked: which classes I could or should take, what a course code was, what difference there was between majors and programs, etc. Starting college brings…

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Know Your IPESA (Institutional Policy on Student Achievement) About 

Know Your IPESA (Institutional Policy on Student Achievement)

From pop quizzes to plagiarism, (IPESA) defines the rules and roles of students, teachers, and collegial institutes. It is a policy which adheres to standards of regulation set by Québec’s Ministère de L’Enseignement Superieur. In the context of academic institutions, this policy connects us, the students, to our teachers and aims to make the evaluation process as equitable as possible through roles and responsibilities on both ends. In short, it is there to ensure fairness, inclusivity, and clarity. A policy is a formal document which: Colleges lacked a mechanism to…

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Sounds from the Music Department Arts Voices 

Sounds from the Music Department

The music department is jam-packed with talented musicians. From bassists to drummers, to jazz players to rock players, the music department houses them all! Amongst these students are Cedric Ryder and Arvin Nazm. The two young men are students in the music program who have agreed to share their background in music with us. Here is what they have to say: ‘’For my entire life I’ve been surrounded by music and musicians. My dad, Clinton Ryder, is a professional Bassist, and my stepmother is a professional violinist. Both have influenced…

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