VICTORIA, B.C. – Students at ٸֱ will see a new design on their college credentials with the use of the first official institutional seal on certificates, diplomas and degrees.
A mock-up of the new design with the use of the first official institutional seal on certificates, diplomas and degrees.
The Seal reflects the artwork in the college’s specially commissioned logo, which was created by Coast Salish artist and college alumnus Dylan Thomas and will be used on parchments, transcripts, and other official documents produced by the Registrar’s Office
“The logo that Dylan created is incredibly beautiful,” says Sherri Bell, President of Camosun. “We wanted to honour the legacy of the college’s golden anniversary through the creation of a seal that will carry on for the next 50 years. As a college with an Indigenous name, it is fitting to have an Indigenous artwork-inspired seal that speaks to the fact.”
The design features two herring swimming in opposite directions, framed by stylised streaks of swirling waters in the distinctive green colours of the college, the logo visually represents the underlying narrative legend of Camossung.
“The explanation of the Camosun legend is that the Transformer, the key figure in Coast Salish mythology, turned the girl Camossung into stone, and told her she had to be protector of the waterways at the Tillicum Narrows,” says Thomas. “The herring comes into it because the Protector offered Camossung herring which she liked, and that's the reason why herring are there today.”