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A Guide to Face Masks in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

November 10, 2020 by Antoinette Jackson Leave a Comment

MAKE+ has been getting questions about home sewn  masks. In response, the research group applied their unique skills and methodology and  compiled the following information to guide those wanting to sew masks for their own personal and family use. Sewing a mask for personal or family use Putting on and taking off your mask Caring for […]

Filed Under: covid-19, health, technology transfer Tagged With: makeplus

BCIT’s MAKE+ research group releases face shield design guidance document in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

May 4, 2020 by Antoinette Jackson Leave a Comment

Many individuals and small to medium sized enterprises are looking for ways to utilize their skills and equipment to help address the shortage of PPE caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic. One of the items they are focusing on is face shields, and while intentions are good, producing these items on the fly and without expert […]

Filed Under: covid-19, entrepreneurship, health, industry, MAKE+ Tagged With: makeplus, submitnews

BCIT Researchers join international team studying neutrinos in famous underground Japanese experiment

July 3, 2019 by Antoinette Jackson 1 Comment

© Kamioka Observatory, ICRR (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research), The University of Tokyo

BCIT Faculty members Dr. Barry Pointon and Dr. Michal Aibin recently joined the Canadian Hyper-K group to work with researchers and students involved in the existing Super-Kamiokande (Super-K) and the future Hyper-Kamiokande (Hyper-K) neutrino physics experiments in Japan. This Canadian collaboration included many Canadian universities and institutions such as BCIT and TRIUMF, Canada’s particle accelerator centre. Recently, $2 million NSERC grants were […]

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BCIT Rehabilitation Engineering Design presents at international symposium

April 4, 2019 by Antoinette Jackson Leave a Comment

Dr. Jaimie Borisoff

Dr. Jaimie Borisoff and Johanne Mattie of BCIT’s Rehabilitation Engineering Design travelled to Pittsburgh this past week to participate in the 35th International Seating Symposium (ISS), the world’s largest educational conference and exhibition featuring wheelchairs and related assistive technologies. The Symposium, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology Continuing Education Program, […]

Filed Under: events, health, innovation, research

Industry partnership to advance the state of practice in natural health products industry

June 21, 2016 by Antoinette Jackson Leave a Comment

BCIT’s Natural Health and Food Products Group (NRG) has signed an MOU with the  United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) forming a formal strategic partnership that will benefit the global natural health product industry by: creating better ways to share information, identifying priority research areas, developing resources to promote the use of validated analytical technologies, and […]

Filed Under: collaboration, health, industry, innovation Tagged With: NRG

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