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Financial Support to Study Abroad

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Interested in financial support to study abroad?  See more info at the links below.

The Global Skills Opportunity Award  for Year 2 – (July 01 – March 31, 2023) is now open for application.

The Global Skills Opportunity Award is funded by the Government of Canada’s Outbound Student Mobility Pilot Program through Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) in partnership with British Columbia Institute of Technology, and is administered jointly by Universities Canada and Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan). While open to all Canadian or Permanent Residents, the program targets underrepresented students who identify as Indigenous, low-income students, and students with disabilities. To assist BCIT students with the cost of study or work integrated learning abroad, selected participants may be eligible to receive up to CAD $10,000.00 per student. The amount of funding you qualify for is determined based on financial need, the length of your international experience, and destination costs.

This funding can be put towards the BCIT SoB+M summer field schools in 2023 which can sometimes count for elective credit.

Games Industry event – opportunity for industry exposure

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Hi Games BTECH students,

 

We have been contacted by the organizer of XDS, “the only annual international games industry event”, who is looking for volunteers for their event, with the perk of being able to attend the event during downtime.  See links and contact information for more details.  Although the event isn’t till the fall, you might want to contact them soon if you’re interested.  This message has also gone out to other BCIT computing students.

 

We are in search of energetic student volunteers for various shifts over the course of four days of our conference on Sept 6 (set up day) and Sept 7-9 (3 show days). The event takes place at the Parq Vancouver, and would give your students exposure to professionals and industry knowledge sharing.

 

The types of people we are looking for include:

 

  • Those with knowledge and interest in the world of videogames
  • Friendly, reliable, approachable
  • Willing to volunteer at least x2 4 hour shifts during the course of the 3-4 days

 

The types of roles they will be filling are:

 

  • Event set up – placing signage, assisting exhibitors/sponsors with finding their booth, etc.
  • Ambassadors/directional staff – helping attendees find meeting rooms, greeting attendees, etc.
  • Check in staff – assisting at Registration during peak times
  • Wednesday evening event – way finding and ambassador tasks for new arriving guests

 

During their downtime, volunteers are welcome to attend the presentations and panel discussions.

 

Note that we do have COVID health & safety protocols in place that all staff and volunteer must follow. More info here.

 

Students can email our Volunteer Coordinator, Robert Morrison (volunteer@brandlivegroup.com) with the following information:

 

Full Name:

Email Address:

Mobile #:

Availability between Sept 6-9, 2022

 

Please include “XDS 2022 Volunteers” in the subject line. We will respond to candidates in order to schedule shift assignments.