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Upcoming Events

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Industry Panel: Employer Insights on Hiring

Nov 9th 4 – 5:30, Virtual

  • Insider tips from HR and recruitment professionals from SAP, Telus, Best Buy, and Grant Thornton

More info and registration

 

Global Relay Open House – BCIT invitation

Nov 23rd, 4:30 – 7:00 PM, in-person at their head office

  • Please see attached flyer for more details

Eventbrite Link (Unique for BCIT)

 

Industry Panel: Exploring Careers in Data

Nov 30th 4 – 5:30, Virtual

  • Students will navigate career pathways by hearing from professionals in different data-related fields

Registration will be live next week here: https://www.bcitsa.ca/careerservices/events/

 

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Jan. 2023 Part Time Courses Open for Enrollment Now

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Hi BTECH students,

In case you didn’t know, you can now enroll yourselves in the January part-time courses.  You will still need to have the pre-requisite courses, if applicable, beforehand, and you will need to contact the Coordinator(cstbtech@bcit.ca) to get an approval code.  Look for the course(s) you’re interested in on the website for day and time offered first.

Events with the Vancouver Tech Journal

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You may be interested in attending two upcoming events put on by Vancouver Tech Journal.  See links below for topics and event details.

BCIT currently has a partnership with the Vancouver Tech Journal, and they have offered us a discount code for our students. It will let you register for upcoming in-person events at 50% off the rate. The discount code is bcit

November 8: #vtjtalks: Vancouver’s D2C Ecosystem

December 6: #vtjtalks: Grading Vancouver’s Innovation Economy in 2022

 

Lululemon Technology event – Oct.27th, 6:30-8:30pm

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The lululemon Technology Team is inviting you to their “Welcome to Technology” event on Oct 27th 2022, Thursday, 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM.

The goal of this event to give an opportunity & platform for those students who are in Technology/Engineering space, or interested to pivot their career to Technology/Engineering space to directly hear from lululemon team on all the cool things we do in Tech space.

This is not a hiring event, but an opportunity for students to understand different career paths they can explore in lululemon and also learn about lululemon technology space and growth.

The event is 2 hour long with a formal panel discussion with our amazing engineering team, followed by guidance on how to apply for a job at lululemon from Talent Acquisition team.

We will also be providing space for networking between students and lululemon employees.

Where: lululemon Store Support Centre (SSC) 1818 Cornwall Avenue Vancouver, BC V6J 1C7

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/welcome-to-technology-vancouver-tickets-427613572707

Free Game Development Competition

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The Student Game Award for 2022 is currently open for submissions. This students-only game development competition is free to participate and organized in collaboration by the Game Development World Championship (GDWC) and Autodesk.

Who can participate?

Students of all fields are welcome to participate, all they need is a game made as a student project between January 1st 2022 and February 28th 2023. Participation is easy as the competition is fully online and no travel is required.

What can they win?

The Student Game Award offers students visibility & recognition in a global community and among games industry professionals. Five best teams will be rewarded, with the winning team getting Autodesk licenses and exclusive career coaching session from industry veteran.

Where to participate?

You can find the Student Game Award here: https://students.thegdwc.com/

Submissions close on February 28th 2023.

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.