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BCIT Forensics is proud to be a sponsor of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence West Coast Conference 2020

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The Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies proudly presents the third annual CASIS West Coast Security Conference: The Shape of Contemporary Conflict on November 23-27, 2020. Its objective is to establish CASIS Vancouver as a leader on issues pertaining to the dialogue of security on the West Coast. The conference features security practitioners and academics from around the world discussing topics related to New Policing Approaches in an Info Rich Era, Intelligence Collaboration, AI and Fusion Centres, Terrorism and Data & Defence.

For more information go to https://casisvancouver.ca/westcoastconference/

BCIT Instructor receives Visionary Award from Canadian Forensic Nurses Association

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“She is an advocate and a changemaker for forensic nursing in Canada. Since joining BCIT as a lead instructor in 2013, Aimee has supported and mentored hundreds of nurses through their career. She also continues to advocate and bring the role of the forensic nurse examiner into the frontiers of global healthcare whenever possible.” -Jennifer Talman, Associate Dean, Forensics, Science and Technology

Read more about Aimee’s achievement:

BCIT Instructor receives Visionary Award from Canadian Forensic Nurses Association

 

Remote Learning at BCIT Forensics

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Due to the Global Pandemic BCIT Forensics has migrated the majority of our program courses online for the Fall 2020 semester. Given the nature of our program and forensics in general, our department has always promoted the real-life, “hands-on” approach to learning. Because this “hands-on” approach is at the core of our learning philosophy, and although our upcoming Fall courses will be delivered online, we are planning to return to in-class learning as soon as this is a safe option for our students and the BCIT community.

However, we are exploring the option of migrating some of our advanced certificate programs into an online or hybrid learning model in addition to the current in-class “hands-on” delivery model we currently use for our programs.

We welcome any potential students that are interested in forensics but perhaps were not able to take courses previously due to their proximity to BCIT, to enrol in our Fall courses for professional or personal development purposes. For more information on how this process works please contact Fiona Kerr.

For BCIT students and recent alumni: develop a business idea and win a $1,000!

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The challenge: develop and submit your idea for a viable business that you could start from home this summer.

Given the constraints of COVID-19, this challenge is about coming up with a workable and creative business idea that you can start from home. Your concept should consider the limitations and reality of the current situation. Your submission must reflect a new idea, not a business you have already started. The winning submission will be awarded $1,000, and the video will be shared on the SA’s social media channels.

Deadline: August 17. Good luck!

BCIT is Canada’s first (and only) IAFN-approved provider of SANE

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Forensic Health Science is thrilled to have recently received some new accreditations thanks to the hard work of Program Coordinator Colin Harris and his team. We’ve been recognized by the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) for two courses that have met the training content of the IAFN Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) Education Guidelines. Find out more on the BCIT blog.

Or check out the article Burnaby Now published after interviewing Aimee Falkenberg, BCIT Lead Instructor, Forensic Nurse Examiner, Clinical Coordinator for the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital Forensic Nursing program, and Clinical Consultant for North Island Forensic Nursing teams.

Aimee Falkenberg, photo by Island Health

BCIT Forensics “Virtual” Research Day

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Every year BCIT Forensics hosts a “Graduation Research Presentation Day” to showcase the hard work of our current graduating class across the Forensic Science, Crime and Intelligence Analysis, and Digital Forensics & Cybersecurity options.   This is a day where our students have an opportunity to showcase their capstone graduation research project in a live 15-minute presentation.

Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, this year we were unable to host our research day in a in-person format.  This year the students submitted “virtual” video presentations of their research topics.  Due to this “virtual” format we decided to add a second element whereby the top 2 presentations for each option area would be showcased on the BCIT Forensics YouTube channel.

There were many great presentations to chose from and all our students did a great job presenting their chosen topic, however in the end the panel has chosen the following student presentations to represent BCIT Forensics “virtual” Research Day on YouTube:

Crime & Intelligence Analysis

Digital Forensics & Cybersecurity

Forensic Science

Congratulations to the above students and congratulations to all our students who completed a graduation research project this year.  Well done!

David McKay, Program Head

When DNA evidence proves to be unreliable: Forensic Science alumna presents at international conference

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When DNA was first used as a forensic tool, it was deemed the holy grail of the justice system: bare, scientific facts that could outwit the challenges associated with human perception, motivation and bias. But while forensic DNA technology is evolving, Forensic Science and Technology alumna Michelle Le has shown that DNA science also has the potential to produce falsely incriminating evidence. Her research was noticed by the renowned American Academy of Forensic Sciences, where she presented her findings in Anaheim last February.

Read the whole story on BCIT News.