Awards received by the BCIT community in the 2023-2024 academic year

We are proud BCIT students, faculty, and staff for all their success in the 2023-2024 academic year. This is a snapshot of some of the high-profile recognition earned in BC and around the world. Congratulations!

Student Awards  

First Place/Gold  

Elliot Pierce 

  • Aerospace, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024  

Eric Wu 

  • Automation and Control (Electrical), Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

Eric Wu 

  • Automation and Control (Electrical), Skills Canada National Competition 2024  

Paul de Blois, Maya Khera, Daniel Ryu, and Sam Woo 

  • Business Valuation Challenge, Chartered Business Valuators Institute  

 Matthew Simpson 

  • Cabinetmaking (Joinery), Skills Canada BC Competition 2024  

Xiaowei Lu 

  • CNC Machining, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

David Choi, Jason Ellis, and Logan Salayka-Ladouceur 

  • ECCE App Challenge 2024, Esri Canada  

Ayden Meinhardt 

  • Electronics, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

Ayden Meinhardt 

  • Electronics, Skills Canada National Competition 2024 

Brandon Taylor 

  • IDC 2024 Student Competition, Innovation in Design Thinking: Student Competition  

Chris Vahi, Alan Palini, Tim TeWinkel, and Gordon Spring 

  • Innovative Design Category, Western Engineering Competition 2024 

Emily Peterson 

  • LIV Design Challenge 2024, LIV Design Studio 

Jaxon Reid and Pritom Nag Prince 

  • Mining Innovation Category, Canadian Mining Games 2024  

Gregory (Jesse) Adams 

  • Precision Machining, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

BCIT Student Chapter of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) 

  • President’s Award 2024, Best CSCE Student Chapter, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 

TNTN Team (Scott Favaro and Logan Dennis) 

  • Robot Skills World Champions 2024, VEX Robotics World Championship 

Omar Kebedov, Garnett Goodacre, Kurt Querengesser, and Kieran MacCarron 

  • Senior Design Category, Western Engineering Competition 2024 

Noah Canero and Patrik Chomist 

  • Survey Category, Canadian Mining Games 2024 

Samuel Gasser 

  • Sheet Metal, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

TNTN Team (Scott Favaro and Logan Dennis) 

  • Think Award 2024, VEX Robotics World Championship 

Team ORA (Abhishek Chouban, Towa Quimbayo, Ranveer Rai, Noufil Saqib, Bhavnoor Saroya, Gurnoor Tatla, and Mangat Toor) 

  • YVR Smart Airport Hackathon 2024, YVR Innovation Hub, Vancouver International Airport (YVR)  

Second Place/Silver   

Dawson Sela 

  • Aerospace, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

Abdullah Al-Zudjali 

  • Automation and Control (Electrical), Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

Shiori Ito 

  • Cabinetmaking (Joinery), Skills Canada BC Competition 2024  

BCIT Marketing Association 

  • Case Competition, International Collegiate Conference 2024, American Marketing Association   

Tin Nguyen 

  • CNC Machining, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

Caleb Banman and Sebastian Torres 

  • Equipment Handling Category, Canadian Mining Games 2024 

Logan Clegg and Victor Tolgyesi 

  • Equipment Selection Category, Canadian Mining Games 2024 

Hannah Larocque 

  • Heavy Vehicle, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

Stuart Brendan Klein and Ashkan Taheri 

  • Mechatronics, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

Kiran Rochon-Woitzik 

  • Precision Machining, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

Brody Clark 

  • Welding, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

 Third Place/Bronze   

Liam Schenk 

  • Aerospace, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

Mark McSween 

  • Automation and Control (Electrical), Skills Canada BC Competition 2024  

Andrew Adams  

  • Cabinetmaking (Joinery), Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

Melad Lazas   

  • CNC Machining, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024  

Caleb Banman and Logan Clegg 

  • Drill and Blast Category, Canadian Mining Games 2024 

Duy Hung Ha 

  • Electronics, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024  

John Bogusz 

  • Precision Machining, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

Brandon Vangool 

  • Sheet Metal, Skills Canada BC Competition 2024 

Team Call of Code (Sungmok Cho, Samuel Chua, Harrison de Jong, Helen Liu, Sukhraj Sidhu, Laurie Solkoski, and Ozan Yurtisigi) 

  • YVR Smart Airport Hackathon 2024, YVR Innovation Hub, Vancouver International Airport (YVR) 

Institute and Faculty/Staff Awards   

 BCIT 

  • BC’s Top Employers 2024, Canada’s Top 100 Employers  

Donabel Santos, Faculty, Computing  

  • Best Content Creator, Vizzie Award (Data Visualization), Tableau Conference 2024 

BCIT 

  • First place, Best Digital-Tech School, Best of Vancouver Awards, The Georgia Straight 

BCIT 

  • Canada’s Best Employers 2024, Forbes 

BCIT 

  • Canada’s Best Employers for Diversity 2024, Forbes 

BCIT 

  • Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2024, Canada’s Top 100 Employers 

BCIT 

  • Clean Energy Champion, BC Hydro 

Dr. Jeff Zabudsky 

  • BIV BC500, Business in Vancouver  

Kory Wilson 

  • BIV BC500, Business in Vancouver 

BCIT 

  • Continuing Studies Institution, Stars of Vancouver Reader’s Choice Awards, Vancouver Is Awesome 

Megan Kan 

  • Excellence in Teaching Award 2023, Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists 

Julia Alards-Tomalin, Faculty, Forest and Natural Areas Management  

  • Open Pedagogy Award, Global Open Education Awards for Excellence 2023, Open Education Global 

Jim Taggart, Faculty, Architecture Science 

  • RAIC Architectural Journalism and Media Award 2024, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 

BCIT Distinguished Awards 

Brian Fry 

  • Distinguished Alumni Award 2023, British Columbia Institute of Technology 

Dr. Candy Ho 

  • Distinguished Alumni Award 2023, British Columbia Institute of Technology 

Dr. Judy Shandler 

  • FSA Distinguished Alumni Award 2023, British Columbia Institute of Technology 

Barbara James 

  • Outstanding Student Leadership Award 2023, British Columbia Institute of Technology 

Samantha Bienias 

  • Outstanding Student Leadership Award 2023, British Columbia Institute of Technology 

 

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