The BCIT Student Chapter of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) was awarded 3rd out of 26 other post-secondary institutions for the President’s Award for the Top Student Chapter in Canada. Incoming BCIT CSCE Student Chapter Co-Presidents, and 4th year BCIT Civil Engineering students, Kumayl Rashid and David Lu, travelled to the CSCE Conference in Fredericton, NB … Read more
We connected with Technical Web Designer alumna Ainslie Koopmans to learn about her unique journey into the field of web design. She’s now enjoying a thriving career in tech, after taking the long road into the sector – she retrained in the fast-track six-month program almost twenty years into her career. Why or how did … Read more
For the past nine months, I have been a part of the Nautical Sciences Co-op Program at BCIT. Throughout the four years of schooling, you are taught how to become an officer on a ship of over 500 gross tons. So the really big ships that sail on our amazing sea. There are a few … Read more
The BCIT School of Construction and the Environment is pleased to announce that Dave Dunn has been appointed to the position of Associated Dean in Building Design and Construction Trades. Dave brings a wealth of knowledge to this position and as part of the School’s management team. Programs in his portfolio include Carpentry, Joinery, Piping Trades (Plumbing, … Read more
I’m going to veer away from the excitement of blood and bacteria on this one and discuss something you wouldn’t want to mix with either (unless, of course, you’re a vampire)—food! Though it is understood when you enter the program, spending 40 hours a week at an unpaid clinical placement can still hit hard when … Read more
“My mom’s aspiration for me was to be a waiter,” recalls Thomas Tong, a BCIT Computer Systems Technology alumnus. “Because if you were a waiter, that meant you spoke English well and were presentable enough to be at the front of the house instead of the back, where my mom worked all her life. She … Read more
It’s been a relatively quiet couple of weeks; I bid a fond farewell to Vitros 5.1 and am now training on an analyzer located directly across from it, the Centaur XPT. Before I go any further, I want to clarify that Medical Laboratory Science is not, by any means, entirely automation. I’ve been referencing automation … Read more
BCIT students love hands-on learning, which is one reason why sixteen Computer Systems Technology students participated at the inaugural 48-hour blockchain hackathon in Vancouver this summer. The software development students were able to explore blockchain technology and create innovative solutions to the problems presented, and they were rewarded with two top placements and a People’s Choice Award at … Read more
Along with a thriving tech sector comes the need to train more professionals for the industry. While BCIT Computing has been expanding both part time and full time programs, there is also a need to ensure younger students from the K-12 system graduate with plans to train for tech. That’s why BCIT hosted 19 teachers … Read more
From Nuclear Medicine technologist to educator to patient, Louise Rimanic has seen every side of a cancer patient’s journey. Louise has a long list of friends, family, and coworkers who have had cancer. Her first experience with the disease was when she was only 18 years old and a student in BCIT’s Nuclear Medicine program. … Read more