It’s tough being student who is away on a work placement, especially in a program where the work placement is non-paid. It is completely fair that we do not get paid as radiation therapy students especially because we are in our first year and have very little experience. I have chosen to embrace the fact … Read more
Hello! I just wanted to give you a little update about what happened on orientation day earlier this month. Although it was a just a week and a half ago I feel like it i’ve been at BCIT for the past 2 months (time really flies here). So before we started class we got an … Read more
Hi! I’m Megan and this is a little introduction about me. Follow me through my journey at my life at BCIT!
In a small office in the heart of Burnaby, BCIT Prosthetics and Orthotics Program Head Jason Goodnough is strapping a tiny, blue helmet onto the head of 9-month-old baby Alfred. Don’t worry, this baby isn’t about to attempt any dangerous sports. The helmet (or cranial band) is a custom-made medical device designed to correct the shape … Read more
Microsoft president Brad Smith announced partnership at International Innovation Conference today September 12, 2017 – Seattle, WA: Three internationally recognized institutes of technology (“polytechnics”) have joined forces to provide industry aligned, high-skill talent for the Cascadia Corridor’s workforce needs. British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWTech), and Oregon Institute of … Read more
In an effort to help youth explore trades, some BC high school shop teachers went to school themselves this summer. From July 18-21 the BC Industry Training Authority (ITA) sponsored the “Youth Explore Trades Skills Preparation” course for high school shop teachers through our Technology Teacher Education (TTED) program. This course provided the participants with the essential skills … Read more
Life as a BCIT nursing student can be stressful. We study for long hours and so consequently, all of the stress and work can degrade the immune system. (Like, literally, look up the relationship between stress, cortisol, and the immune system: long term stress can decrease your ability to fight infection.) Anyways, because of all … Read more
![Jesse Darnell [left] and his cousin Patrick Spencer pose with the tools and equipment they drove to the Ashcroft Indian Band Reserve.](https://commons.bcit.ca/news/files/2017/09/jesse-Darnell-3-e1504899686984.jpg)
When BCIT Trades Access Instructor Jesse Darnell learned about the devastating wildfire that had torn through the Ashcroft Indian Band reserve, he knew immediately what he could do to help. Jesse had first heard a CBC Early Edition interview with George Harvie, “Jack-of-all-trades” for the reserve. George had expressed that although there were dozens of … Read more
If variety is the spice of life, BCIT Computing Part-time Studies instructors are doing things right. By working in industry and sharing their knowledge with others, they keep themselves challenged while also enjoying a sense of giving back. Value in having working professionals as instructors Donabel Santos (pictured above), herself a BCIT Computer Systems Technology … Read more
I am so happy to be in a program at BCIT that has mandatory student work placements. I have just completed my first month on “Clinical Experience 1” at the BC Cancer Agency Vancouver Island and let me say in all honestly it beats being in class! I am a Radiation Therapy student which, upon … Read more