The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) will host the 2019 Ecocity World Summit in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Ecocity Summit series, held every two years since 1990, has developed into one of the most globally significant forums for addressing the complex challenges facing humanity in a rapidly urbanising world. Based out of the … Read more
BCIT Computing frequently welcomes tech sector speakers into classrooms. These visits help students prepare for their careers and offer industry a chance to tell students what they’re looking for. This past year, MDA sent guest speakers Christian Nadeau, Engineering Manager, and Christopher Bow, a 2016 Computer Systems Technology (CST) grad who is now a Junior Software Engineer. They visited … Read more
Last week, 27 Criminal Justice undergrads from California State University combed through an extensive forensic crash scene at the BCIT Burnaby Campus. It might have looked real, but don’t be fooled. The crashed helicopter scene was all part of a two-week field school hosted by the BCIT Forensic Science and Technology department. Skeletal remains, blood-stained clothing, … Read more
September 3rd, 2013 is the day I started the Nautical Sciences program at BCIT. The program is centralized around two elements: the school phase and the sea phase. The school phase The school part is pretty straight forward: you’re given six months in school to complete a certain volume of classes, get acquainted with principle operations of the ship, … Read more
BCIT Civil Engineering students Ryan Kroeker and Casey von Hahn spend most of their time in Burnaby, British Columbia, studying with the BCIT School of Construction and the Environment. This summer, however, they’re in Kathmandu, Nepal. Ryan and Casey are working as Earthquake Engineering Interns, helping the area become more earthquake resilient. They are blogging about their experience. … Read more
Amazon Web Services Educator Roundtable to advise and assist AWS Educate in the development and advancement of cloud computing curriculum Amazon Web Services (AWS) invited Bill Klug, Computer Systems Technology (CST) Cloud Computing Option Head and BCIT Computing instructor, to serve on the inaugural AWS Educate Educator Roundtable. The Amazon Web Services educator roundtable was part … Read more
Ever heard of an Arduino kit? Raspberry pi? What about a Vive? Neither had many of the people at the BCIT library’s Tech Expo. Over the past year the BCIT library has made significant investment into acquiring and supporting new technologies for our patrons. Hoping to promote our efforts, we hosted a Tech Expo on … Read more
Walking into the newly launched TEC (Technology Education and Collaboration) Hub in the BCIT Downtown Campus is a bit like walking into the offices of a high-tech Vancouver start-up – and that’s exactly the point. The traditional classroom model has been replaced by collaborative working spaces, break-out rooms, modular furniture, moveable walls, and flexible working … Read more
Tsue Andersen remembers her first time holding a prosthetic limb. She was 10 years old and was volunteering at a national level para-swim meet when she was asked to carry one of the athlete’s prosthetic legs to the other side of the pool. “It was really cool, but all I remember thinking is, ‘are legs … Read more
BCIT Civil Engineering students Ryan Kroeker and Casey von Hahn spend most of their time in Burnaby, British Columbia, studying with the BCIT School of Construction and the Environment. This summer, however, they’re in Kathmandu, Nepal. Ryan and Casey are working as Earthquake Engineering Interns, helping the area become more earthquake resilient. They are blogging about their experience. … Read more