Photo: Alexei and Sergei Dobrianski explain the comms system to Garrett Gustafson, a recent mechanical engineering grad and propulsion consultant. Attention BCIT Marketing students: you could help Canada re-join the space race. There is only one Canadian team in the running for the Google Lunar XPRIZE, and it’s working out of the BCIT Applied Research facility. … Read more
Update: August 11, 2017: After seven years at KBS, Katie is now heading up Heat‘s New York operation. You can learn more about this move in this Ad Age article. Congratulations, Katie! — Katie Klumper is impressive. The BCIT Marketing alumna is the president of a major advertising firm, KBS, in New York city. At the age of … Read more
It’s the first week of classes, an exciting time on all five BCIT campuses. For some of our new students, the fun started last week. On September 1, hundreds of international students came to the Burnaby Campus to learn about their new school. The newcomers — some of whom arrived in Canada the night before — were … Read more
BCIT is excited to announce its new part-time studies course Unmanned Aircraft Systems Applications for Geomatics. This is the first course of its kind on aerial drone surveying and mapping at BCIT that will be credited and can be put towards other studies. The first course starts September 24. Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or UAS, are … Read more
Photo: From Left – Lawrence Gu, Dean International BCIT, Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, Doug Callbeck, Vice-President Industry Partnerships BCIT, Yao Li, Vice Presidents, ZIG. A new International Joint Educational Partnership Program between the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and Three Gorges Polytechnic University (TGPU) took flight in China last week at the … Read more
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is pleased to announce Jack Davidson, President and Chief Operating Officer of the BC Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association, as the new Chair of the BCIT Board of Governors. “We’re delighted to have Jack Davidson as the incoming board chair,” said Kathy Kinloch, President, BCIT. “His dedication … Read more
It was a sight that turned heads. We see a lot of different fashion choices on the BCIT Burnaby Campus—but this might have been the first wedding dress. On August 21st, newlyweds Ares Lee and Michelle Sun, both grads from the Computer Systems Technology Diploma program, posed on campus for wedding photos. “We have had so … Read more
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Forrest Tittle as Dean of the BCIT School of Energy, effective October 10, 2016. Forrest will be joining BCIT after spending more than 20 years with the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), Alberta’s third-largest post-secondary institute. “Forrest’s passion, diverse … Read more
Over the last nine years, the Pacific Northwest coastline was the site of a disturbing, unexplained phenomenon. Seventeen human feet washed up on the shores of BC and Washington State—without a body attached. The story received global media attention, with theories about the origin of the disembodied feet ranging from active serial killer to gang … Read more
A BCIT research team has been awarded $153,406 over two years for Diversity Circles, an applied research project that is creating a model for supporting diversity at BCIT and beyond. The award was provided through the Community and College Social Innovation Fund, a new $15M federal grant program from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research … Read more