Princeton Dychinco just returned from competing nationally at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) DeepRacer WildCard Race in Ottawa. We checked in to learn more about his experience at the event, and in his Computer Systems Technology (CST) Diploma program. After completing a degree in Psychology from Simon Fraser University, Princeton found himself working in tech … Read more
BCIT is honoured to have been nominated in the category of Outstanding Workplace at the 2022 YWCA Metro Vancouver Women of Distinction Awards. The Institute was nominated alongside this year’s winner, Hootsuite, and fellow nominees RBC Royal Bank, Scotiabank, and Copperleaf Technologies. Congratulations to all the 2022 Women of Distinction nominees and award recipients on … Read more
FabStation, a new pilot project empowers BCIT students to take steel and metal work beyond the classroom and into the future with the help of augmented reality software, says BCIT Metal Fabrication instructor Henry Ostermann. “I see huge potential,” says Henry. “Augmented reality software help students visualize their surroundings and workspace exactly as they are— … Read more
Congratulations to BCIT Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Electrical Engineering students Gary Huang, Yao Li, Joby Matwick, and Jason Zhang for receiving the prestigious 2022 Principal Award from the Medical Device Development Centre of British Columbia (MDDC) for their project on the Podiatric Data Acquisition Sock. MDDC encourages and recognizes student innovators in technologies relating … Read more
Building energy modelling has become an important part of the building design process, and qualified practitioners are needed to meet the demand. The new, part-time BCIT Building Energy Modelling and Performance Analysis (BEMPA) Advanced Certificate program will help prepare industry for net-zero ready buildings by 2030. Graduates of this program are expected to be hired … Read more
Dr. Caroline Dépatie, BPE, MA, PhD is the newly-appointed Associate Dean of Natural Resources and Environment in the BCIT School of Construction and the Environment (SOCE). Caroline is originally from Montreal, the unceded Indigenous land of the Kanien’kehá:ka/Mohawk, known as a gathering place of meeting and exchange amongst Nations. She has lived on ancestral Coast … Read more
On May 24, 2022, BCIT Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships honoured President Kathy Kinloch for her 8-year contribution to BCIT and in guiding BCIT’s commitment to taking authentic, sustainable actions that build awareness and understanding around Truth, Reconciliation, Indigenization, the legacy of Colonization, and the contemporary reality of Canada and Indigenous people. “We are very grateful … Read more
At the 2022 Interior Design Education Council (IDEC) Student Design Competition, BCIT’s Interior Design student team comprised of David Kim (3rd year), Carley Steeves (2nd year), and Carlos Valdez (3rd year) placed first in the Pacific West Region and placed third in North America for their project Kinship—a live-work space that evokes beauty though feelings … Read more
The BCIT School of Construction and the Environment, BCIT Student Association (BCITSA) Entrepreneurial Services and BCITSA Career Services were pleased to bring back the first in-person annual Trades Entrepreneur Panel event since the pandemic. Made up of successful BCIT trades alumni and entrepreneurs, the esteemed panel spoke to a captive audience of trades students about … Read more
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is pleased to announce that Dr. Mathew Smith, PhD, PPhys, PEng has been appointed Director of the Centre for Welding Technologies and Metallurgy Research in the School of Construction and the Environment (SOCE). Mathew will join BCIT on May 24, 2022. First announced in November 2021, the BCIT … Read more