Cynthia van Ginkel 
BCIT is well known for its connections to industry, which take many forms. This last year, BCIT Chemistry Instructor Jimmy Lowe immersed himself in industry so he could bring a relevant and fresh perspective to his colleagues and students in the classroom. Jimmy embedded with local agricultural technology (“agtech”) company Terramera. Getting back into a … Read more
BCIT Computing students gain practical work experience and provide innovative solutions to diverse clients as part of their Industry Sponsored Student Project. This past term was the first time a Burnaby-based software company, Clio, took on a project team to help solve their tech challenge. Clio was founded ten years ago by with a mission … Read more
We caught up with Computer Systems Technology (CST) alumnus Rob Schulz, who recently got inspired to help Indigenous-owned businesses during the pandemic. Rob’s passion for technology saw him designing websites when he was just out of high school. “As I evolved in the role from a graphic design perspective to coding, I became interested in … Read more
How can apps help us manage during these times of challenge and social distance? This was the challenge given to 270 first year BCIT Computer Systems Technology (CST) students for their five-week project this year. From food waste to Ecocity, this annual team project challenge always has a theme for students to base their project … Read more
We’ve all been looking at a lot of health data over the past few weeks, learning about flattened curves and infection rates. But the statistics and graphs on which major decisions of life and freedom are based, are only as good as the quality of data behind them. Gordon Hamilton has been focused on this … Read more
In order to slow the spread of the coronavirus, many programs and courses across BCIT recently made the transition to a temporary online format. We asked Chemistry Instructor Jennifer Wolf and Computing Instructor Ishita Dwivedi, to share some of their remote teaching experiences. “Within the span of a few days, the whole landscape changed,” recalls … Read more
There’s nothing that better prepares you for working on a client project than working on a client project. That’s why BCIT Computing students work on over a hundred actual client projects every year through the Industry Sponsored Student Project program (ISSP). A Computer Systems Technology (CST) project team recently took on a project for airG. … Read more
Q: What did you study at BCIT and what led you here? Alex Micsoniu: I have a diploma with distinction in Computer Information Technology (CIT) from BCIT. Before BCIT, I was a Computer Science student at UBC. However, I decided to leave UBC because the topics we were learning focused heavily on theoretical subjects; not … Read more
I sat down with Fariba Pacheleh, BCIT Computing Program Advisory Committee (PAC) Chair, to learn more about her experience as an immigrant woman in STEM and to find out what led her to be such a dedicated leader and mentor in the technology community. Choosing a tech career path After success with the extremely competitive … Read more
We sat down with DNA expert and Forensics instructor Steen Hartsen to learn about a recent case he worked on here at BCIT. Q: Tell us about the recent case of a newly-discovered airplane crash site with very old unidentified human remains. We were recently sent samples from an airplane crash in northern BC. The … Read more