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
This story first appeared in The Vancouver Sun, June 24 , 2017 with credit to Michael Bernard – Postmedia Content Works. David Emerson’s resume reads like a patchwork quilt. He has embraced everything from serving in the federal cabinet to leading forest giant Canfor, the Western Bank of Canada and the Vancouver International Airport Authority, … Read more
May 9th’s provincial election was a historic night for voters and a unique experience for first-year BCIT Journalism students. Ten Broadcast & Online students and one TV & Video Production student hit the various party locations and social media to test their skills right alongside seasoned media pro’s. And the professionals took note. Throughout the night, … Read more
Several BCIT Broadcast and Online Journalism grads were recently recognized with prestigious awards from the BC Radio, TV and Digital News Directors’ Association (RTDNA). CBC Vancouver videojournalist Tina Lovgreen (class of 2015) shared in one award for live coverage of last fall’s Royal Visit and the Dave Rogers Award for her feature titled Forever Young. Reporting on the royal visit was … Read more
On January 13, thirty-four BCIT School of Business students made history. After months of negotiating, deliberating, and preparing, BCIT was successful in officially making its inaugural appearance at the prestigious business competition—JDC West. Eleven other renowned business schools from Western Canada were in attendance at this year’s event, which took place at the University of … Read more
British Columbia has a rich and diverse economy with a great many career opportunities. For many British Columbians, the sheer number of possible career paths and study options can be overwhelming. Others are simply not aware of how many opportunities exist in this province. Careerbuild is a new online tool that allows people to learn … Read more
Congratulations to BCIT Broadcast Journalism alumna Laina Tanahara. Laina picked up a Canadian University Press award for student journalism this past weekend at the 16th annual JHM awards in New Brunswick. Laina was selected for ‘Best Feature’ with her piece “Marhabaan Bikum Fi Kanada: My experience volunteering with a Syrian refugee family” originally published in BCIT’s student publication LINK magazine. … Read more
Hi everyone! For today’s blog I will be talking about how to get a teacher to be your reference. To help out with this I have chosen one of my teachers to interview. His name is Same Lee. He is a Communications Instructor at BCIT. I will be going through 7 questions that I asked … Read more
Article submitted by David McKay, Program Head, BCIT Forensic Science & Technology Another year, another holiday, another “gadget” added to your techno inventory. Whether you received a new iPhone, Android, tablet, laptop, iPad, or any other device with capabilities of getting you on the net to post your New Year’s selfie, or leave a glowing … Read more
It’s Hour of Code week, where people around the world try to spark an interest in coding to help address skill shortages and gender imbalances in the high tech sector. This year BCIT Computing went big with a train-the-trainer model, and welcomed about 85 K-12 teachers from across the Metro Region for Hour of Code: Deliver … Read more