For the latest COVID-19 information please refer to the BCIT COVID-19 website. A new term is beginning! BCIT Student Services is excited to welcome the BCIT community to Fall 2020. In addition to the wealth of important information you’ll receive from your instructors, here are 5 things we think you will find helpful as you dive … Read more
When Sarah Waters was just 19 years old, she had the biggest event of her life. After an unexpected health emergency sent the BCIT alumna to surgery at St. Paul’s Hospital, she had a light-bulb moment while recovering in nursing care. “I thought, ‘I could do that’,” she recalls, and, just like that, her nursing … Read more
BCIT is pleased to announce that Brett Favaro has been appointed Associate Dean, Natural Resources and Environment, School of Construction and the Environment. Brett brings more than a decade of experience as a conservation researcher and educator working with academia and industry to support the sustainable management of natural resources. With strong roots in Burnaby, … Read more
Rolling green valleys, rivers teeming with rainbow trout, and roaming moose characterize this northeastern Canadian jewel—the Peace River Region. It has been home and life to generations of Indigenous peoples in British Columbia. It is also where BCIT alumna Mae Whyte puts her passion for both environmental conservation and community building into meaningful action. “I … Read more
A reflective gaze toward the open sea might be how some of us ponder one of life’s riddles or to dream away a warm holiday afternoon. But for a creative Vancouver Island student enrolled in the BCIT Geomatics Engineering Technology Diploma program, a curious glance across the waves is often to imagine what topographic mysteries … Read more
For BCIT Computing students who are adaptable and accustomed to solving complex problems, the transition to a primarily online educational delivery model did not disrupt their applied learning experience. During the COVID-19 pandemic, students Emily DeLisle, Ciara Southgate, Robert Vu, and Bryan Zhang took on a computing industry project to help Pathfinder Youth Centre Society … Read more
BCIT Level 4 Machinist alumna Jazmine Morrison was 13-years-old when she and her mother moved from Gitxsan nation in Northern BC to Vancouver so her mom could pursue a career as a career counsellor. Jazmine later had her son Ethan in 2010 and moved to Alberta for a year in 2013. After a tumultuous relationship … Read more
Congratulations to Industrial Network Cybersecurity instructors Roger Gale and Umme Salsabil for receiving recognition from the Cisco Networking Academy for their excellence in teaching. Roger received the prestigious awards of 2019 Curriculum Specialist, Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Cybersecurity for Canada and the United States as well as the Instructor Excellence Expert Level Award 2019. … Read more
As classes transitioned primarily online in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19, BCIT Power Engineering students Cholo Belza, Brandon Chiang, Lucas Knott, Byron Tromp, and Joseph Vizjak took the initiative to pilot a cloud-based power plant simulator. This ensured they, along with their peers, were still able to acquire the practical skills relevant … Read more
Congratulations to the BCIT 2020 Graduating Class! BCIT launched the Graduating Student Celebration video, hosted by Global BC News Hour anchor and BCIT alumna Sophie Lui, on June 23 at 10 am to honour our graduates for their accomplishments and to create a memorable experience that can be shared with friends, family, peers, and mentors. … Read more