Humber College and the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) announce a partnership that will see a first-of-its-kind healthcare-education tool shared and expanded. The agreement between the two post-secondary institutions means BCIT students will gain access to the virtual town of Stillwell, while Humber students will get to see that town grow. The town is … Read more
Businesses are in business to make a profit. They have a product or service to offer the public, government, or other businesses. Finding out who are your best customers, where they are located, their current purchases, and what new items they could buy are all important questions for a business to grow. In a business, … Read more
This story first appeared in The Vancouver Sun, February 11, 2017 with credit to Michael Bernard– Postmedia Content Works. A group of automotive students are standing in a circle, ready to learn how to dismantle a car engine. But bizarrely, there is no actual car engine in all its greasy glory. That’s because the car … Read more
You’re studying to be a radiation therapist, eh? So, you want to take x-rays? “No. We don’t take x-rays,” says BCIT student Brynn Tomie. “We don’t work in the hospitals. We only work in cancer treatment centres. It’s radiation as in cancer and cancer treatment. It’s extremely specific.” In her first year in the BCIT Radiation Therapy … Read more
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s Disruption Series kicked off this afternoon with a keynote speech by British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) President Kathy Kinloch. Kinloch proposed the series as a means of opening up a dialogue with Vancouver-based businesses about how to respond intelligently to technological and economic disruption. In her keynote address, … Read more
Imagine that you just landed at the Honolulu airport in Hawaii. The air is fragrant with tropical flowers and the sun is warm to your skin. You want to get to your hotel to start your well-deserved vacation. Getting into your rental car, you turn on the in-car navigation system, enter your hotel address, and … Read more
When I began writing this post I intended to include some productivity tools as well, but it started getting a little long, so I broke it into two parts. In Part One I’ll look at the top three studying techniques I use in the Med Lab program, and in Part Two I’ll look at productivity … Read more
Yesterday, three BCIT Civil Engineering students shone at the STEM Spotlight Awards—three became finalists, one of whom took the top prize along with its accompanying $20,000. Civil Engineering student Stephen Cohos won both the Sustainability Category and the Grand Prize. His project—a modular construction system called Amoeba—is featured in this Vancouver Sun article. “Receiving this recognition has opened up … Read more
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I love whales, do you? I own a small wind-powered boat (to be perfectly transparent, it is diesel-assisted) and enjoy spending time with my family exploring the waters of the Salish Sea. Last summer, we saw a surprising number of Humpback whales. What a majestic cetacean. I read about the spectacular return of the Humpback … Read more