Student Spotlight Extras: Alexandra Fontaine:
For our February issue’s Student Spotlight, we danced our way around campus with Mineral Exploration and Mining Technologies student Alexandra Fontaine,
Annie is the Online Community Coordinator for Link Magazine and a student in BCIT's New Media Design & Web Development program. She is also a BCIT 2014 grad in the Marketing Management Diploma program. Coming from a sales and marketing background, Annie has done work for start-ups and a major hotel company. Outside of school and work, she enjoys playing board games, yoga, cooking up a new recipe, trying out new craft beer, and trying to finish up a painting that's been in progress for nearly two years.
Student Spotlight: Case Mutangadura
Part 2 of our February Student Spotlight features yet another dancer, this time it’s hip hop choreographer and GTech student Case Mutangadura
All a Board: Pandemic
I didn’t want to write about Pandemic until I’ve played the game with more than two players. Over the break, a childhood friend of mine who had moved to Ontario, came back to Vancouver for a visit. While I was hanging out with her in my apartment, the subject of board games came up. She’s an avid…
All a Board — Exploding Kittens + 1st Expansion Pack!
Hey guys, let’s talk cards. And by that, I mean card games. While looking at my pile of game collection and deciding which one to write next, I decided on the small red box of cards that is Exploding Kittens. This game is especially suiting around this time of year. I bought a copy of…
All a Board — Carcassonne
In my last board game review, I shared a list of classic gateway boardgames. This time, I’m reviewing the board game that was my gateway into the non-digital gaming world. Carcassonne got me hooked on collecting board games. The game made my head spin, but that’s also one of the main reasons why I love…
STEM Spotlight Awards: Seeking students with innovative ideas
If you were at the BCIT Burnaby campus earlier this week, you may have heard about the STEM Spotlight Awards. For those who haven’t, STEM Spotlight Awards is a competition where leaders from five STEM industries (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) talk about a problem or challenge that their industry currently faces. Each entrant, based on the industry…
All a Board — Ticket to Ride: Europe
In the age of first-person shooters, Annie Sheng keeps it analog with the original multiplayer mode: board games. Join Annie in her column “All a Board” and be introduced to interesting titles that go far beyond your average family fun time. Ticket to Ride: Europe If you’ve ever walked past Strategies Games on Main Street, you may have noticed all the…