Last day to vote in the BCITSA elections
We caught up with a few of the candidates running in this years’ Student Association Election
Neetu was born and raised in the Okanagan Valley (minus the few toddler years she spent living in Punjab, India where her line of heritage is from). She moved to the lower mainland to attend BCIT and is now in her graduating year of the Broadcast and Online Journalism Program. Her writing and editing for Link magazine often happens late at night because when she's not at school she works as a reporter and anchor for CKNW Newstalk 980 and is also involved in the start up of a charity called the Beautiful World Foundation. She loves to travel and feels fortunate to be in a field where she can share the stories of interesting and inspiring people from around the world.
MEASLES AT BCIT: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
BCIT MEASLES: What you need to know, plus student reactions to the news.
CUP half full?
National student press group launches survival campaign.
Bullying at BCIT
BCIT’s new Harassment Advisor offers suggestions for dealing with bullying and harassment on and off campus.
Wholesome health tips for students
Holistic Nutritionist Laura Hillier helps steer people in the right direction with individualized tips for their entire lifestyle.
Ian Koenigsfest: Radio pirate turned local leader
Before he was Brand Manager at CKNW in Vancouver, Ian Koenigsfest played a part in South Africa’s pirate radio, helping to spread Mandela’s message.
Privacy breach exposes student info
BCIT has apologized after mistakenly sending the personal information of 134 students to 22 other BCIT students through e-mail on August 26, 2013. After a privacy breach in June 2012 (unrelated to the incident on August 26) where personal medical records of more than 12 thousand students were accessed by an unauthorized third party, BCIT reviewed security…
Lot D closed to daytime students until November
BCIT students who park in Lot D will have to temporarily find parking elsewhere to make room for staff as a result of a large construction project in Staff Parking Lot 7 at the Burnaby campus. BCIT Media Relations Coordinator Dave Pinton said he is not sure why the project is delayed. However, as a…
On-campus daycare narrowly avoids serving deadly spider to children
Children at the BCIT Student Association (BCITSA) Childcare Centre could have been served a very dangerous batch of grapes if the deadly black widow spider hidden inside them wasn’t seen as early as it was. Purchased from the Superstore on Scott Road in Delta, BCITSA Childcare Centre Manager kept the grapes in her fridge for…
New student lobby on the rise
A new student lobby is on the rise as they transition from a campaign called Where’s the Funding (WTF) to a group representing post-secondary students across the province. The name of this up-and-coming organization is Alliance of BC Students (ABCS) and for the time being, it is primarily comprised of representatives from student unions and…
BCIT to make switch from U-Pass to Compass Card
Tap on, tap off. Those four words sum up how BCIT students will be taking transit in the near future. There’s no set date as to when, but BCIT students will be scrapping their paper U-Pass cards for the new smart card. According to spokesperson for Translink, Derek Zabel, once students have the new Compass…
BCIT student to TSN Sports broadcaster in five years
At a crossroad between two very different career paths — law and broadcasting — Nabil Karim, a BCIT broadcast and online journalism program graduate, went down the less conventional path. It has led him to a thriving career in the competitive industry of sports broadcasting. The sports reporter and anchor for TSN graduated from BCIT…