BC Premier John Horgan alongside Minister of Children and Family Development, Katrine Conroy, and Minister of State of Child Care, Katrina Chen, visited the BCITSA Childcare Centre (SE41) to reveal part of a three-year $1 billion investment into ChildCare BC.
BCIT JDC West JDC West is the Olympics for business students of Western Canada. In 2016, BCIT was the first Polytechnic Institute to participate in the competition among 12 renowned universities. Each school brings 13 teams to compete in 10 academic case disciplines (Accounting, Marketing, Business Strategy etc.), along with Debate, Social, and Athletic. JDC…
Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer at Microsoft, recently visited BCIT to deliver a keynote speech for graduating students.
This year, LINK honours Eda Aktas and Emily Vance with the 2017/18 Silver Pen Award. Both of these BCIT students showed tremendous dedication, growth, and community influence in the work that they contributed to LINK magazine this past year. Individually, they produced pieces on a variety of important issues, but perhaps their most important work came as a collaboration together alongside…
Just because you’re a student doesn’t mean you have to eat ramen every day. We’re lucky to live so close to amazing fresh seafood, so why no take advantage of it? This is a dish you enjoy on its own, or as part of a seafood feast. Chow down on these delicious morsels of the…
THE RIVERS CLINIC JUNE 1 – 3 (Hosted by the Rivershed Society of BC) Application Deadline: April 30 To learn more, visit www.rivershed.com/RCEL Trying to save the world by yourself is really daunting and difficult, but as soon as you meet a network of people that want to do the same thing, you realize that each…
Meet the models from the BCITMA’s Fashion Fundraiser.
On March 9th, the BCIT Marketing Association (BCITMA) held their annual fashion fundraiser, this year putting a spotlight on gender and diversity, by featuring drag models for a show you had to see to believe. Read all about the event, and hear from organizers Karl Chen and Jennifer Wu in the March edition of LINK…
On Friday March 9, the BCIT Student Association (BCITSA) welcomed Burnaby North MLA Janet Routledge and BCIT President Kathy Kinloch into the SA’s newly renovated Child Care Centre on the Burnaby Campus (SE41). In 2016, the previous provincial government announced an investment in child care, with a substantial portion going to upgrading BCIT’s current services and facilities. This…
words michael white images sean murphy If you grew up in North America, like most children you probably started going to school around age 5. This likely became your day-to-day norm up until you graduated from high school. According to a 2015 study in the United States, before you arrived at BCIT you sat for…
Check out a selection of photos from LINK’s January 2018 Photo Walk! Photos by Ryan Bevelander and Madeline Adams. [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Maddy AdamsMaddy Adams is the Publications Assistant for LINK Magazine- and as well a wedding, portrait and candid photographer based in Vancouver. She enjoys experimenting with different cameras, lenses and mediums. Whether she has…
Today’s provincial budget announcement saw historic investment in affordable housing for students. With just over 300 units, BCIT is one of the least-served postsecondary institutions with respect to student housing. Today’s announcement of $450 million in low-cost financing for affordable student housing is an important step towards enhancing student life. “Metro Vancouver has some of…