New Student Patio is Open!

Burnaby Building SE2, 3rd Floor  *The food pantry is a BCIT Student Association initiative in partnership with the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. The goal is to bring fresh food to the Burnaby Campus for students facing food insecurity.   Visit bcitsa.ca/food-support/ to learn more!

How Students Can Protect Themselves from Rental Scams

With inflation reaching record highs worldwide, brought on by COVID-19, students at post-secondary institutions in BC have been facing a precarious and uncertain situation over affordable rentals. These ongoing circumstances have lured many BC students to become the unwitting targets of rental scams during the summer. According to Simone Lis, president of BC’s Better Business…

A forest fire

“This isn’t what we signed up for.” Two BCIT international students speak on the harsh reality of living here

THE FORESTS ARE LITERALLY BURNING Beautiful BC is on fire. Last year, temperatures reached 50 degrees Celsius and the province recorded over 1,600 fires. Karim Raafat, a BCIT student from Egypt, is deciding to go back home for the summer to experience more temperate weather. “We thought we’d get beautiful mountains, forests, and crystal-clear lakes.…