Many international students (including me) would agree that moving to a new country can be daunting—yet rewarding. We are grateful for the lessons and experiences that made us who we are now. In 2020, my brother and I came to Canada from Kazakhstan. Adapting to our new lives was incredibly challenging: We had to learn…
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.…
After two years of being closed, clubs and bars have re-opened and are in full swing in Downtown Vancouver. But don’t start sticking your tongue down someone’s throat just yet. In an attempt to not be shut down again, club owners are asking that you “leave room for Jesus.” What does that mean? According to…
The BCIT Student Association (BCITSA) has begun handing out $5 bills to students outside of SE3 every Monday from 11AM to 5:30 pm in phase one of their new ‘We Exist!’ campaign. “We’re proud to say we’re finally making some progress with students,” said the Director of Marketing and Communications, Geoff Gauthier, in a recent…
“BCIT has given me so much confidence, I wish I came here straight out of high school,” says 2nd year Computer Systems Technology (CST) student Anita Dégree. Anita elaborated that when she took English Lit at SFU she just seemed to blend into the crowd. “Here, I find I attract a lot more attention. Everyone…
BCIT has ordered all parking lots to be demolished. The move is a landmark decision made by BCIT’s Board of Trustees. School officials state that the urgent decision was a result of the dramatic increases of oil and gas prices across the globe. For years, BCIT students, faculty, and staff have complained about the cost…
As I cracked open a cold one with my best bruh Kyle, he and I began a deep discussion of an essential but disrespected subculture in modern society, bruh culture. At its core, bruh culture is the idea that there is nothing more important in life than cracking open a cold one with the boys.…
MORNING The morning is all about deciding what time you’ll need to get to campus to secure parking. Sure, some days you wonder if you should just roll over and go back to sleep—but then you remember that you are supposed to be a responsible adult, and that entails waking up at 6 am to…
After binge-watching Inventing Anna over the weekend, first-year BCIT student Lana Kaminka dropped out to chase the new American dream. “I’m going to be the next German Heiress Influencer,” says Lana. “$320K for my story from Netflix? Yes, please.” When asked about her plan, Lana said, “It’s easy. You party with the rich and famous,…
“We have hundreds of people today; we’ll have thousands next time!” – Neera Vohra The local Hindu community came together in the first two weeks of February in protest. A Hindu deity, Lord Ganesh, is being used as the logo for a local woman’s consulting business: Big Dick Energy Coaching. The business claims to provide…
When the pandemic got really bad and I started working from home I treated it like New Year’s Eve. I figured with all this extra time not commuting to work and school, I could accomplish the things I’d been meaning to do. I pulled out my journal and wrote a list: start writing again and…
When I first moved to Canada, immigration pamphlets would boast about the diversity of culture. It was exciting to meet people from different walks of life but after a while I noticed that the diversity of people didn’t reflect the diversity of stories. The stereotypes often revolved around our immigrant parents’ “funny” accents, strict parenting,…