The following interview between Twila Amato and the Honourable Minister of Employment and Workforce Patricia A Hajdu, took place in 2017 at the opening of BCIT’s new DTC Tech Lab. Since beginning her mandate, Hajdu has been a champion of removing barriers and creating more opportunities for women in Canada to enter the workforce in…
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…
For our April issue, BCIT student Max Huang headed off campus and into the community, to meet up with an Indigenous business owner who inspires him. You can read Max’s full article about Heat LaLiberte and his company One Arrow Meats online here, then check out Max’s full interview with Heat below, chock-full of wisdom and…
Meet Hunter Bergen, a second-year BCIT Architecture student, and the founder and visionary behind Project Plant Your Future. Her environmental initiative aims to educate people around protecting and preserving forests, through a website and blog where she also allows people to send in personal notes she then writes onto handmade biodegradable paper, and plants with…
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…
Ashley Moliere (1st-Year Broadcast and Online Journalism) www.ashleymoliere.ca Instagram: @ashmo__photos Twitter: ashleymBCIT Why do you love photography? Because it allows me to be creative and artistic. On both sides of my family I have very artistic relatives, whether it’s traditional art (i.e. painting or sketching) or music. So this is the way I like to…
Mantar Bhandal is one of the freshest faces in sports broadcasting. At just 21, Mantar has landed himself a dream job as play-by-play commentator and analyst for Hockey Night in Canada: Punjabi Edition. When he’s not calling games, Mantar keeps busy producing original music, co-hosting an indie podcast, and hitting the gym. Not long ago…
ERIN FLEGG 1st Year- New Media Design and Web Development Follow Erin on Instagram: @eflegg Visit her website: erinflegg.com Film forced me to slow down and consider every single frame. “A few years ago I was feeling stagnant in my work as a writer and went looking for a different creative outlet – something new to…
Meet the 2nd-year New Media student inking out a career in design, by bridging the gap between traditional art and new technology. She’s also raising twins. How does she do it all? How did you first become involved in the art of henna designing? It was by accident. I was helping a friend at a…
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…
photos max huang Michael Lim made a name for himself as a well-known Filipino Jiu-jitsu competitor before he was diagnosed with a disease that attacked his spine and shattered his dreams of ever becoming World Champion. Today, Michael battles for new dreams, co-founding a health business in the Philippines, while studying in BCIT’s Marketing Management…