photos Dayna Weststeyn A recent report found that Amazon’s facial technology (that even its investors are raising concerns about) misidentifies women as men, particularly when they have darker skin. US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared that report in a tweet, adding “When you don’t address human bias, that bias gets automated. Machines are reflections of their…
illustrations Sheku Nafisi After staring at the GPS and looking into my text messages for the address multiple times, I realized that I was parked in front of the right house. I was about half an hour early for the meeting, so I decided to just stay locked in my car. Everything tends to look…
It’s February, and the question, “What are you doing for Valentine’s Day?” is likely to be hot on people’s lips. Now, put the question on its head. What is Valentine’s Day doing for you? Take a loveseat, grab some bon-bons, and let’s see what’s behind that Hallmark façade. In this feature, we delve into the University of British Columbia…
photos Eric Li Across from NE1, students are on a roof, frantically planting as many plugs and bulbs as they can. There’s a deadline to be met today and Dr. Christine Thuring has been racing it from the beginning. As she leads them, she quizzes them to keep their spirits up. “How many species of…
photos by Dayna Weststeyn This article is a student spotlight much like any other, but it does acknowledge the Israeli-Palestinian issue. The BCITSA and Link Magazine do not hold a position in regards to this matter. While a certain position may be perceived through this publication, it is not done so intentionally. The conflict is extremely complicated with…
Good ol’ Mother Nature—giver of life; cradle of civilizations; muse to poets, and discrete host to lovers’ trysts. Her summer radiance may have fallen dim, but She remains our best hope as we kick off the Winter Semester. This is a story of campus life and urban sprawl. It’s about our brains’ struggle to hold…
BCITSA Chair of Aerospace, Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Student, Off-roader, Explorer words Ali Pitargue photography Macus Ong If your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, you’d be lucky if Danny Cameron is close by. That’s what happened to a mom and her kids on a trip in East Harrison. They were on their…
Daniella Molina is a student in BCIT’s Construction Management program and is originally from Venezuela. She’s got 10+ years of experience with her own architectural firm back home and is now launching her own drafting company – Metric Inch Design Studio – this fall in Canada. As Molina walks into the interview room wearing a…
For our September back-to-school issue, we feature BCIT Nursing student and sponsored skateboarder Michael Ray. We sent Michael and one of our favourite student photographers, Dayna Weststeyn, out for a sesh at Railside Skatepark in PoCo where they spent the afternoon chatting and shooting a few last minute tricks of summer. Grab a copy of…
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…
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…
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…