Illustration by Sheku Nafisi Last week I met with Trina Prince in the SA offices to discuss the history of 2SLGBTQ+ issues at BCIT. Trina has been working with the BCIT Student Association (SA) for three years, and prior to that worked for the BCIT Alumni Association for 3 years. They have been involved in…
Who among us hasn’t, at some point, referred to a diverse group of people as “guys”? Maybe you know them all well, maybe you don’t. You could be referring to three people, or a hundred—but there is a good chance that at some point in your life, one of those people felt gender dysphoria, or…
“Serial killers were becoming a source of entertainment for millions of people who munched popcorn as they watched Silence of the Lambs…It was an interest that would appeal to those who had never lived with anguish these monsters cause.” —Seattle Sheriff David Reichert Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer…
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…
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…