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…
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…
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…
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…
Uphill from Here words catherine garrett photos graham cox Landon McGauley is a 22-year-old BCIT Journalism student, public speaker, and sit skier. He broke his back in a mountain biking accident at age 15 when he lost control of his bicycle, and has been living in a wheelchair ever since. He competed in the X…
OAKUM is about to become your new favourite DJ and he might just be sitting right next to you in class, crafting his latest track.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: DAYNA WESTSTEYN words twila amato photos braeden frew To Dayna Weststeyn, sonography and photography are both forms of art and science. As a fashion photographer and a student in BCIT’s Diagnostic Medical Sonography program, Dayna’s lifestyle is solid proof that two seemingly opposite interests are just two sides of the same coin. Here…
Student Spotlight: Albert Tang For the October issue of LINK, we sat down with Albert Tang. It is not often a twenty two year old is accomplished, and It is even more rare when they are a full time student. Albert Tang wears many hats but, none more impressive than that of being a small…
Every month, we shine a spotlight on one exceptional BCIT student with a unique story to share. What inspires them? What brought them to BCIT? What can we learn from their experiences? It’s amazing what you can find out about the people around you if just ask the right questions. Caitlin Purvis is a woodworking student at BCIT by day,…