A ribbon-cutting celebration of the BCIT North Campus Infrastructure Project (NCIP) as it is presented the Envision Gold award for Sustainable Infrastructure. BCIT is the first educational institution in Canada to have the sustainability of one of its infrastructure projects validated through a rigorous, third-party process against the Envision framework. The $49.6 million project is…
SuperBetter is a task-manager companion app for depression, anxiety, stress, chronic pain, and other physical and mental trials. It attempts to better engage in your health journey by turning it into an RPG game. By entering your health goals as ‘quests’, your challenges as ‘bad guys’, and healthy habits as ‘power-ups’, the app helps you…
The Arts Club’s 2019–2020 season opens in Vancouver with A Thousand Splendid Suns, a hauntingly beautiful play by Ursula Rani Sarma. The play is based on the best-selling book by Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner. In the tale set in war-torn Afghanistan, two women’s lives intersect through fate. The unlikely but extraordinary friendship…
On September 20, the UN Women’s HeForShe solidarity movement for gender equality came to BCIT. Since the HeForShe launch in September 2014 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson, over two million people from around the world have committed to taking action for a gender-equal world. BCIT was the…
The Slamming Door Artist Collective presents Terence Rattigan’s Flare Path. Directed by Genevieve Fleming (Of Mice and Men), Flare Path paints an evocative portrait of life in wartime Britain for the RAF bomber crews, waiting for their next mission, and their wives and sweethearts, who are left awaiting their return. Featuring Curtis Tweedie (Bright Blue…
Early Music Vancouver (EMV) commences its 50th Anniversary Season with Le Concert Spirituel: Baroque Orchestral Suites on September 28, at 7:30 pm at Christ Church Cathedral. Inspired by the seminal 18th-century French concert series, 16 members of Victoria Baroque present a pairing of French Overture Suites and Italian Concerti Grossi. Le Concert Spirituel: Baroque Orchestral…
This holiday season, the Vancouver Christmas Market celebrates its 10th anniversary at Jack Poole Plaza — home of the Olympic Cauldron — from November 20 to December 24. The city’s German market expands its festive offerings with more than 80 huts stuffed with sweets, treats, and gifts. Wander the market’s winding alleys and discover German…
The Jack Webster Foundation is pleased to announce an addition to its Student Journalism Awards program with new, this year, Scholarships for Indigenous Journalism Students, presented by the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF). $2,000 will be paid towards tuition at the recipients’ schools, with up to two scholarships to be awarded this fall. Applicants must be…
A lifelong drive to make a difference combined with a passion for the outdoors has earned BCIT student Chenoa Flack a $1,500 scholarship from the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC. The scholarship will further her study in the Fish, Wildlife and Recreation program and help her pursue a meaningful career in fisheries conservation or research.…
Ali PitargueAli Pitargue is a self-described adventurer and storyteller. As a journalist with a special interest in social justice, she is eager to unearth fresh perspectives to share with the world. If she’s not writing, she’s either watching Star Trek, reading high fantasy novels, or doing self-study on Baroque and Renaissance art.
Jordan Grant Pedersen bought his first camera in 2012 as a birthday gift to himself, with the intent to continue his pursuit of filmmaking, a hobby of his since high school. While he’s made a few short films since, he found a solid desire to use his new hardware for what it was built for:…
Out On Screen hosts the Opening Gala of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival on August 15. 2019. One of the most sought after invitations of the summer, the Opening Gala film at the Vancouver Playhouse will be followed by a party outdoors in the šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn (Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza) on the corner of Georgia…