BCIT students who park in Lot D will have to temporarily find parking elsewhere to make room for staff as a result of a large construction project in Staff Parking Lot 7 at the Burnaby campus. BCIT Media Relations Coordinator Dave Pinton said he is not sure why the project is delayed. However, as a…
Children at the BCIT Student Association (BCITSA) Childcare Centre could have been served a very dangerous batch of grapes if the deadly black widow spider hidden inside them wasn’t seen as early as it was. Purchased from the Superstore on Scott Road in Delta, BCITSA Childcare Centre Manager kept the grapes in her fridge for…
A new student lobby is on the rise as they transition from a campaign called Where’s the Funding (WTF) to a group representing post-secondary students across the province. The name of this up-and-coming organization is Alliance of BC Students (ABCS) and for the time being, it is primarily comprised of representatives from student unions and…
Tap on, tap off. Those four words sum up how BCIT students will be taking transit in the near future. There’s no set date as to when, but BCIT students will be scrapping their paper U-Pass cards for the new smart card. According to spokesperson for Translink, Derek Zabel, once students have the new Compass…
At a crossroad between two very different career paths — law and broadcasting — Nabil Karim, a BCIT broadcast and online journalism program graduate, went down the less conventional path. It has led him to a thriving career in the competitive industry of sports broadcasting. The sports reporter and anchor for TSN graduated from BCIT…
Former BCIT president Don Wright says he does not regret his decision to leave the institute for a potential position with the BC New Democratic Party (NDP), despite their surprise defeat by the BC Liberals in last night’s provincial election. In an interview on the morning after the provincial election, Wright told The Link that he…
After some students had problems getting into master’s degree programs with their BCIT certification, the institution is now looking at becoming an accredited university. Barry Hogan, BCIT’s senior director of program development, says the idea has not been pitched externally but there is talk of the institution’s need to make some changes when it comes to…
Candidates for the Burnaby North riding for BC’s major political parties visited BCIT’s Burnaby campus on Wednesday, May 8 for a meet-the-candidates event. In attendance at the meeting was BC Liberal candidate Richard Lee, who arrived about ten minutes late after getting lost on campus. Lee sat beside Conservative candidate Wayne Marklund who had Carrie…