BCIT doubles on-campus housing with completion of mass timber student residence

British Columbia Institute of Technology’s Burnaby Campus has opened its newest student residence. The 12-storey building contains 469 beds, a common area, and study spaces. Built using mass timber, the building was designed with efficiency and sustainability in mind, attaining the province’s Energy Step Code 4 and receiving a CaGBC Net Zero certification. According to […]

Forbes has released the 2025 Canada’s Best Employers for Company Culture rankings and several Canadian postsecondary institutions have appeared among the leaders. The list includes the top 200 organizations in Canada, which were scored according to employee survey responses on factors like fairness, inclusivity, and opportunity. Université Laval (#1) ranked highest overall. Other postsecondary institutions […]

Philip Steenkamp (Research Universities’ Council of BC, Royal Roads University), Laurie Waye (BC Colleges, Coast Mountain College), and Jeff Zabudsky (Pacific Association of Canadian Institutes and Universities, BCIT) have written an article for the Vancouver Sun calling for investments in the postsecondary sector. Steenkamp, Waye, and Zabudsky assert that the province’s prosperity and productivity are […]

British Columbia Institute of Technology recently announced the newly named Mott Electric Pavilion, which will be used for electrical apprenticeship training. The pavilion will be a purpose-built space for trades training and skills development in the emerging areas of automated controls, renewable energy, and robotics. It will enable BCIT to expand its electrical apprenticeship training […]

Canada’s Top 100 has released its 2025 Canada’s Greenest Employers list and nine institutions have appeared among the leaders. The competition assessed employers across the country, ranking them based on employee-led initiatives, programs focused on creating a culture of environmental awareness, and in-house sustainability efforts. The postsecondary institutions that made the ranking were the British […]

Postsecondary institutions across Canada are marking Trans Day of Visibility today with special events and activities. Acadia University is hosting an event where students can make pronoun and pride flag buttons, find gender-affirming support, and learn about famous trans Canadians. The British Columbia Institute of Technology collaborated with TransFocus to increase gender-inclusive washrooms across campus […]

The Government of Canada recently announced $52M in funding through the Foreign Credential Recognition Program to strengthen Canada’s health care and construction sectors. McMaster University will receive up to $4.1M to accelerate the integration of 500 newly licensed Internationally Educated Nurses into the labour market in five provinces and develop a resource tool for information […]

The British Columbia Institute of Technology will launch a new Bachelor of Creative Industries this September, which BIV reports is the first of its kind in Western Canada. The full-time, 15-month program will focus on creative innovation, business strategy, and technology. Graduates will be prepared to pursue careers such as public relationships managers, interactive media […]

Tax season is officially here, and several postsecondary institutions and student unions are offering free tax clinics to students and community members. At Algonquin College, four accounting programs are partnering with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to run an on-campus clinic and assist students with filing. The British Columbia Institute of Technology is offering clinics […]

The British Columbia Institute of Technology has launched a Student Wellbeing Action Plan and signed the Okanagan Charter as part of its efforts to improve student mental health and wellbeing. The action plan outlines guiding principles that focus on student wellbeing, including creating a culture that promotes wellbeing and increasing equitable access to services and […]