Canada’s Top 100 releases BC’s Top 100 Employers 2026

Canada’s Top 100 Employers has released its top British Columbia employers for 2026 and several postsecondary institutions appeared in the list. British Columbia Institute of Technology was celebrated for its pension offerings. Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Simon Fraser University, and the University of the Fraser Valley were recognized for their maternity and parental leave offerings. Camosun […]

British Columbia Institute of Technology has broken ground on three facilities at its new trades and technology training complex: The Robert Bosa Carpentry Pavilion, the Marine and Mass Timber Pavilion, and the Campus Services Centre. Work on a fourth facility, the Concert Properties Centre for Trades and Technology, is expected to begin in summer 2026. […]

Several Canadian postsecondary institutions have appeared among the leaders of Forbes’s list of Canada’s Best Employers in 2026. This publication ranks organizations with 500 or more workers in Canada based on surveys of employees. The top organization overall was Université Laval. Other postsecondary institutions to rank in the top 50 included Université de Sherbrooke (#3), […]

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 […]