On April 17, hundreds of high-school and post-secondary students from across British Columbia gathered at Tradex in Abbotsford to compete in the 19th annual BC Skills Competition. With 40 competition categories ranging from aircraft maintenance to welding, students took on practical challenges designed to test—and prove—that...
BCIT Students bring home the hardware in Skills Canada BC Competition
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Kwantlen students take gold at provincial Skills Canada competition, advance to national competition
Competing in a six-hour garden building event which involved working from a prescribed landscape plan, two Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Horticulture students took gold in the provincial Skills Canada—Skills BC—competition, held April 17 in Abbotsford.
As part of the challenge, fourth-year student Kevin...
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BCIT Architectural Science student lands award with urban greenhouse concept
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Congratulations to second-year Architectural Science student Simon VanGrootheest, who was awarded the Andy Kesteloo Award by the Canada Green Building Council.
The objective of the award is to recognize a student...
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Kwantlen students complete first year in BC’s only policy studies program
The end of spring semester marked the completion of the first year for students enrolled in Kwantlen's policy studies degree program. Offered at the Surrey campus, this program has students learning the research, information literacy, and critical thinking skills necessary to be successful in the growing field of sustainability...
Capilano University wins coveted environmental award
Capilano University is the recipient of the Recycling Council of British Columbia’s 2012 Environmental Award in the Educator’s category for its forward-thinking work in sustainability.
Nominated by Encorp Pacific (Canada) for waste audits conducted by the university in fall 2011, RCBC Environmental Awards recognize...
BCIT researcher’s paper receives Best Paper Award from Building Simulation journal
A paper published by BCIT’s Dr. Fitsum Tariku, director of the Building Science Centre of Excellence, has received the Best Paper Award for 2011 from Building Simulation: An International Journal.
The paper, entitled “Determination of indoor humidity profile using a whole-building hygrothermal model,” published...
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BCIT Forestry grad named Forest Technologist of the Year
Renewable Resources – Forestry graduate Jonathan Lok has been named Forest Technologist of the Year by the Association of BC Forest Professionals (ABCFP).
Jonathan, a Registered Forest Technologist (RFT) from Port McNeill, was honoured with the award at the ABCFP annual conference and annual general meeting in Victoria. ...
The Rivers Institute at BCIT: a look at its first three years
BCIT UPDATE Three years after the launch of The Rivers Institute at BCIT, Chair Emeritus and leading river conservationist and advocate Mark Angelo describes the work of the Institute in a short but compelling video ... Read more →
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Canadian and global energy sustainability focus of lecture Jan. 25
David Hughes, a respected geoscientist and authority on North American and world fossil-fuel reserves, will be speaking on Canadian and global energy sustainability at Vancouver Island University on Wednesday, Jan 25 at 7 pm. Hughes says we face an energy... Friday, January 20, 2012 | full story …
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Kwantlen’s Surrey Library honoured with prestigious environmental certification
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Metro Vancouver, BC – (January 19, 2012) – It uses natural ventilation, consumes 65% less energy compared to the model National Building Code, and more than 40% of its building materials were sourced from within 800km and 26% recycled material. It's these attributes, and more, which have led the Coast...
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