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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BCIT’s Medical Radiography program is now equipped w/ newly upgraded equipment – thanks to an anonymous donor
Anonymous donor gifts Medical Radiography lab with new equipment
Thanks to an anonymous donor, students and faculty in the Medical Radiography program—and others—are now teaching and learning on newly upgraded equipment
A generous donation allowed the department to remove what faculty member Vanessa Crawford...
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Minister Stephanie Cadieux discusses change with Kwantlen nursing students
Fourth year nursing students from Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) discussed the challenges that come with change with Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux, on November 20, 2012, at the Langley campus.
“It’s important for government to engage the next generation because they are our...
BCIT-designed medical device wins red dot life sciences award
Imagine a child, sick in hospital, tubes and IV lines crisscrossing her small body. Her parents’ worry is compounded by a feeling of helplessness, of being separated from their child by the mass of medical tubing between them. Not only are the lines distressing and difficult to manage, but they also pose a strangulation...
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Kwantlen’s faculty of community health studies offers creative programming that ladder from certificate to degree
Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s (KPU) faculty of community and health studies (CAHS) designs programming to support their graduates in the pursuit of continuing education. Once students receive a health care assistant program (HCAP) certificate, they are eligible to move into the bachelor of psychiatric nursing (BPN)...
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UFV Nursing students host annual health fair
Those interested in learning about health and wellness will have the chance to garner interactive advice from UFV nursing students next week.
On Friday, Oct. 19, University of the Fraser Valley fourth-year nursing students will be holding their annual health fair at Sevenoaks Shopping Centre in Abbotsford, in the section...
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LOCAL PHILANTHROPIST DONATES $350,000
Thanks to the generous support of local philanthropist Sidney Sharman, VIU nursing students will now be able to get critical hands-on experience in a state-of-the-art nursing simulation lab to be built on the Nanaimo campus. Sharman’s donation of $350,000 combined with initial funding from Windsor Plywood ensures the...
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BCIT researchers win Excellence in BC Health Care Award
For years, the BCIT Product and Process Applied Research Team (PART) has been on the cutting edge when it comes down to developing medical devices. On June 25, they were recognized for it.
The BCIT PART team was instrumental in helping the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) team win the Workplace Health Innovation...
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JIBC Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) program now available through Yukon College
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JIBC Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) program now available through Yukon College
JIBC has negotiated a program delivery agreement with Yukon College to offer the Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) certificate program that will allow emergency medical responders to complete their...
UFV opens new building at Canada Education Park in Chilliwack
The University of the Fraser Valley celebrated the latest phase in its development at the Canada Education Park in Chilliwack on Friday, May 11, by opening a new building.
The building, a combination of new construction and extreme renovation, will house most of the programs and services previously located at the Chilliwack...
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