BCAIU http://bcaiu.com Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:17:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 BCIT awards honorary degree to Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations http://bcaiu.com/bcit-awards-honorary-degree-to-shawn-a-in-chut-atleo-national-chief-of-the-assembly-of-first-nations http://bcaiu.com/bcit-awards-honorary-degree-to-shawn-a-in-chut-atleo-national-chief-of-the-assembly-of-first-nations#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:09:02 +0000 leanne http://bcaiu.com/?p=5527 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, February 17, 2012 BURNABY, BC:On Thursday, February 16, National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo was recognized with an Honorary Doctor of Technology at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) winter convocation ceremony. This degree is presented to individuals who are widely acknowledged for outstanding and sustained achievements in their areas of expertise and endeavour.

]]> http://bcaiu.com/bcit-awards-honorary-degree-to-shawn-a-in-chut-atleo-national-chief-of-the-assembly-of-first-nations/feed 0 Visual Arts professor takes edgy approach with installation at Victoria gallery http://bcaiu.com/visual-arts-professor-takes-edgy-approach-with-installation-at-victoria-gallery http://bcaiu.com/visual-arts-professor-takes-edgy-approach-with-installation-at-victoria-gallery#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:19:10 +0000 jeannette http://bcaiu.com/?p=5513 With a well-worn oil drum perched on a creaky stand and a continuous screening of his “post-punk” video You Suck, Gregory Ball is quick to point out that his latest art installation isn’t pretty.

“As the drum moves, it wobbles and there’s a whining noise….

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 | full story …

]]> http://bcaiu.com/visual-arts-professor-takes-edgy-approach-with-installation-at-victoria-gallery/feed 0 Are you interested in studying tropical biology in Ecuador? http://bcaiu.com/are-you-interested-in-studying-tropical-biology-in-ecuador http://bcaiu.com/are-you-interested-in-studying-tropical-biology-in-ecuador#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:30:34 +0000 jeannette http://bcaiu.com/?p=5509 UFV Today
By Anne Russell on January 25, 2012

Summer in Ecuador has a nice ring to it as we slog through winter in the Fraser Valley. How about studying tropical biology in Equador? The course will be an eight-credit course with lecture and field trip components. Classroom work will be carried out in the short summer semester (May 7 to June 23) and [more...]

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On January 16, BCIT International welcomed a group of 12 Brazilian students and one instructor from partner school ESPM, a well-known school of design and advertising in Brazil … Read more →

]]> http://bcaiu.com/bcit-welcomes-students-from-brazilian-partner-school/feed 0 VIU in the News: Elementary students get a glimpse of their potential future at university http://bcaiu.com/viu-in-the-news-elementary-students-get-a-glimpse-of-their-potential-future-at-university http://bcaiu.com/viu-in-the-news-elementary-students-get-a-glimpse-of-their-potential-future-at-university#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:30:30 +0000 jeannette http://bcaiu.com/?p=5496 Robert Barron, Daily News

You could almost feel the excitement among the students at Randerson Ridge Elementary School on Monday as education students from Vancouver Island University hosted Learning Centre Day in the school’s gymnasium.

As part of…

Sunday, January 22, 2012 | full story …

]]> http://bcaiu.com/viu-in-the-news-elementary-students-get-a-glimpse-of-their-potential-future-at-university/feed 0 Meet UFV writer-in-residence Anosh Irani http://bcaiu.com/meet-ufv-writer-in-residence-anosh-irani http://bcaiu.com/meet-ufv-writer-in-residence-anosh-irani#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:04:40 +0000 jeannette http://bcaiu.com/?p=5492 UFV Today
By Anne Russell on January 24, 2012

UFV’s writer-in-residence this semester is Anosh Irani. Irani is the author of three novels, as well as a successful playwright of three plays, all three of which have been produced by the Vancouver Arts Club. He’s recently returned from India where he’s working on a film about the plight of small farmers caught in India’s hideous, inescapable debt crisis. [more...]

]]> http://bcaiu.com/meet-ufv-writer-in-residence-anosh-irani/feed 0 Damian Moppett Artist Talk | Emily Carr Rennie Collection Speaker Series http://bcaiu.com/damian-moppett-artist-talk-emily-carr-rennie-collection-speaker-series http://bcaiu.com/damian-moppett-artist-talk-emily-carr-rennie-collection-speaker-series#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:14:19 +0000 jeannette http://bcaiu.com/?p=5505 Thursday, January 26, 2012 – 7:00pm

As part of the Emily Carr University Rennie Collection Speaker Series, Damian Moppett (92) will provide an artist talk in conjunction with his exhibition at the Wing Sang gallery. The Rennie Collection presents this first comprehensive survey of Damian’s work on now and ending April 21, 2012.

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]]> http://bcaiu.com/damian-moppett-artist-talk-emily-carr-rennie-collection-speaker-series/feed 0 Kwantlen is pleased to announce the finalists for its 2012 Distinguished Alumni Awards http://bcaiu.com/kwantlen-is-pleased-to-announce-the-finalists-for-its-2012-distinguished-alumni-awards http://bcaiu.com/kwantlen-is-pleased-to-announce-the-finalists-for-its-2012-distinguished-alumni-awards#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:59:57 +0000 jeannette http://bcaiu.com/?p=5487 Kwantlen News

METRO VANCOUVER, BC – (January 23, 2012) – Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Alumni Association (KPUAA) is pleased to announce the seven outstanding finalists for its 2012 Distinguished Alumni Awards. Read more.

]]> http://bcaiu.com/kwantlen-is-pleased-to-announce-the-finalists-for-its-2012-distinguished-alumni-awards/feed 0 Liz Knox | playback http://bcaiu.com/liz-knox-playback http://bcaiu.com/liz-knox-playback#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:57:29 +0000 jeannette http://bcaiu.com/?p=5483 Friday, January 20, 2012 (All day) -
Saturday, February 4, 2012 (All day)

Liz Knox’s work is inspired by early conceptualism, examining systems of interpretation with an emphasis on strategies of irony. The main body of work being shown in ie, gallery is Found Synopses.

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]]> http://bcaiu.com/liz-knox-playback/feed 0 The Rivers Institute at BCIT: a look at its first three years http://bcaiu.com/the-rivers-institute-at-bcit-a-look-at-its-first-three-years http://bcaiu.com/the-rivers-institute-at-bcit-a-look-at-its-first-three-years#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:56:03 +0000 jeannette http://bcaiu.com/?p=5478 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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