Victoria Alarcon — Excalibur (York University) TORONTO (CUP) — It’s 2 a.m. and Sarah Alyana is receiving her fourth text of the night as she quietly moves to grab her phone. It’s getting later into the night, but just as quickly as she’s ready to go to bed, another text appears and sleep becomes the [...]
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Technology affects sleep: expert
Posted in Canadian University Press, News on July 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Game Developer Making Name In Industry
Posted in News, tagged Alvin Yip, BCIT, BCIT Student Innovation Challenge., Codex, Dragons’ Den, iPad, Mark Zuckerberg, Ranyl Bantog, windows phone, xbox on May 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
BCIT student continuing to market his game that’s made it big on Xbox and the Windows Phone. Ranyl Bantog is fast becoming a big player in the gaming world, and he’s showcasing his new game in BCIT’s Student Innovation Challenge. It’s called Codex, which challenges users to solve puzzles by moving tiles around as [...]
Students Help Shine a Tiny Light on a Foundation With a Big Heart
Posted in News, tagged BCIT Broadcast Journalism, Melissa DePape, Science World, The Picture Project, The Tiny Light Foundation on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Broadcast Journalism students at BCIT are working together to bring a day of fun to sick kids on April 30. Close to sixty students are working collaboratively on the project dubbed The Picture Project which will take family photos of children suffering from various illnesses. Negar Mojtahedi is spearheading the project. The first-year journalism [...]
Fraser River Sockeye & BCIT
Posted in News, tagged BCIT, dual-frequency identification sonar, ecological restoration degree, Fish, Hydroacoustic Biologist, Mission Bridge, Pacific Salmon Commission, Wildlife and Recreation program on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Students hired for hydrocaustic data collection during phenomenal sockeye salmon run Every summer on the Fraser River, just upstream of the Mission Bridge, an aluminum boat known as the Rita slowly crosses the river from bank to bank. As she gradually skims over the same section of river over and over again, the constant hum [...]
Recent study adds fuel to alcohol debate
Posted in News, Views on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Private liquor stores are linked to an increase in alcohol-related deaths: researcher Nathan Lowther — The Martlet (University of Victoria) VICTORIA (CUP) — A new study out of the University of Victoria found that a high number of private liquor stores in a given area leads to more alcohol-related deaths. The report, titled “Impact on [...]
Online Party of Canada seeks to reshape political process
Posted in News, tagged Canada’s Political Revolution, Online Party of Canada, Stephanie Penney on March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Brett Howie — The McGill Daily (McGill University) MONTREAL (CUP) — The Online Party of Canada, billing itself as “Canada’s Political Revolution,” intends to make the Internet not only an instrument of Canadians’ political will, but also the foundation of the Canadian political process. “The impetus for the project is to return Canadian politics to [...]
BCIT using Canucks to gain greater exposure
Posted in News, tagged BCIT, Ottawa Senators, Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks on March 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
BCIT using Canucks to gain greater exposure: The Institute has a new advertising partnership with Sportsnet and the Canucks BCIT’s name is about to become a lot more visible, at least to hockey fans. They’re one of many companies who’ve jumped on board with the Sporstnet’s new digital advertising. For two home games now, bcit.ca [...]
BCIT host Dragons’ Den hopefuls
Posted in News, tagged BCIT, Dragons Den on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Aspiring businesspeople converged on BCIT’s downtown campus hoping their innovative idea resonates with dragons Vancouver entrepreneurs got a chance to pitch their business concept at BCIT’s downtown campus on Saturday. Producers of CBC’s rapidly-growing reality show Dragons’ Den visited the downtown campus and listened intently as people took their best shot to persuade. Every idea, [...]
Growing local food produces security
Posted in News, tagged BCIT, BCITSA, Campus Community Gardens, Exploring Food Security in the Islands Trust Area, University of Victoria, Victoria Downtown Public Market Society, Victoria Winter Farmers’ Market in Market Square on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
B.C. community groups are looking to increase local food production Nathan Lowther — The Martlet (University of Victoria) VICTORIA (CUP) — Food security affects anyone who eats. As a province, B.C. imports more than half of its food. Canada as a whole imported about $24 billion worth of food in 2007. And when you live [...]
Water for Life
Posted in News, tagged BCIT, Blue Planet Links Foundation, Chris Gailus, Ecological Restoration Degree Program, Global BC, Holly Arntzen, HSBC, Kevin Wright, Mark Angelo, Mountain Equipment Coop, Nature Trust of BC, North Growth Foundation, Outdoor Recreation Council of BC, Rivers Institute at BCIT, WaterCan, World Rivers Day on February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
BCIT sponsors major public outreach concert This spring, BCIT will mark one of its largest public outreach events. On the evening of April 7th, at the Michael J. Fox Theater in Burnaby, BCIT along with its Rivers Institute and other sponsors will be putting on a major “Water for Life” benefit concert. The benefit will [...]
