BCIT Scholarly Activity Week was the first event following the publishing of the Scholarly Activity Guideline in Spring 2024. The goal was to build on the Guideline document and create a forum for our community to connect, collaborate, and share the diversity of scholarly activities taking place at BCIT. By any measure, it was a great success! Over 3 days of sessions, we had:
- 22 presentations
- Over 100 participants joined
- Presenters and participants from all 6 schools, and other areas such as the Library, Learning & Teaching Centre, and Applied Research
There were great questions, great discussion, sparks of ideas for potential collaborations, adaptations of findings to new areas, and examples of all four categories of scholarly activity (application, discovery, integration, teaching/learning) happening at the Institute.
2024 Scholarly Activity Week committee members:
- Joe Boyd, Research Liaison, Applied Research Liaison Office (retired)
- Naveen Jit, Faculty, School of Transportation
- Bonnie Johnston, Instructional Development Consultant, Learning & Teaching Centre
- Terry Suen, Faculty, Program Head, Technology Management, School of Transportation
- Shan Satoglu, Faculty, Program Head, Healthcare Management, School of Health Sciences
- Alok Dhungana, Faculty, Power Engineering, School of Energy
- Kathy Siedlaczek, Dean, Academic Planning & Quality Assurance
Presentations
Tuesday, November 19
- BCIT Internal Funding for Scholarly Activities … and how to get it!
Applied Research Liaison Office - Applied Doctoral Research at BCIT – Lessons Learned and Next Steps
Morgan Westcott, School of Business + Media - Food for Thought – 2025 Call for Presenters
Michele Bridge, Learning & Teaching Centre
Deirdre Grace, Ian Linkletter, Library - A qualitative study of the relationship between awe, spirituality and connection to nature using a phenomenological approach and photo-elicitation techniques
Bridget McClarty, School of Construction & the Environment - Teaching to learn, learning to teach: Clinical thinking tools to support novice clinical educators, preceptors and students
Michelle House-Kokan, Farah Jetha, School of Health Sciences
– House-Kokan, M. & Jetha, F. (2024). Teaching to learn, learning to teach: Clinical thinking tools to support novice clinical educators, preceptors and students. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 14(5). https://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/jnep/article/view/24927
Wednesday, November 20
- The experiences of women and gender-diverse trades students at BCIT
Anna Lary, School of Construction and the Environment - Bridging Theory and Practice: Enhancing Clinical Skills in Forensic Nursing for Effective Responses to Interpersonal Violence in BC
Adrienne Olszewski, School of Health Science - The Institutional Repository at BCIT: Practical Information for BCIT Scholars & Faculty
Cindy McLellan, Library Services
BCIT Institutional Repository - Assessing and Promoting Clinical Judgement: Exploring the Impact of a Flipped Clinical Evaluation Approach
Michelle House-Kokan, Farah Jetha, School of Health Sciences
– House-Kokan, M. & Jetha, F. (2024). Flipping the script: Assessing clinical judgement in student-led clinical evaluation. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 15(1), 8. https://www.sciedupress.com/journal/index.php/jnep/article/view/26022 - Students’ Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects – IND-E
Naveen Jit, School of Transportation - Mushroom Composites
Alok Dughana, School of Energy
Thursday, November 21
- Authorized!
Deidre Grace, Jeff Verbeem, Elly Habibullah, Library Services - Not Just Role Transition: Learning To Teach in Post-Secondary Education
Michelle House-Kokan, School of Health Sciences - Fostering Collaboration Between Nursing Faculty and Clinical Research Teams: A Case Study on Examining Licensed Practical Nurse Integration in Emergency Departments
Emily Tang, Harroop Sharda, School of Health Sciences - Quality Improvement Initiative: Strangulation Assessment Tool for Enhanced Patient Safety in Fraser Health Forensic Nursing
Adrienne Olszewski, School of Health Sciences - Citation Management with Zotero
Deirdre Grace, Alison Griffin, Library Services - Doing plant science at BCIT: in the field, in the lab, and in the computer – Carol Wenzel, Biotechnology, School of Health Sciences
- Using Math in Plant Science – David Holloway, Mathematics, School of Computing and Academic Studies
- It’s a Wrap: Reflections, Observations and Learning to Carry-Forward
Kathy Siedlaczek, Academic Planning & Quality Assurance
Naveen Jit, School of Transportation
Bonnie Johnston, Learning & Teaching Centre
Terry Suen, Technology Management, School of Transportation
Shan Satoglu, School of Health Sciences
Joe Boyd, Applied Research Liaison Office