SMART News

BCIT SMART recipient of 2025 National Cybersecurity Consortium Funding for cybersecurity project

CANADA, OCTOBER 28, 2025– The National Cybersecurity Consortium (NCC) has announced a slate of successful project applications as part of its second annual Call for Proposals. BCIT Smart Microgrid Applied...

BCIT researcher spotlight: Meet Fardin Barekat

Fardin Barekat joined the MAKE+ applied research team at the BCIT Centre for Applied Research and Innovation (CARI) in 2022. Since then, Fardin has been transforming ideas into real-world solutions...

BCIT students lead the charge in sustainable battery recycling innovation

With the rise of electric vehicles, battery waste is rapidly becoming a major environmental and strategic challenge. In response, students at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) have launched a...

Our People: Meet the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Scholarship Team

Putting people at the core of everything we do is paramount at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). We’re proud to be a people-first organization, where employees are supported,...

Student spotlight: Meet BCIT Applied Research student Tony Wang

Tony Wang is in his fourth year of the British Columbia Institute of Technology / University of British Columbia Honours Degree Program in Biotechnology. This past summer, he worked as a Co-op...

Burnaby City Hall now has 100 EV charging stations powered by solar panels (Daily Hive July 13, 2022)
New EV Fast Charger in Cache Creek Connects EV Drivers to Northern BC (July 23, 2019)

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