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Sustainability News

BCIT student applied research project advances beaver habitat restoration

November 4, 2024

Beavers are industrious engineers in the animal kingdom and play a vital role in maintaining healthy ecosystems. Beaver dams create...

BCIT becomes a BC Hydro Clean Energy Champion

September 4, 2024

BCIT has been awarded a prestigious Clean Energy Champion award from BC Hydro. The Award recognises businesses, homes, and institutions...

BCIT plants new orchard close to Guichon Creek

August 15, 2024

BCIT has planted a new orchard on the Burnaby Campus on a previously unused area of lawn close to Guichon...

New BCIT course focuses on why it matters how we talk about the climate emergency

August 14, 2024

From forest fires to floods, Canadians are not immune to the ever-worsening effects of the climate crisis. Despite the worsening...

UN-Habitat’s SDG Cities Canada Report: Tracking Canada’s sustainability progress

June 25, 2024

On June 25, the United Nations – Habitat, Sustainable Development Goals Cities released its SDG Cities Canada Report tracking the...

Free EV courses help adapt to a zero-emission future

May 9, 2024

Canada’s mandate that by 2035 all new light-duty vehicle sales be zero-emission is leaving many Canadians anxious. So, the BCIT...

BCIT named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2024

April 16, 2024

The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) has been named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers by Canada’s Top 100 Employers....

BCIT faculty advocates for a holistic approach to wildfire management

January 31, 2024

In 2023, the Province of British Columbia (BC) had over 2.84 million hectares of forest and land burned, tens of...

Newly daylit section of Guichon Creek emerges from beneath the ground

January 9, 2024

Water is flowing along a newly daylit section of Guichon Creek on the BCIT Burnaby Campus that previously travelled in...

BCIT steers into a zero emissions future

January 4, 2024

In an effort to build a green economy, the Government of Canada announced that they will be requiring 100% of...