Vancouver Magazine
BREAKING: Team Behind Savio Volpe Opening New Restaurant in Cambie Village This Winter
Burdock and Co Is Celebrating a Decade in Business with a 10-Course Tasting Menu
The Frozen Pizza Chronicles Vol. 3: Big Grocery Gets in on the Game
The Author of the Greatest Wine Book of the Last Decade Is Coming to Town
Wine Collab of the Week: A Cool-Kid Fizz on Main Street
The Grape Escape for Wine Enthusiasts
8 Indigenous-Owned Businesses to Support in Vancouver
5 Things to Do in Vancouver This Week (September 25- October 1)
If you get a 5-year fixed mortgage rate now, can you break early when rates fall?
Dark Skies in Utah: Chasing Cosmic Connection on the Road
Fall Wedges and Water in Kamloops
Glamping Utah: Adventure Has Never Felt So Good
Attention Designers: 5 Reasons to Enter the WL Design 25
On the Rise: Meet Vancouver Jewellery Designer Jamie Carlson
At Home With Photographer Evaan Kheraj and Fashion Stylist Luisa Rino
First AppearanceSay “post-secondary education” in Vancouver and people think UBC and SFU. The B.C. Institute of Technology may not get the same recognition, but the B.C. Liberal government’s jobs plan—which helped get them re-elected in 2013—is built around the innovation and resource economies, and LNG in particular. Those sectors need skilled workers, not young people with degrees in art history, English literature, or women’s studies. Which is why Kathy Kinloch’s role as president of BCIT is so important to the future of the city and the province.A former nurse who moved into health care and then into education, she took the reins at BCIT after a stint as president of Vancouver Community College. Her mandate is clear: satisfy what she calls the “insatiable demand” created by the government’s message that we need more people in the economy who have technical skills. To that end, as competition for government funding intensifies, she’s seeking to develop alternative sources of revenue. One approach is to bring educators, businesses, and students together by collaborating with startups in need of applied research. Her success to date became clear in September, when BCIT opened a new campus—its fifth—on Annacis Island.
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