— FUTURE READY: DRIVING APPLIED EDUCATION FOR A STRONGER BC BCIT EDUCATION PLAN 2026–2031
Five years. Three commitments. One clear direction. Rooted in BCIT’s Strategic Plan and shaped by broad community input, these three commitments focus our efforts where they matter most: creating meaningful, applied learning experiences for every student.
COMMITMENT 1:
COMMITMENT 2:
COMMITMENT 3:
EMPOWER EDUCATORS. ENABLE IMPACT.
TEACH WHAT MATTERS. TEST WHAT’S REAL.
CLEAR THE PATH. SUPPORT THE CLIMB.
We support faculty as applied educators and leaders—by advancing initiatives that strengthen the environments, systems, and partnerships that make great teaching possible.
We ensure learning is meaningful and assessment is credible—through initiatives that support fair, ethical, and real-worldaligned evaluation.
We cultivate conditions for student success by implementing initiatives that strengthen foundations, expand flexibility, and encourage every student’s effort, growth, and progress.
1. S trengthen Faculty Development Pathways 2. Enhance Instructional Spaces and Tools 3. F oster Reciprocal Industry–Faculty Collaboration
4. P romote Program-Level Coherence in Evaluation 5. A dvance Meaningful Assessment Practices 6. R efine and Strengthen Academic Integrity
TOGETHER, WE BUILD WHAT’S NEXT Led by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic, this Education Plan—powered by a coordinated implementation strategy—translates vision into action: supporting great teaching, advancing student success, and deepening the partnerships that keep B.C.’s workforce strong and future-ready. The future is applied. The future is now. And BCIT is ready.
The British Columbia Institute of Technology acknowledges that our campuses are located on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Nations of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam).
7. L ay Strong Foundations for Student Success 8. D esign Flexible and Connected Learning Pathways 9. R einforce Supports Beyond the Classroom