On November 26th, 2018, Minister Jim Carr, International Trade Diversification, visited the ACE Project Space to address local ICT and Life Sciences sectors, startups and students. Read More →

On Tuesday, June 5th, 2018, we kicked off our BIT 50th Anniversary celebrations with a Block Party. The Business Information Technology program, formerly both Computer Analyst/Programmer (CAP) and Information Systems Technology (IST), is celebrating 50 years of our program at Red River College.

Here are some of the highlights from the day:

• Tara Brown  introduced our event, welcomed our guests, and engaged the audience.
• We enjoyed the sweet musical talents of Justin LaCroix as he performed multiple sets throughout the event.
• Thank you, for sharing your time with us, to our visitors, alumni, and retired faculty and staff, a number of whom drove into the city to partake in our festivities.
• We appreciate our industry friends who chose to set up booths and attend our event, including: ICTAM; Relish Branding; Cisco Canada; and North Forge.
• We would like to call attention to one family of alumni that came out, who were recently featured by Red River College Alumni Engagement: the Charles family. Thank you to Stu and Heather for coming out, you can read their story in Programmed to Succeed.

Do you have your tickets for the BIT 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner on November 3rd, 2018 yet? If not, visit our Reunion Gala Dinner page for more details.

Thank you to all of our sponsors and attendees for celebrating our 50th Anniversary with us. Stay tuned for details on our upcoming anniversary book and how to purchase your own anniversary mug. We are also offering orders on commemorative anniversary shirts – email acemarketing@rrc.ca for details – orders close November 14th.

View the photo gallery of the Gala Dinner event on Red River College’s Flickr:
View the Gala Dinner Gallery

Date
Saturday, November 3, 2018
5:30 – 11:30 pm

Venue
Club Regent Casino Event Centre
1425 Regent Avenue West (North Entrance)
Winnipeg, Manitoba

On November 3, 2018, we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Business Information Technology (BIT) program, formerly Computer Analyst / Programmer (CAP) and Information Systems Technology (IST), with a Gala Dinner.

An evening of celebration, our evening at the Club Regent Event Centre, celebrated with live musical performances by <<REWiND<<, and live dances from the Aboriginal School of Dance, and Verba Ukrainian Dance Company. The evening was filled with festivities, entertainment, and good company. We were joined by many fellow IT professionals from all industry sectors at the BIT/CAP/IST 50th Anniversary Dinner. The evening started with cocktails and appetizers and a four-course dinner will be served in the state-of-the-art Club Regent Event Centre.

Thank you to all of our sponsors for supporting the Gala Dinner and to everybody who attended and celebrated with us.

Computer Analyst/Programmer graduates, now known as Business Information Technology, Stu and Heather Charles will be honoured at the upcoming BIT 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner.

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This is an exciting week for RRC and the Innovation Centre. Piles are being driven into the ground at the time of writing this. Read More →

As construction continues to progress on RRC’s Innovation Centre, located in Winnipeg’s Exchange District, Winnipeg Free Press Business Reporter, Martin Cash, sat down with RRC President Paul Vogt, and Senior Project Manager, Maria Mendes, Read More →

The Second Annual BTM (Business Technology Management) TalentMash Manitoba in Winnipeg is brought to you by ITAC Talent, a Division of the ITAC (Information Technology Association of Canada), and Red River College.

Date: November 23rd, 2018
Time: 8:00 AM until 3:00 PM
Location: Canad Inns Destination Centre Polo Park

The BTM TalentMash is designed to connect employers with hundreds of Business Technology Management (BTM) students and recent graduates, create awareness about the BTM program, and provide a forum for students to network and gain professional insight about employer expectations. Opportunities for employers to sponsor and exhibit at one or all events is made possible by contacting Jan Hall at jhall@itac.ca.

This Marquee Must-Attend Event Includes:

• Keynote Speakers
• Hands-on Skills Sessions
• Career Fair and Networking

2018 Event Hashtag: #BTMTM18

Visit btmtalentmash.ca for more details

Project Term: Spring/Summer 2018

Aquatic Life Ltd. is a local business that specializes in environmental water monitoring systems and instrumentation. Our students were able to help them develop a hub to monitor readings online and in real-time.
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Project Term: Spring/Summer 2018

This Natural Language Processing (NLP) project was a research/survey of NLP resources and algorithms that exist that can be used towards a commercial application one of our ACE Project Space partners was working on.
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Project Term: Spring/Summer 2018

Our students developed a web-app for the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce (MCC) to facilitate Member 2 Member Deals within their local membership.
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