Fernando Vachon was born June 13, 1912, in St. Marie Beauce, Quebec. He was the youngest of four brothers (Romeo, Irénée, Donat) known for their contributions to the history of aviation in Canada. From 1948 to 1977, he worked for Canadian Pacific Airlines (CP Air) in Vancouver as maintenance supervisor, quality control supervisor, instructor, and inspector. From 1979 to 1985, he taught Aircraft Maintenance at the Pacific Vocational Institute in Richmond. Vachon’s achievements include the invention of a system to enable the parking of ski-equipped aircraft in hangars with concrete floors, the design of a system to detect communication failures, and the construction of a hemodialysis machine. He died January 14, 2005, in Richmond.

Michael Kluckner is a writer, artist, illustrator and author of several books. His early books on the history of Canadian cities, heritage, planning issues and art, include; "Vancouver, The Way It Was," "Vanishing Vancouver," "Paving Paradise," and "British Columbia in Watercolour." They won several awards, including the Duthie Prize, the Vancouver Book Prize, the Toronto Book Prize (short list), the Hallmark Society (Victoria) Award of Merit and the Heritage Canada Medal of Achievement. "Toshiko" (2015) is his first graphic novel.
Kluckner worked for the BCIT Student Association creating illustrations for the Link, and other BCIT publications from 1976-1979 and then part time from 1980-1981. He taught night school at BCIT from 1980-1985.
From the 1990s until present Kluckner has been heavily involved with the Vancouver heritage community. Including serving on boards and volunteering in various capacities with: the Vancouver Heritage Commission, the Vancouver Heritage Foundation, the Vancouver Historical Society, the Grandview Heritage Group, Heritage Vancouver Society, the Langley Heritage Society; from 1996 until 2001, he was the British Columbia member of the board of governors of the Heritage Canada Foundation, and served as chair from 1998-2000.
For a brief period (2006-2009) Kluckner and his wife, author, Christine Allen, lived in Australia.

Dean Goard was the second Principal of BCIT (1967-1974). Goard studied teaching and chemistry at UBC. He began his career as a metallurgist for six years at Vancouver Engineering Works and four years with the federal Department of Fisheries. In 1939 he began teaching at the Vancouver Technical School. He was the first Principal of the Vancouver Vocational Institute (VVI) where he was responsible for designing programs in line with business and industry needs. After twelve years at VVI he began working for the Vancouver School Board where he held a dual position; Assistant Director of Vancouver Community College and Assistant Director of Adult Education. After his retirement from BCIT he went on to be University Affairs Director for the province of BC.
Mr. Goard’s extra-curricular activities were numerous and he was president of many organizations including The Association for Continuing Education, BC Natural Resources Conference, Canadian Vocational Association (BC), Canadian Association for Adult Education, American Society for Metals (BC), Native Indian Service Council, Vancouver Citizenship Council, Children’s Aid Society (Vancouver).

Angelo is a Canadian river conservationist, writer, speaker, teacher and paddler. He founded and is the chair of BC Rivers Day and World Rivers Day (held the last Saturday of each September). In 2009, Angelo was appointed as the inaugural chair of the Rivers Institute at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). Prior to that, he was the long-time head of the Fish, Wildlife and Recreation Program at BCIT. Angelo has received the Order of British Columbia and the Order of Canada in recognition of his river conservation efforts. In 2009, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University for his river conservation work both locally and globally.

Alder was part of the faculty and staff of the Department of Basic Health Sciences Faculty and Staff in the 1980s. She also served as the chairperson of the BCIT Smoking Policy committee in 1985.

Thom was born in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan and spent most of his school years in Picture Butte, Alberta. He moved to Vancouver to attend UBC in 1951. He graduated with his B.Comm. in 1956 and remained close with his graduating class. Gordon was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Gordon married Helen in the fall of 1956 and moved to Northern BC to start his work with Imperial Oil. In 1958, he attended the University of Maryland to obtain his MBA and then returned to work for Imperial Oil. He and Helen returned to Vancouver in the spring of 1959. In 1962, he started a new path and began working for the UBC Alumni Association, where he worked from 1962 to 1966. He also began his M.Ed. at night at UBC and completed it in 1971.

He and his family had settled into Dunbar when he began his long and cherished career at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). He joined as Vice-Principal of Continuing Education, holding that role from 1966 to 1974 and became President in 1974, continuing in that role until 1985. He was very proud of the designated title of President Emeritus, which was granted to him by the Board of Governors in 1985.

From 1987 until his retirement in 1999, Gordon worked with the Sterling Group and Clifford Group. Gordon served on the UBC Senate from 1972–81 and 1987–1993, acted as the President of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges 1980–81, and Vice– Chair of the Vancouver Board of Trade from 1985–86.