BCS has successfully completed more than 350 contracts. Many of these projects have been with the Canadian Department of National Defence; other clients include Ministries and Crown Corporations of the Government of British Columbia, various Canadian Federal Government Departments, as well as several Fortune 500 companies. These projects range from consulting services to development of software for clients engaged in projects involving mathematical and statistical analysis, simulation, development and testing of algorithms, graphical user interfaces, spatial data analysis, management of large spatial data sets, database design and implementation, and software porting. Applications have been in defense sciences, aerospace, forestry, hydrology, and seismic processing.

Ralph and Linda Bodine
Mr. Bodine, a graduate of Princeton University, is Chairman Emeritus of Sunkist Growers Inc., and President and CEO of Bodine Produce Company. Read More...

He has played a leadership role in the largest fruit-growers organizations of the United States, and was appointed by President George Bush (Senior) as the Chairman of the President’s Council on Rural America for 1990-91. Since moving to Victoria in 1993, the Bodines have become great supporters and benefactors of the community, e.g. now serving on the UVic Foundation and the boards of a number of new start-up companies.

Judd Buchanan
The Honorable Judd Buchanan, currently Chairman of the Canadian Tourism Commission, has a distinguished business and political career. Read More...

He was first elected for London West as a Member of Parliament in 1968, and served for twelve years in many cabinet postings, including Minister of Public Works, Science and Technology, and President of the Treasury Board, as well as being the Prime Minister’s Senior political Advisor for Ontario. In the private sector Mr. Buchanan was Chairman of CNG Fuel systems for several years. He is the President of Ensign Chrysler Dodge Jeep in Victoria, and owns and operates the Silver Star Resort in Vernon, BC. He has served for six years as a trustee and then Chairman of the Greater Victoria Hospital Society, one of Canada’s largest hospital systems.

Harry Davis
Mr. Davis holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Queens University, and has completed numerous post-graduate courses in business and computer science, with General Electric, IBM and Intel. Read More...

He brings great technical and business experience in the broadcast, cable television, telecommunications and proprietary software fields, holding senior positions with large, medium and small enterprises. He remains President and CEO of his wholly owned Engineering Consulting company, and is currently on the Board of Directors of six start-up companies and several Institutions. Mr. Davis has extensive experience in the use of technology in education, and was Prime Consultant for the development of TV Ontario for the first six years of its existence. Recently, Mr. Davis has turned his attention to new forms of technology for distance education, involving high-speed telecommunications networks and downloading of large media-rich files to homes and businesses.

Walter J. Donald
Walter is President and C.E.O. of The Executive Network Inc., incorporated in 1985, a successful Canadian Executive Search firm. He is Managing Partner of Axmith, Vancouver Island, an International Career Consulting company. Read More...

He has served as President of the B.C. Association of Colleges, Executive Board Member of The Association of Canadian Community Colleges and Honorary Life Member of The Advanced Education Council of B.C., and was named a Fellow in Education by the Canadian College for Chinese Studies. He was a founding Board Member of Camosun College and Vice Chair of Selkirk College and Chair of the Board, Vancouver School of Theology at U.B.C. As an active member of the community, Walter has served on several boards including: Big Brothers, YM/YWCA, The Greater Victoria School Board, Boys and Girls Club, Chamber of Commerce, B.C. School Trustees Association, Human Resources Management Association The Knowledge Network, The Open Learning agency, two terms as President of President of The Union Club of British Columbia, and several others.

Clinton C. Forster
Mr. Forster is a graduate of the DeVry Technical Institute, specializing in radio, television, and telecommunications electronics, and has also studied business administration at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. He pioneered cable television during the 1960s as the Founder/Partner of Noram Communications Ltd. (1965) and Founder/Partner of Ontario Cable TV Companies. Read More...

He was CEO of IWC COMMUNICATIONS Cable TV Operations from 1968-1974 and was the Founder and major owner of Saskatoon Telecable Ltd. from 974-1991. He has served as Chairman of Western World Communications Corporation, has been the Owner/Operator of major radio stations in Western Canada, and is currently Chairman Forvest Broadcasting Corporation which operates AM/FM radio in Saskatoon Sask. He has been a Director of Shaw Communications Inc. and is currently a Director of Corus Entertainment Inc. Mr.Forster has been Chairman, Canadian Cable Television Association, 1986/1987; Chairman, Canadian Cable Television Association Task Force on Industry Administered Standards; Recipient of Canadian Cable Television Association “Honour List” Award, 1983; Member, Board of Governors, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, and many others.

Ivan and Ann Marie Head
Professor Head (recently deceased) was perhaps Canada’s leading Internationalist of the Twentieth Century. Professor of Law Emeritus and Senior Fellow of The Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues, University of British Columbia (of which he was Founding Director), he joined the faculty of UBC as Professor of Law and Political Science following three terms as President of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in the period 1978-1991. Read More...

From 1968 to 1978, he served as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Canada, for the greater part of that time with special responsibility for foreign policy and the conduct of international relations. In that role, he advised Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau in his Commonwealth and foreign activities, acted as the Prime Minister's special representative in a number of missions abroad, and served on Canadian delegations to a large number of international conferences. Professor Head was the author of a number of books and monographs on subjects of legal scholarship as well as foreign and development policy. He served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Food Policy Research Institute, as a Commissioner of the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues, and as a member of the High Level Review Committee of the Inter-American Development Bank. He was Chairman of the Canada 21 Council on Common Security in the Twenty First Century, and Co-Chairman of the Chancellor's Commission on the Governance of the University of the West Indies. He currently serves as a member of the Board of the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, D.C. Professor Head is a Senior Fellow of the Salzburg Seminar, an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Federal Queen's Counsel, and the recipient of a number of honors from foreign governments and international bodies as well as honorary doctorate degrees from ten universities in Canada and three other countries. His most recent books are “On a Hinge of History; the Mutual Vulnerability of South and North" and (with Pierre Trudeau) “The Canadian Way: Shaping Canada's Foreign Policy, 1968-1984". Anne Marie remains committed to the LearningWise mission.

Garrett and Helen Lambert
Formerly professor in the MBA program and Advisor to the President on Government Relations at the University of Victoria, Garrett is also President of GLI Associates Inc. and has served as a Director on several corporate boards. In addition to public lectures and speeches on international issues, he has written extensively on Asian affairs. Read More...

He is an Associate of the Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives, a member of the Pacific Council on Economic Policy, and was a member of the Prime Minister’s Expert Panel on Canada’s Role in International Science and Technology, and the “Directions III Panel, Innovative Thinking on the Future of the Canadian Health Care System”. Until 1997, Mr. Lambert was one of Canada’s highest ranking diplomats and public servants. His ambassadorial appointments included Hong Kong during its return to China, Malaysia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Earlier, he served as Commercial Counselor in Poland and East Germany, West Germany, and Iran. In Canada, Mr. Lambert held the positions of Assistant Deputy Minister for Corporate Management and Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, was Director General for Trade and Investment with the USA during the establishment of the Free Trade Agreement, and Director General at the Canadian International Development Agency.

Hugh Mogensen
Mr. Mogensen is a distinguished Canadian geologist and businessman who has established, managed and directed numerous oil and gas and mining companies in Canada and the United States. Read More...

He is currently an active investor with a particular interest in start-up companies. Since retiring to Victoria in 1992, he has been a strong supporter of the community, particularly in the arts and causes related to the well-being of children. His former positions include: 1971 - Manager, International Operations for Norcen Energy Resources Ltd.; 1979 - President and CEO of Campbell Resources Ltd.; 1980 President, and a year later Chairman of the Board of Inverness Petroleum Ltd. In 1982 he established a successful family-owned oil and gas company and around the same time he established a consulting company to manage a large exploration project on Canada lands in the Northwest Territories and offshore Newfoundland. In 1986 Hugh and his wife 'retired' to Victoria where he continued his consulting activities and for a few years became increasingly involved in assisting with the financing of several mining companies. By 1997 he was serving on the Boards of Directors of 15 natural resource companies, both oil and mining.

David Strong
From 1990 to 2000 Dr. Strong held the position of President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Victoria (UVic), which during his tenure has twice been ranked as Canada’s number one comprehensive university. Read More...

During that period he has concentrated much of his energy on promoting partnerships and interaction between Canada and countries and institutions throughout Asia. He has been an advisor to governments in a number of countries. As an entrepreneur he has formerly managed his own successful company “CANEWF RESOURCES LTD., and consulted for numerous corporations. He currently serves on the National Research Council of Canada, the Research Council of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research, and has most recently served on the Standing Advisory Committee on University Research of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, and the Premier of British Columbia's Advisory Council on Science and Technology. Dr. Strong has long had a devotion to students, supervising the research of many post-graduate students, teaching many courses to undergraduates, and was a pioneer in the use of educational television for teaching science. He is excited about the new educational and business opportunities provided by technology and the new media.

Rick Roskin, Vice-President Academic
Dr. Roskin is professor of organizational behavior and development, Faculty of Business Administration, at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He is a former Dean of Memorial’s Faculty of Business Administration and past Director of the Management Programs Division at Royal Roads University, in Victoria, B.C. Read More...

He also initiated a Center for International Business Studies. His commerce degree was completed at University of. British Columbia, Canada, his MBA. at Queens University, Canada, and his Ph.D. at the University of Bradford in the U.K. Dr. Roskin has worked as a researcher and consultant in North America, the U.K., New Zealand and Australia. His focus has been on improving managerial achievement through leadership and organizational development. Some of the organizations he has worked with include: The U.S. Strategic Air Command, British Steel, Rank Xerox International, The Canadian Coast Guard, The Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Transport Canada, Fishery Products International, The Charles Everett Hospital New Brunswick, Newfoundland Hydro and many others in the educational and management development industry. He has served on a number of boards including Seabright Corporation (involved in technology transfer) and the Canadian Centre for Management Development.

John Walton
Mr. Walton is Founding Chairman (1989) of Endeavour Financial Corp., Vancouver, a private international investment banking service to the mining industry. Read More...

He has served as a Director of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Vancouver, as well as other corporate boards in Canada, USA, UK and Australia. He has served as CEO and Director of Placer-Dome Inc., having led the amalgamation of the Dome and Placer mining groups. From 1989 to 1995 he was Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Society, Victoria, BC.

William W. (Bill) Winspear
Dr. Winspear, a native of Alberta, is a leading US businessman headquartered in Dallas, Texas. A graduate of the University of Alberta and the Alberta Institute of Chartered Accountants. Read More...

He was C.E.O. of TPL Industries in Vancouver from 1965-1970, of Lake Ontario Steel from 1970-1975, of Chaparral Steel in Dallas, Texas, from 1975-1982 and of Associated Materials Incorporated, also of Dallas, to the present. During the process he worked his way up the ownership ladder to the point where he is majority owner of Associated Materials, leading it to its current position with annual sales slightly in excess of US$500 million. He and his wife Margot have been active in the performing arts, particularly Opera and Symphony and in arts education, with his being recognized for both his philanthropy and appreciation of music by an Honorary Doctorate in Performing Arts.