News
All 9 exceptional tuition increases approved for 2026/27
Students in nine programs will face tuition increases after the Government of Alberta approved NAIT’s exceptional tuition increases (ETIs) for the 2026/27 year. The increases will only apply to domestic students starting in Fall 2026 or later; returning students will...
NAIT hosts land blessing ceremony on Advanced Skills Centre site
On Friday, members of the NAIT community gathered where the Advanced Skills Centre (ASC) will be built to participate in a collective blessing ceremony led by NAIT’s Indigenous leaders. Staff and students stood in a circle on the Treaty 6 land as Lonny Potts, a...
Arts & Life
Cultivating culture and identity as part of the Yoruba diaspora
Being a leading immigration destination, Canada hosts many peoples from around the world that are part of a diaspora, and this is seen in the NAIT community’s diversity. NAIT encourages these diasporic communities to value their cultural ties to their home countries...
Political engagement in a polytechnic: How student clubs are starting the conversation
During the Fall 2025 NAITSA Clubs Showcase, a new club appeared that was hard to ignore. With their bright red banners, hammer-and-sickle logos and Soviet-style fonts on their signs, there was no mistaking that the communists had set up shop at NAIT. The Revolutionary...
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Sports
State of the Ooks: Q&A with NAIT’s Athletics Director
The 2025/26 Ooks season is in the books. All the teams have packed up for the summer, so we sat down with Jordan Richey, NAIT’s Director of Athletics and Recreation to get some insight into how the department viewed this season and what they have in store for next...
PWHL Takeover Tour rolls into Rogers Place: Why it might be Edmonton’s turn to land a team
The 2025/26 PWHL Takeover Tour came to a close on April 7 in Edmonton as the Boston Fleet took down the Vancouver Golden Eyes 5-1 at Rogers Place. However, as much as fans' attention was drawn to the ice, there is no doubt that many fans — including myself — were...
Opinion
Art isn’t dead, and AI isn’t alive
In the 21st century, all it takes is one quick scroll on any social media page to see an abundance of strange and bland content. Short videos with disembodied flat voices, frames that blend together and objects or people that really don't look quite right — the dead...
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Entertainment
Satire: Budget cuts force NAIT to replace beloved taco in a bag with coffee in a bag
Due to a realignment of budgeting priorities, the NAIT Student Orientation (NSO) committee will no longer be serving the popular taco in a bag to new students beginning in the spring 2026 term. Instead, the committee has announced that they will be switching to coffee...
Satire: Budget cuts force NAIT to replace beloved taco in a bag with coffee in a bag
Due to a realignment of budgeting priorities, the NAIT Student Orientation (NSO) committee will no longer be serving the popular taco in a bag to new students beginning in the spring 2026 term. Instead, the committee has announced that they will be switching to coffee...
Media
PHOTOS: Umoja Classic game
NAIT debuted a new event for their Black History Month celebrations: a basketball game. The Umoja Classic Game saw two teams of students, staff and community members hit the courts. The Black Caribbean and African team (BCA, for short) took on the World team for...
PHOTOS: Umoja Classic game
NAIT debuted a new event for their Black History Month celebrations: a basketball game. The Umoja Classic Game saw two teams of students, staff and community members hit the courts. The Black Caribbean and African team (BCA, for short) took on the World team for...
Photography
PHOTOS: Alex Kim, 2026 Chef in Residence
Chef Alex Kim, Culinary Director at Five Sails in Vancouver, returned to campus as NAIT's 2026 Hokanson Chef in Residence. Kim did hands-on demonstrations, lessons and special events with the students of the Culinary Arts program. Related: NAIT culinary grad takes...
PHOTOS: Umoja Classic game
NAIT debuted a new event for their Black History Month celebrations: a basketball game. The Umoja Classic Game saw two teams of students, staff and community members hit the courts. The Black Caribbean and African team (BCA, for short) took on the World team for...
In review: AV & The Inner City: EP release show
All-female Edmonton band AV & the Inner City debuted their self-titled EP at the Roxy Theatre on Feb. 7. The Nugget's Mathieu Durnford was in attendance to capture the event.