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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...
Student Life
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...
One NAIT student’s quest to expand campus culture
If you follow Ooks Life on Instagram, you probably know who Tanroop Mahal is. The third-year Bachelor of Business Administration student is featured in countless social media videos promoting campus events — his student engagement efforts seem effortless. When he...
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Opinion
Satire: Connor McDavid commits to NAIT Ooks for 2026/27 season amid eligibility changes
In a move that shocked the hockey world and left fans wondering, “Is this a joke?”, it is now official: Connor McDavid is joining the NAIT Ooks men’s hockey team for the 2026/27 season. The NHL superstar made the announcement Friday morning at a press conference held...
The cold, hard truth about on-campus addiction: We’re not doing enough
NAIT is a polytechnic that has a bar on campus, and that might sound like a good thing — having once dreamed of a life in the trades, I can respect the desire for an adult beverage at the end of the day. Trades people have extraordinarily hard jobs. Between the hours...
Sports
‘Everything falls into place’ for Ooks men’s futsal and soccer athletes
NAIT athletics’ dominance across the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference continues as the Ooks men’s futsal team put in a championship performance at the provincial championships the third weekend of March. They took commanding leads through the first two games...
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Common Market review
Reporter: Tanroop Mahal Video Edits: Jalyn Dalke
Brightspace: Yay or nay?
Reporter: Tanroop Mahal Edited by: Jalyn Dalke
NAIT students weigh in on new NAIT/Blatchford Market LRT station
Reporter: Tanroop Mahal Video Editor: Jalyn Dalke Cover Photo (LRT): City of Edmonton
Common Market review
Reporter: Tanroop Mahal Video Edits: Jalyn Dalke
Opinion
The cold, hard truth about on-campus addiction: We’re not doing enough
NAIT is a polytechnic that has a bar on campus, and that might sound like a good thing — having once dreamed of a life in the trades, I can respect the desire for an adult beverage at the end of the day. Trades people have extraordinarily hard jobs. Between the hours...
Satire: Connor McDavid commits to NAIT Ooks for 2026/27 season amid eligibility changes
In a move that shocked the hockey world and left fans wondering, “Is this a joke?”, it is now official: Connor McDavid is joining the NAIT Ooks men’s hockey team for the 2026/27 season. The NHL superstar made the announcement Friday morning at a press conference held...
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...