By Emily Devereux When Tamires Para started her Master of Fine Arts in painting, she was interested in studying how female bodies are under-represented in media. Her main passion is illustration and concept art, and before continuing her studies she was working in the...
Film Festival at NAIT offers free screening
By Nicole Murphy The Alberta International Women’s Film Festival is offering a free screening for students Friday September 27 at Noon in the Shaw theatre. The three day event is presenting We All Believe in You, a documentary about an organization that holds weekly...
Women Weekly: Providing Female Support in Trades
By Emma Morrison Standing at 5 feet tall, Robyn Schaapman is no stranger to being overlooked. Schaapman is one of the many women making a huge difference in her community with small steps. Schaapman is involved with two major programs that are improving womens...
The Transformation of Tattoos
By Chantal Dunn Bear’s Skin Art has been a premiere in the tattoo community and industry of Edmonton for 30 years. “If we go back 30 years, basically it was a subculture of modern-day society that was interested in body modifications and specifically body tattoos,”...
Future Plans for NAIT Field
By Zachary Flynn The city’s plans for a Blatchford LRT expansion show that the LRT line could pass straight through the NAIT field. This would leave the Ooks without a field to play and practice on. NAIT is looking elsewhere in the near future. “We have to look long...
NAIT vs. SAIT Game-Day Takeover
By Zachary Flynn NAITSA is working with NAIT Athletics to get more students to Ook games. This semester, they host their first NAITSA Game Day Takeover where they hope to pack the stands at the NAIT vs. SAIT men’s hockey game on Saturday, October 12. Students are...
Women’s Soccer Profile
By Joe Lipovski Carole Holt Head Coach The Ooks soccer team has continued their winning streak after winning provincials last year. In the third game of their regular season on September 15, the Ooks were more than dominant against the Lakeland Rustlers, finishing the...
Men’s Soccer Profile
By Jonah Peterson Charles O’Toole Head Coach Since taking over the head coaching job for the NAIT Ooks men’s soccer team in 2012, Charles O’Toole has been tasked with not only improving the teams on field performance, but also ensuring his players remain focused on...
NAIT to Host Soccer Champs at Sherwood Park Field
By Zachary Flynn NAIT has decided to host both the men’s and women’s provincial soccer championships at The Emerald Hills Regional Park, running the two tournaments at the same time. The championship tournaments will run from October 25-27. Traditionally, the men’s...
NAIT Field “not safe”
By Zachary Flynn NAIT’s first four home games have now been moved to Strathcona Athletic Park in Sherwood Park, east of Edmonton. The move is due to safety concerns surrounding the deteriorating NAIT field. The summer weather and seeding issues were a couple of the...