A new online survey is now open for the public to provide their opinions on the Alberta government’s budget. The consultation period began on Jan. 14. The survey will close on Feb. 7. There will be two telephone town halls with the Minister of Finance. The Northern...
Hundreds of students, instructors and supporters attended the Students Not Silent March on Monday November 18. The march was hosted in alliance by the MacEwan University Students’ Association (SAMU) and the University of Alberta’s Students Union (UASU). “I’m pissed...
The provincial government announced its budget in October and the operating budget for advanced education will be reduced by $200 million. Institutions have been advised to cut costs to administrations before increasing tuition, but they are required to make cuts for...
Alberta Health Services is conducting a review of the province’s supervised consumption services. Edmonton currently has four safe-injection sites, after the Royal Alexandra Hospital recently opened a site in April. The review began in September and a public survey...
NAIT is no longer a zone for Lime scooters. Scooters are not permitted on private property as defined by the e-scooter bylaw with the City of Edmonton and NAIT has been removed from Lime’s interactive map. Protective Services Manager, Darrin Kirk, explains that Lime...
NAITSA’s student health plan now covers Gardasil 9. The executives made the adjustment to the health plan after an increased number of students were requesting coverage of this vaccine. Gardasil 9 protects against the human papillomavirus (HPV). Haley Pickard is the...
Students have the opportunity to run for Senate, which is comprised of representatives from all nine sectors of NAIT. Nominations run from Aug 27 to Sep 30 and the online election is October 10 to 16. Past senate member Joning Yu would be running again if not for...
Photo Courtesy: NAIT Culinary students are working with a Vancouver celebrity chef. He is teaching students about fine dining and contemporary cuisine, featuring some of his signature dishes like his crispy duck salad. Chef David Hawksworth has only been at NAIT...
NAIT has acquired 32.79 acres of the Blatchford development plan after a finalized agreement with the City of Edmonton. The long-term plan is to bring the satellite campuses to the main campus, except for Spruce Grove, and to build a NAIT student residence. At the...
NAIT’s Essential Campaign raised $125 million in donations with $5 million given by students through the largest donation in NAITSA’s history. Half of this went to the Centre for Applied Technology, the remainder will be paid over 5 years. Jason Roth is The Director...
